{"id":583,"date":"2015-04-14T13:34:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T12:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.lycee.nl\/?page_id=583"},"modified":"2015-05-07T08:45:15","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T07:45:15","slug":"go-down-moses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mrglackin.eu\/?page_id=583","title":{"rendered":"Go Down Moses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Louis Armstrong-Go Down Moses (Lyrics+Download)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8JNCS27rtQ8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>God sent Moses back to Egypt to demand the release of the Israelites from slavery. Moses said that he could not speak with assurance or eloquence, so God allowed <a title=\"Aaron\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aaron\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Aaron<\/span><\/span><\/a>, his brother, to become his spokesperson. After the <a title=\"Plagues of Egypt\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plagues_of_Egypt\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Ten Plagues<\/span><\/span><\/a>, Moses led the <a title=\"The Exodus\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Exodus\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Exodus<\/span><\/span><\/a> of the Israelites out of Egypt and <a title=\"Crossing the Red Sea\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crossing_the_Red_Sea\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">across the Red Sea<\/span><\/span><\/a>, after which they based themselves at <a title=\"Biblical Mount Sinai\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Biblical_Mount_Sinai\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Mount Sinai<\/span><\/span><\/a>, where Moses received the <a title=\"Ten Commandments\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ten_Commandments\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Ten Commandments<\/span><\/span><\/a>. After 40 years of wandering in the desert, Moses died within sight of the <a title=\"Promised Land\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Promised_Land\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Promised Land<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<b>Go Down Moses<\/b>&#8221; is an American <a title=\"Spiritual (music)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spiritual_(music)\">Negro spiritual<\/a>. It describes events in the <a title=\"Old Testament\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Old_Testament\">Old Testament<\/a> of the <a title=\"Bible\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bible\">Bible<\/a>, specifically <a title=\"Book of Exodus\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Book_of_Exodus\">Exodus<\/a> 7:16: &#8220;And the Lord spoke unto Moses, go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me&#8221;, in which God commands <a title=\"Moses\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moses\">Moses<\/a> to demand the release of the <a title=\"Israelites\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israelites\">Israelites<\/a> from bondage in <a title=\"Egypt\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egypt\">Egypt<\/a>. The opening verse as published by the Jubilee Singers in 1872:<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd><i>When Israel was in Egypt&#8217;s land: Let my people go,<\/i><\/dd>\n<dd><i>Oppress&#8217;d so hard they could not stand, Let my People go.<\/i><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd><i>Go down, Moses,<\/i><\/dd>\n<dd><i>Way down in Egypt&#8217;s land,<\/i><\/dd>\n<dd><i>Tell old Pharaoh,<\/i><\/dd>\n<dd><i>Let my people go.<\/i><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>In the song &#8220;Israel&#8221; represents the African-American slaves while &#8220;Egypt&#8221; and &#8220;Pharaoh&#8221; represent the slavemaster.<\/p>\n<p>Going &#8220;down&#8221; to Egypt is derived from the Biblical origin, where Egypt is consistently perceived as being &#8220;below&#8221; other lands, with going to Egypt being &#8220;down&#8221; \u00a0while going away from Egypt is &#8220;up&#8221;.\u00a0In the context of American slavery, this ancient sense of &#8220;down&#8221; converged with the concept of &#8220;down the river&#8221; (the <a title=\"Mississippi River\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mississippi_River\">Mississippi<\/a>), where slaves&#8217; conditions were notoriously worse, a situation which left the idiom &#8220;sell [someone] down the river&#8221; in present-day English.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Go Down Moses - Sullivan&amp;apos;s Travels (1941)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u0CRAavN4EI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A modern version<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Amanda Bynes &quot;Go Down Moses&quot; - Easy A\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9ryFkGEPIS4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; God sent Moses back to Egypt to demand the release of the Israelites from slavery. Moses said that he could not speak with assurance or eloquence, so God allowed Aaron, his brother, to become his spokesperson. 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