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[[File:Flavicky nahozhd Moiseya.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A painting by [[Konstantin Flavitsky]] of [[Bithiah|Pharaoh's daughter]] finding Moses, who is in a basket.]] |
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The '''ark of bulrushes''' was a container, likely made of papyrus stalks, which according to the episode known as the [[finding of Moses]] in the biblical [[Book of Exodus]] carried the infant Moses. |
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A similar story is told of [[Sargon of Akkad]].<ref>{{Cite NIE|wstitle=Ark|short=x}}</ref> |
A similar story is told of [[Sargon of Akkad]].<ref>{{Cite NIE|wstitle=Ark|short=x}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 04:21, 21 January 2019
The ark of bulrushes was a container, likely made of papyrus stalks, which according to the episode known as the finding of Moses in the biblical Book of Exodus carried the infant Moses.
The ark is described as being daubed with asphalt and pitch, and the English word "ark" is a translation of the Hebrew תֵּבָה (tebah, modern teiva), a word similar to the Egyptian teb, meaning "a chest". It is also the same word used for Noah's Ark. The "bulrushes" (Template:Lang-he gome) were likely to have been papyrus stalks (Cyperus papyrus), daubed with bitumen and pitch (which probably refers to the sticky mud of the Nile).
The ark, containing the three-month-old baby Moses, was placed in reeds by the river bank (presumably the Nile) to protect him from the Egyptian mandate to drown every male Hebrew child,[1] and discovered there by Pharaoh's daughter.
A similar story is told of Sargon of Akkad.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Exod. 1:22
- ^ . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.