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Yes, very important. The symbolism of Moses and the Exodus was used by the Pilgrims when they crossed the ocean to settle America. The founding fathers, such as Washington, Jefferson, and later Lincoln, all used the words and ideas that Moses wrote to help them guide American politics. Lincoln, for ending black slavery, was called a "Moses of the people."

The first seal of the U.S. had a drawing of Moses crossing the Red Sea, to represent our own Pilgrims who also escaped religious oppression in Europe. Martin Luther King constantly used the symbol of Moses in his sermons: "I've seen the Promised Land . . . we as a people will get to the Promised Land."

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