But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the LORD. I appeared to Abraham, toContinue reading “Exodus 6: 1-9….I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God!”
Category Archives: Exodus
Exodus 5: 19-23….God, are You sure that You’re doing this right?
The foremen of the people of Israel saw that they were in trouble when they said, “You shall by no means reduce your number of bricks, your daily task each day.” They met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them, as they came out from Pharaoh; and they said to them, “The LORD lookContinue reading “Exodus 5: 19-23….God, are You sure that You’re doing this right?”
Exodus 5: 10-18….The New Law is announced!
So the taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you straw. Go and get your straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced in the least.’” So the people were scattered throughout all the landContinue reading “Exodus 5: 10-18….The New Law is announced!”
Exodus 5: 1-9….The first ‘rough patch’.
Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’” But Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD,Continue reading “Exodus 5: 1-9….The first ‘rough patch’.”
Exodus 4: 27-31….God prepares the ground
The LORD said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So he went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him. And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD with which he had sent him to speak, and all the signs that he had commanded him to do.Continue reading “Exodus 4: 27-31….God prepares the ground”
Exodus 4: 18-26….A few unexpected details added.
Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Please let me go back to my brothers in Egypt to see whether they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.” And the LORD said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who were seekingContinue reading “Exodus 4: 18-26….A few unexpected details added.”
Exodus 4: 10-17….Moses finds more excuses!
But Moses said to the LORD, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.” Then the LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind?Continue reading “Exodus 4: 10-17….Moses finds more excuses!”
Exodus 4: 1-9….Moses asks “who’ll listen?”
Then Moses answered, “But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘The LORD did not appear to you.’” The LORD said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A staff.” And he said, “Throw it on the ground.” So he threw it on theContinue reading “Exodus 4: 1-9….Moses asks “who’ll listen?””
Exodus 3: 10-22….A tough Assignment!
Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?” He said, “But I will be with you, and this shall beContinue reading “Exodus 3: 10-22….A tough Assignment!”
Exodus 3: 1-9….The Burning Bush that doesn’t!
Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush.Continue reading “Exodus 3: 1-9….The Burning Bush that doesn’t!”
As I read it! 