Exodus 40:38 The Cloud of God was over The Dwelling during the day and the fire was in it at night, visible to all the Israelites in all their travels. Here we come to the great final scene of Exodus. After all the drama in Egypt, the departure, the miracle of the Red Sea and […]
Read moreExodus 32:1 When the people realized that Moses was taking forever in coming down off the mountain, they rallied around Aaron and said, “Do something. Make gods for us who will lead us. That Moses, the man who got us out of Egypt—who knows what’s happened to him?” When you sit on the pavilion, you […]
Read moreExodus 17:12-13 But Moses’ hands got tired. So they got a stone and set it under him. He sat on it and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on each side. So his hands remained steady until the sun went down. Joshua defeated Amalek and its army in battle. These verses remind me […]
Read moreExodus 17:5-7 God said to Moses, “Go on out ahead of the people, taking with you some of the elders of Israel. Take the staff you used to strike the Nile. And go. I’m going to be present before you there on the rock at Horeb. You are to strike the rock. Water will gush […]
Read moreExodus 16:11-12 God spoke to Moses, “I’ve listened to the complaints of the Israelites. Now tell them: ‘At dusk you will eat meat and at dawn you’ll eat your fill of bread; and you’ll realize that I am God, your God.’” My claim to fame is successfully cooking sirloin for 200 people over hot coals […]
Read moreExodus 15:25 So Moses cried out in prayer to God. God pointed him to a stick of wood. Moses threw it into the water and the water turned sweet. Horatio Spafford was a very successful lawyer and businessman in Chicago in the 1800s. Things were going well for him and his family, but it didn’t […]
Read moreExodus 13:21-22 God went ahead of them in a Pillar of Cloud during the day to guide them on the way, and at night in a Pillar of Fire to give them light; thus they could travel both day and night. The Pillar of Cloud by day and the Pillar of Fire by night never […]
Read moreDeuteronomy 34:4 Then and there God said to him, “This is the land I promised to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob with the words ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I’ve let you see it with your own eyes. There it is. But you’re not going to go in.” Don’t you also […]
Read moreExodus 34:10 And God said, “As of right now, I’m making a covenant with you: In full sight of your people I will work wonders that have never been created in all the Earth, in any nation. We usually consider the Israelites to be a difficult nation, and it’s easy to criticise them, but in […]
Read moreExodus 33:7-11 Moses used to take the Tent and set it up outside the camp, some distance away. He called it the Tent of Meeting. Anyone who sought God would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp. And God spoke with Moses face-to-face, as neighbours speak to one another. When he would return […]
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