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Pithom and Rameses
Pithom
also: Pithom, Raamses, Rahamsest, store-cities
Pithom and Rameses (Exodus 1:11), the two store-cities the enslaved Israelites were forced to build for Pharaoh; cited by Áron in his petition to Pharaoh as evidence of Israel's loyal labor — one of the drama's few direct biblical quotations.
Reading notes
- Moses §1 Pithom and Rameses
Pithom and Rameses (Rahamsest in the Hungarian source) are the 'store-cities' the Israelites were forced to build for Pharaoh according to Exodus 1:11; their mention by Áron is one of the drama's few direct biblical quotations.