middle of the desert. reporter: it s believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. traces of 23 distinct civilizations have been found in a small archaeological park on the outskirts of town. but what draws pilgrims from around the world is actually the biblical account of how one of these ancient civilizations may have disappeared. flying over the sprawling modern-day jericho, we can just see the footprint of ancient jericho, where the bible tells us joshua led his people, the israelites, in their first conquest of land in the promised land. reporter: the bible tells us that before his death on mount nebo, with guidance from god, moses chose a man named joshua to lead the israelites on the last leg of their journey. and so we have this real transition, a handing over of power from one generation to the next, where moses and his generation have been wandering
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most of the people sort of understood in terms of their gods and their religion. can we account for the plagues naturally? probably. is that the point of the story? certainly not. in the space of a year these ten disasters destroyed egypt. and that s the point. it s a miracle. miracles don t beg natural descriptions. miracles are miracles. they are when god intervenes in the order of nature. then god told moses to prepare the people for the coming of the tenth and worst plague. the killing of all the first-born. moses instructed the jews to sacrifice a lamb and to paint its blood on their doors so that the angel of death would know who was jewish and who wasn t. this is where the term passover comes from. and pass over that house. right. reporter: the seder is a time where jews are encouraged to ask questions. especially the children. how do you wrestle with that? what does it mean?
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am. basically, moses is given the mission. go down. shall we sing it? go down moses? go down and tell pharaoh to let my people go. you know, moses is very reluctant when god signals to him that he has to be the leader of the jews. and his first response is effectively i don t want to be or i wouldn t be good at it. he is an unsure leader. don t pick me, god. how many of us have you know, if some finger came out of the sky and said you, we would say no, not me, not me. reporter: but it turns out there was another figure in ancient egypt who didn t hesitate to give everything up to follow the path of who he believed was the one and only true god. far away from the ancient royal capitals of luxor and karnak, archaeologists have discovered the remains of the lost city of amana. deserty space.
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