In Exodus chapter nineteen, verse one records the establishment of God’s covenant with the people of Israel at Mount Sinai. That covenant is an extension of the covenant with Abraham and his descendants. The covenant is for Israel’s prior reconciliation to God and their ongoing fellowship. It defined the conditions by which Israel would remain […]
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In Exodus chapter eighteen, verse twenty-one, Moses’ father-in-law suggests to Moses that he find able men that qualify under the standards of God. He further explains that these men could help in the small matters in groups of thousands, hundreds, the fifties, and tens, to help judge the people year-round. The more significant problems, Jethro
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In Exodus chapter eighteen, verse eleven, Moses’ father-in-law, Jethro, replies to him by saying, “Now I know.” The response is in light of Moses telling his father-in-law what the Lord has done since they left Egypt. Jethro, the priest of Midian, a relative of Moses, came to visit him in the wilderness, where he encamped
In Exodus chapter seventeen, verse eleven, Moses held up his hand so that Israel would prevail during the fight. However, when Moses let down his hand, Amalek began to prevail. By holding up his hands to the Lord, Moses reveals his dependence on and faith in God. The strength and victory of Israel lay in
In Exodus chapter seventeen, verse nine, Moses speaks to Joshua to choose men to go out to fight against Amalek. Joshua is the man chosen to succeed as leader of Israel is first mentioned. Appropriately enough, he will take over the duties of Moses when God says it’s time and would later go up against
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In Exodus chapter seventeen, verse six, the Lord told Moses to smite the rock in Horeb, and water will come out for the children of Israel to drink. The Israelites came to Rephidim journeying from the wilderness of Sin and discovered there was no water to drink. After forty-one days of leaving Egypt, about three
In Exodus chapter sixteen, verse thirty, the people rested on the seventh day. The Israelites were able by God through Moses to gather twice as much on the sixth day for the next. Moses emphasizes what the Lord said in verse twenty-three of the same chapter: “Tomorrow is the rest day of the holy sabbath
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In exodus chapter sixteen, verse twenty-one, God gave orders to gather only enough for each day to teach the people that their daily existence depended exclusively upon His gift. The Israelites miraculously were brought out from Egypt. After three days without water going through the wilderness of Shur, they discover the waters in Marah were
In Exodus chapter sixteen, verse four, God said to Moses that He would rain bread from heaven and that the people should gather a portion every day to prove whether they walk in His law. The bread from heaven is called “manna.” A distinctive food miraculously sent from God to feed the people after the
In Exodus chapter sixteen, verse two, the Israelites complained against Moses and God for the third time. The first complaint takes place in chapter fourteen, verses ten through twelve. The second is chapter fifteen, verse twenty-four. The people of God were in the wilderness of Sin, between Elim and Sinai, thirty days after they departed
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