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Exodus 13:19-19. Joseph's oath remembered. Moses walks beside four Hebrew men carrying a modest closed rectangular wooden coffin on two poles through a desert camp. Focus on careful respectful transport and Moses's solemn expression. Plain dark wood, no ornaments, no gold cherubim, not the Ark of the Covenant, no exposed bones or mummy. Bronze Age Exodus setting, not first-century staging. One 16:9 single scene. No text or lettering.
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Exodus 13:19

Joseph's oath remembered

Consecrate every firstborn · Exodus 13

Story guide: Moses takes Joseph's bones, fulfilling the oath Joseph required of Israel.

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19And Moses took Joseph’s bones with him, because Joseph had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying, “God will surely attend to you, and you shall bring up my bones from here with you.”

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