The Flood That Saved a City
During the Siege of Leiden in 1574, the people of Holland faced a crisis eerily similar to Israel at Rephidim. Spanish forces had surrounded the...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Exodus 17:1-7.
During the Siege of Leiden in 1574, the people of Holland faced a crisis eerily similar to Israel at Rephidim. Spanish forces had surrounded the city for months. Food was gone. Water was contaminated. Citizens were dying in the streets. The people turned on their own leaders. They accused the burgomasters of leading them to destruction — the same bitter accusation Israel hurled at Moses: "Why did you bring us out of Egypt, to kill us?"…
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