Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 13:19

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19. Moses took the bones of Joseph with him —in fulfilment of the oath he exacted from his brethren ( Genesis 50:25 ; Genesis 50:26 ). The remains of the other patriarchs (not noticed from their obscurity) were also carried out of Egypt ( Acts 7:15 ; Acts 7:16 ); and there would be no difficulty as to the means of conveyance—a few camels bearing these precious relics would give a true picture of Oriental customs, such as is still to be seen in the immense pilgrimages to Mecca. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-20" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-exo-13-004

절 (explains)

bible-text/exo-13-19

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological