D&C 136 and the Exodus

Brigham Young has been called the American Moses, and there are very good reasons for this, as his revelation recorded as Doctrine and Covenants 136 shows.

A striking similarity is the amount of organization. In Exodus, after his father-in-law suggests it, Moses separates the people into groups, giving each their own leader, with leaders of leaders and so on. This made it so he didn't have to deal with each little piece of dispute or question that came up. In D&C 136, God institutes a similar scheme, with captains of 10 and of 50, etc. As I've said before, God is a god of order - he knows how to set things up.

The fact that there is one clear head of the whole move is another thing that is similar. As Moses led the people out of Egypt into the desert, so did Brigham bring Israel of a new time period out of a land of plenty into the desert. Prophets are how God works.

In many ways, D&C 136 and the biblical account of the Exodus are similar.