Bible History – Page 12

Exodus 2: 11-15….The years fly by!

One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people. He looked this way and that, and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. When he went outContinue reading “Exodus 2: 11-15….The years fly by!”

Exodus 2: 1-10….Saved by Adoption.

Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months. When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushesContinue reading “Exodus 2: 1-10….Saved by Adoption.”

Exodus 1: 15 – 2:2….Ancient Directed ‘contraception’!

Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, “When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on the birth-stool, if it is a son, you shall kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.” But theContinue reading “Exodus 1: 15 – 2:2….Ancient Directed ‘contraception’!”

Exodus 1: 1-14 (ESV)….The invited become a problem!

1-7 These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. All the descendants of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt. Then Joseph died, and all hisContinue reading “Exodus 1: 1-14 (ESV)….The invited become a problem!”

Psalms 74: 12-19….Asaph continues….

12 Yet God my King is from of old,working salvation in the midst of the earth.13 You divided the sea by your might;you broke the heads of the sea monsters on the waters.14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan;you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.15 You split open springs and brooks;youContinue reading “Psalms 74: 12-19….Asaph continues….”

1 Corinthians 10: 1-13….Learn the Lessons of History!

For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank fromContinue reading “1 Corinthians 10: 1-13….Learn the Lessons of History!”

2 Samuel 24:18-25….A costly sacrifice.

And Gad came that day to David and said to him, “Go up, raise an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.” So David went up at Gad’s word, as the LORD commanded. And when Araunah looked down, he saw the king and his servants coming on toward him. AndContinue reading “2 Samuel 24:18-25….A costly sacrifice.”

2 Samuel 24:15-17…..It sounds a bit harsh!

So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning until the appointed time. And there died of the people from Dan to Beersheba 70,000 men. And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was working destructionContinue reading “2 Samuel 24:15-17…..It sounds a bit harsh!”

2 Samuel 24:10-14….Given a choice!

10 But David’s heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O LORD, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.” 11 And when David arose in the morning, the wordContinue reading “2 Samuel 24:10-14….Given a choice!”

2 Samuel 24:1-9…. A final act recorded.

Again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go, number Israel and Judah.” So the king said to Joab, the commander of the army, who was with him, “Go through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and number the people, that I mayContinue reading “2 Samuel 24:1-9…. A final act recorded.”