1 Samuel 24:4-6 The men said, “This is the day the Lord spoke of when he said[b] to you, ‘I will give your enemy into your hands for you to deal with as you wish.’” Then David crept up unnoticed and cut off a corner of Saul’s robe. Afterward, David was conscience-stricken for having cut […]
Read moreNumbers 22:28-29 Then God gave speech to the donkey. She said to Balaam: “What have I ever done to you that you have beat me these three times?” Balaam said, “Because you’ve been playing games with me! If I had a sword I would have killed you by now.” Wow, Balaam, the prophet, was furious. […]
Read moreNumbers 11:14-15 I can’t do this by myself—it’s too much, all these people. If this is how you intend to treat me, do me a favour and kill me. I’ve seen enough; I’ve had enough. Let me out of here.” The Israelites weren’t an easy nation. Now they were acting like spoilt brats. They longed […]
Read moreNumbers 14:6-7 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, members of the scouting party, ripped their clothes and addressed the assembled People of Israel: “The land we walked through and scouted out is a very good land—very good indeed.” It was about 15 months since the Israelites had been delivered from slavery. During […]
Read moreExodus 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 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 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 […]
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