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the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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The city bearing this name (Exodus 12:37 ) was probably identical with Zoan, which Rameses II. ("son of the sun") rebuilt. It became his special residence, and ranked next in importance and magnificance to Thebes. Huge masses of bricks, made of Nile mud, sun-dried, some of them mixed with stubble, possibly moulded by Jewish hands, still mark the site of Rameses. This was the general rendezvous of the Israelites before they began their march out of Egypt. Called also Raamses (Exodus 1:11 ).
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These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.
These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.
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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Rameses'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​r/rameses.html. 1897.
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Rameses'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​r/rameses.html. 1897.