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Part I — The Pentateuch (1895)
The Book of Exodus
The committee celebrates the midwives who defied Pharaoh and Miriam the prophetess, then follows the Mosaic law's actual provisions for wives, daughters and servants — finding women taxed for a tabernacle they may not serve in and bound by commandments addressed only to men.
The midwives Shiphrah and PuahMiriam's leadership and punishmentWomen under the Mosaic codeThe tabernacle and women's offerings