{"id":37,"date":"2008-04-04T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-04T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/hungerrumblings\/2008\/04\/04\/when-israel-was-in-egypts-land\/"},"modified":"2008-04-04T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-04T21:15:00","slug":"when-israel-was-in-egypts-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/when-israel-was-in-egypts-land\/","title":{"rendered":"When Israel was in Egypt&#8217;s land&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Israel was in Egypt\u2019s land&#8230;<em>Let My people go!<\/em><br \/>Oppressed so hard they could not stand&#8230;.<em>Let My people go!<\/em><br \/><em>Go down, Moses, Way down in Egypt\u2019s land; Tell old Pharaoh to let My people go!<\/em><br \/>No more shall they in bondage toil&#8230;Let them come out with Egypt\u2019s spoil<br \/>Oh, let us all from bondage flee&#8230;And let us all in Christ be free<br \/>You need not always weep and mourn&#8230;And wear these slav\u2019ry chains forlorn<br \/>Your foes shall not before you stand&#8230;And you\u2019ll possess fair Canaan\u2019s land<\/p>\n<p><em>Let My people go!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Clergy in Illinois have grown concerned that immigrants in detention in our state don&#8217;t have adequate access to spiritual and pastoral counseling.  You can find an article from the Chicago Tribune about this matter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/custom\/religion\/chi-immigreligmar26,1,4274113.story\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This morning before work, I went with my pastor and some folks from several other Chicago-area churches and synogogues to a prayer vigil outside the immigrant detention center in Broadview, Illinois.  As we sang the spiritual <em>Let My People Go, <\/em>we saw the detainee transport busses pulling into the center&#8230;and as we were leaving, we saw officers loading chains and shackles into the trunks of their cars, getting ready for the day.  That was hard to watch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Israel was in Egypt\u2019s land&#8230;Let My people go!Oppressed so hard they could not stand&#8230;.Let My people go!Go down, Moses, Way down in Egypt\u2019s land; Tell old Pharaoh to let My people go!No more shall they in bondage toil&#8230;Let them come out with Egypt\u2019s spoilOh, let us all from bondage flee&#8230;And let us all in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>When Israel was in Egypt&#039;s land... - ELCA World Hunger<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/when-israel-was-in-egypts-land\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"When Israel was in Egypt&#039;s land... - ELCA World Hunger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When Israel was in Egypt\u2019s land&#8230;Let My people go!Oppressed so hard they could not stand&#8230;.Let My people go!Go down, Moses, Way down in Egypt\u2019s land; Tell old Pharaoh to let My people go!No more shall they in bondage toil&#8230;Let them come out with Egypt\u2019s spoilOh, let us all from bondage flee&#8230;And let us all in [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/when-israel-was-in-egypts-land\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ELCA World Hunger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-04-04T21:15:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ELCA World Hunger\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ELCA World Hunger\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/when-israel-was-in-egypts-land\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/when-israel-was-in-egypts-land\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ELCA World Hunger\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cee2863327a7f2a39d9ea76a2e3e7d5\"},\"headline\":\"When Israel was in Egypt&#8217;s land&#8230;\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-04-04T21:15:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/when-israel-was-in-egypts-land\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":220,\"articleSection\":[\"Post\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/when-israel-was-in-egypts-land\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/when-israel-was-in-egypts-land\\\/\",\"name\":\"When Israel was in Egypt's land... - ELCA World Hunger\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2008-04-04T21:15:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cee2863327a7f2a39d9ea76a2e3e7d5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/when-israel-was-in-egypts-land\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/when-israel-was-in-egypts-land\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/when-israel-was-in-egypts-land\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"When Israel was in Egypt&#8217;s land&#8230;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/\",\"name\":\"ELCA World Hunger\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cee2863327a7f2a39d9ea76a2e3e7d5\",\"name\":\"ELCA World Hunger\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/abaf1c029e123e778e3d14739a5fdb1f6b1f59fb379c3cf59678a50423b5bd44?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/abaf1c029e123e778e3d14739a5fdb1f6b1f59fb379c3cf59678a50423b5bd44?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/abaf1c029e123e778e3d14739a5fdb1f6b1f59fb379c3cf59678a50423b5bd44?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ELCA World Hunger\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/author\\\/hungerrumblings\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"When Israel was in Egypt's land... - ELCA World Hunger","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/when-israel-was-in-egypts-land\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"When Israel was in Egypt's land... - ELCA World Hunger","og_description":"When Israel was in Egypt\u2019s land&#8230;Let My people go!Oppressed so hard they could not stand&#8230;.Let My people go!Go down, Moses, Way down in Egypt\u2019s land; Tell old Pharaoh to let My people go!No more shall they in bondage toil&#8230;Let them come out with Egypt\u2019s spoilOh, let us all from bondage flee&#8230;And let us all in [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/when-israel-was-in-egypts-land\/","og_site_name":"ELCA World Hunger","article_published_time":"2008-04-04T21:15:00+00:00","author":"ELCA World Hunger","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ELCA World Hunger","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/when-israel-was-in-egypts-land\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/when-israel-was-in-egypts-land\/"},"author":{"name":"ELCA World Hunger","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/#\/schema\/person\/1cee2863327a7f2a39d9ea76a2e3e7d5"},"headline":"When Israel was in Egypt&#8217;s land&#8230;","datePublished":"2008-04-04T21:15:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/when-israel-was-in-egypts-land\/"},"wordCount":220,"articleSection":["Post"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/when-israel-was-in-egypts-land\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/when-israel-was-in-egypts-land\/","name":"When Israel was in Egypt's land... - ELCA World Hunger","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/#website"},"datePublished":"2008-04-04T21:15:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/#\/schema\/person\/1cee2863327a7f2a39d9ea76a2e3e7d5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/when-israel-was-in-egypts-land\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/when-israel-was-in-egypts-land\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/when-israel-was-in-egypts-land\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"When Israel was in Egypt&#8217;s land&#8230;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/","name":"ELCA World Hunger","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/#\/schema\/person\/1cee2863327a7f2a39d9ea76a2e3e7d5","name":"ELCA World Hunger","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/abaf1c029e123e778e3d14739a5fdb1f6b1f59fb379c3cf59678a50423b5bd44?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/abaf1c029e123e778e3d14739a5fdb1f6b1f59fb379c3cf59678a50423b5bd44?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/abaf1c029e123e778e3d14739a5fdb1f6b1f59fb379c3cf59678a50423b5bd44?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ELCA World Hunger"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/author\/hungerrumblings\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}