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In Exodus chapter four, verse twenty-two, the firstborn indicates a special love and relationship with God. God claims Israel as His son. Later in a narrowing of the sonship theme, God calls the Davidic dynasty His son, and still next, in a further narrowing, He claims Jesus as His Son.The Jewish concept of being the […]

In Exodus chapter three, verse eight, this is a proverbial statement picturing agricultural abundance. The honey includes honey from grapes or dates from bees; the juice boils down to produce a thick syrup. Milk and honey is the land abounded with other good things. Excellent fruits, such as corn, wine, and oil, and with figs,

In Exodus chapter three, verse seven, God was concerned about the misery of the people in Egypt. He is aware of the distress of all His people. God hears the cry of those who are troubled and oppressed. In such times God’s people must cry out to Him that he might mercifully intervene on their

In Exodus chapter three, verse five, God’s initial revelation to Moses was of His holiness. Holiness means separation from sin and all evil and commitment to righteousness. Moses had to remember that the God he served was holy: so holy that a human to look at Him would bring forth death. God’s initial revelation to

In Exodus chapter two, verse twenty-three, after many years of oppression, the people of Israel began to cry unto God for help. When they turned to the Lord, He turned to them. The Israelites may have been worshipping the gods of Egypt and calling upon them for help and deliverance. However, they most likely did

In Exodus chapter two, verse fifteen, the land of Midian is a place in the northwest Arabian Peninsula where Moses was there for forty years. Why did he stay there for that period? Moses attempts to break up a fight between two Hebrews and learn that his murder of a violent Egyptian was not a

In Exodus chapter two, verse twelve, Moses’ willingness to identify with God’s people and defend the Hebrews facing oppression demonstrated his faith in God. Moses rejected the passing pleasures of sin for the honor of suffering for God and his people. The phrase, “He looked this way and that,” is the modern equivalent of the

Moses was a goodly child from a man of the House of Levi and daughter of Levi: nursed by Pharoah’s daughter by a Hebrew handmaid, which is his mother. He later grew up and moved away from Egypt to Midian. Moses was Jewish and well aware of it. He was an adoptive son of the

The “son” here referred to is Moses. His birth, escape from death, and all the events of his youth were under the direction of God so that he might deliver Israel from bondage. All believers need to know that God also works in their lives using appropriate means to accomplish His will. The problem, however,

In Exodus chapter one, verse eleven, the new king of Egypt set taskmasters over the Israelites. These men managed the slave work and supervised the slave labor under Pharoah’s command. They afflicted the Israelites and oppressed them “with heavy burdens,” which could be hard labor of any kind. The building of Pithom and Raamses was