Wikipedia's first sentence called it “promise given by moses”. Today it says “biblical promise of deuteronomy 30”.
Measured, not asserted. Every count, date and revision on this page was taken from Wikipedia's own history and checked against the live article. The words quoted are theirs.
Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-03.
We saved snapshots of this article over twenty years; you are reading the 2010 one. Red dashes: removed from Wikipedia since.Pale dots: rewritten; the numbered note shows what it says now.Red text: written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot.1 tap a number or a side note to jump between them
The opening as it read in 2010
Gathering of Israel ( Hebrew : קיבוץ גלויות Kibbutz Galuyot , lit. Ingathering of the Exiles , also known as Ingathering of [the] Diasporas ) is the promise given by Moses , in the Hebrew Bible , to the People of Israel before his death, prior to their entrance to Eretz Israel ( The Land of Israel ). He envisions that the People of Israel will sin in their homeland and will be exiled from it, but also foresees their return to their homeland, and tells them, as the leader of the people of Israel during the Exodus from Egypt , that they will even have it better than their forefathers over there.1During the days of the Babylonian exile , the prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel encouraged the People of Israel by a promise of a future Ingathering of the Exiles of Israel in the Land of Israel (a Kibbutz Galuyot ) that will occur.2The lasting desire for ingathering of the exiles of Israel in the Land of Israel was harbored incessantly by Jews ever since the destruction of the Second Temple . The Maimonides foresees its materialization concurrently with the coming of the Messiah .3The Ingathering of the Exiles of Israel in the Land of Israel, a Kibbutz Galuyot , became the core idea of the Zionist Movement and the core idea of Israel's Scroll of Independence ( Megilat Ha'atzmaut ), embodied by the idea of Aliyah , the definition of all the immigrations of Jews to the Land and the State of Israel (Individual or a group) , and is attributed especially to a "mass" wave of Aliyah for being synonymous with the Exodus from Egypt .4
This is Wikipedia's own text, saved in our repository. Their copy of it is revision 370296483.
The opening as it stood in 2015 4 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Ingathering of the Exiles , also known as Ingathering of [the] Diaspora ) is the biblical promise of Deuteronomy 30:1-5 given by Moses , to the people of Israel prior to their entrance into the Land of Israel (Eretz Yisrael) .He foresaw that the people of Israel would sin in their new land and would therefore be exiled.However, he also foresaw the people's return to their homeland.During the days of the Babylonian exile , writings of the prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel encouraged the people of Israel with a promise of a future gathering of the exiles to the land of Israel.The continual hope for a return of the Israelite exiles to the land has been in the hearts of Jews ever since the destruction of the Second Temple .Maimonides connected its materialization with the coming of the Messiah .The gathering of the exiles in the land of Israel, became the core idea of the Zionist Movement and the core idea of Israel's Scroll of Independence ( Megilat Ha'atzmaut ), embodied by the idea of going up, Aliyah , since the Holy Land is considered to be spiritually higher than all other land.The immigration of Jews to the land and the State of Israel , the "mass" wave of Aliyot (plural form), has been likened unto the Exodus from Egypt .
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 665544840.
The opening as it stood in 2020 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
The biblical promise of Deuteronomy 30:1-5 given by Moses to the people of Israel prior to their entrance into the Land of Israel The Gathering of Israel ( , Kibbutz Galuyot ( Biblical : Qibbuṣ Galuyoth ), lit. Ingathering of the Exiles , also known as Ingathering of the Jewish diaspora ) is the biblical promise of Deuteronomy 30:1–5 given by Moses to the people of Israel prior to their entrance into the Land of Israel ( Eretz Yisrael ). During the days of the Babylonian exile , writings of the prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel encouraged the people of Israel with a promise of a future gathering of the exiles to the land of Israel. The continual hope for a return of the Israelite exiles to the land has been in the hearts of Jews ever since the destruction of the Second Temple . Maimonides connected its materialization with the coming of the Messiah . The gathering of the exiles in the land of Israel, became the core idea of the Zionist Movement and the core idea of Israel's Scroll of Independence ( Megilat Ha'atzmaut ), embodied by the idea of going up, Aliyah , since the Holy Land is considered to be spiritually higher than all other land. The immigration of Jews to the land and the State of Israel , the "mass" wave of Aliyot (plural form), has been likened to the Exodus from Egypt .
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 964278269.
The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 5 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Jewish eschatology ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) The Gathering of Israel ( Hebrew : קִבּוּץ גָּלֻיּוֹת , Modern : Kibbutz Galuyot , Tiberian : Qibbuṣ Galuyoth , lit. ' Ingathering of the Exiles ' ), or the Ingathering of the Jewish diaspora , is the biblical promise of Deuteronomy 30:1–5 , made by Moses to the Israelites prior to their entry into the Land of Israel .During the days of the Babylonian captivity , writings by the Israelite prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel encouraged their people with the promise of a future gathering of the exiles to the Land of Israel.Since the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, the continual hope for exiled Jews ' return to the Land of Israel has served as a core theme of Judaism .Maimonides , a prominent medieval Jewish scholar, connected the materialization of this return with the coming of the Davidic Messiah .This gathering of the Jewish diaspora became the foundation of the Zionist ideology and later the central theme of the Israeli Declaration of Independence .It defines aliyah , the act of diaspora Jews migrating to Israel , since Israel is considered to be spiritually higher for the Jewish people than any other of the world's lands.Since 1948, the mass migration of diaspora Jews to Israel has been likened to The Exodus from ancient Egypt , especially in the context of the Jewish exodus from Muslim-majority countries .Exile from Exile: Israeli Writers from Iraq .
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 1173993235.
The opening as it stood in 2025
Aspect of Jewish eschatology ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) The Gathering of Israel ( Hebrew : קִבּוּץ גָּלֻיּוֹת , Modern : Kibbutz Galuyot , Tiberian : Qibbuṣ Galuyoth , lit. ' Ingathering of the Exiles ' ), or the Ingathering of the Jewish diaspora , is the biblical promise of Deuteronomy 30:1–5 , made by Moses to the Israelites prior to their entry into the Land of Israel . During the days of the Babylonian captivity , writings by the Israelite prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel encouraged their people with the promise of a future gathering of the exiles to the Land of Israel. Since the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD, the continual hope for exiled Jews ' return to the Land of Israel has served as a core theme of Judaism . Maimonides , a prominent medieval Jewish scholar, connected the materialization of this return with the coming of the Davidic Messiah . This gathering of the Jewish diaspora became the foundation of the Zionist ideology and later the central theme of the Israeli Declaration of Independence . It defines aliyah , the act of diaspora Jews migrating to Israel , since Israel is considered to be spiritually higher for the Jewish people than any other of the world's lands. Since 1948, the mass migration of diaspora Jews to Israel has been likened to The Exodus from ancient Egypt , especially in the context of the Jewish exodus from Muslim-majority countries . Exile from Exile: Israeli Writers from Iraq .
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 1284611926. This is our newest snapshot; the live article may have moved again since.
Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “promise given by moses”. Today it says “biblical promise of deuteronomy 30”. Read the current article and compare.
2010
2015
2020
Oct '23
2025
Counts in the opening at each snapshot. Green: the word gained ground. Red: it was cut. Grey: no change.
What Wikipedia says this is
Every article opens by defining its subject. This one was redefined since 2010, and today's defining sentence is their current revision.
Then
promise given by moses
Now
biblical promise of deuteronomy 30
Struck red text is no longer in the article; dotted amber text was rewritten. Every revision id links to Wikipedia's copy; the text shown is our own saved copy. Data: /data. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA; quoted for the record; not affiliated with Wikipedia.