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'''"Let My People Go!"''' is a line from (and alternate name of) the spiritual "[[Go Down Moses]]". The phrase originates in the [[Book of Exodus]] 5:1:
'''"Let My People Go"''' is a phrase that originates in the [[Book of Exodus]] 5:1:
{{quote|And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the {{smallcaps|Lord}} God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.}}
{{quote|And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the {{smallcaps|Lord}} God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.}}


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*"Let My People Go", a book by [[Henrietta Buckmaster]]
*"Let My People Go", a book by [[Henrietta Buckmaster]]
==Music==
==Music==
*"Let My People Go!", a line from (and alternate name of) the spiritual "[[Go Down Moses]]".
*"Let My People Go", a song by [[Donny Osmond]] written by Kay Lewis, Helen Lewis
*"Let My People Go", a song by [[Donny Osmond]] written by Kay Lewis, Helen Lewis
*"Let My People Go", a song by [[The Pursuit of Happiness (band)]] written by Moe Berg
*"Let My People Go", a song by [[The Pursuit of Happiness (band)]] written by Moe Berg

Revision as of 02:43, 20 June 2020

"Let My People Go" is a phrase that originates in the Book of Exodus 5:1:

And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

Let My People Go may also refer to:

Film

Literature

Music

See also

  • "Let My People Be", a song by the Tom Robinson Band on the 1979 album TRB Two
  • Let My People Come, an explicit musical about sex which premiered in 1974
  • "Let My People Live!", a series of events instituted in 2005 by the World Holocaust Foundation to preserve memories of the Holocaust