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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In Exodus chapter fifteen, verse twenty-six, God said through a tree to Moses, for the people of Israel to listen to His voice, do what is right, remember the commandments, keep His statues, and He will not put no sickness among you. I am the Lord that healeth thee. If the Israelites earnestly listened to
In Exodus chapter fifteen, verse twenty, the mention of a prophetess for the first time in the Old Testament: Miriam, the prophetess, is prophetically gifted and moved in the Spirit of prophecy. Here she leads the women of Israel in a spontaneous prophetic chorus. Deborah, a prophetess, is mentioned in Judges chapter four, verse four.
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In Exodus, chapter fifteen, verses one to eighteen, introduces the song of Moses. This song celebrates God’s victory at the Red Sea over the Egyptian powers. It is a hymn of praise and thanksgiving to God for His majesty, military might, and faithfulness to His people. The deliverance foreshadows and prophecies the victory of God’s
In Exodus chapter fourteen, verse thirty-one, the Israelites saw with their own eyes the work of God done before them with the Egyptians. The people feared and believed in God simultaneously. Through His servants Moses, the Lord established what He set out to do at the very beginning from the time in the Garden of
In Exodus chapter fourteen, verse twenty-eight, the waters returned and covered the chariots, the riders, and all the host of Pharoah. The Red Sea has a length of one thousand three hundred and fifty miles and an extreme width of two hundred and five miles. Therefore it would be quite a challenge for someone to
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