February 3, 2025
“But Moses’ hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun” (Exodus 17:12 ESV). As
February 2, 2025
“Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there by the water” (Exodus 15:27 ESV). As they traveled on, the Israelites came to Elim, an oasis located along the Eastern side of the Red Sea near the desert of Sin. It must have been
February 1, 2025
“When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near” (Exodus 13:17 ESV). Why did God lead the Israelites the long way around to the Promised Land? He wanted to give them time to grow in their faith before facing warfare with
January 30, 2025
“The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt” (Exodus 12:13 ESV). The Lord instructed Moses to have each household choose a male
January 27, 2025
“Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.” (Exodus 4:12 ESV). God rebuked Moses for saying he couldn’t obey God’s call because he wasn’t an eloquent speaker. “Who has made man’s mouth?” God asked him. The Lord wanted to move Moses’ perspective from his own abilities
January 26, 2025
“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” (Exodus 3:1 ESV). Moses had spent the first 40 years of his life as an Egyptian prince. Now, he would spend
February 11, 2024
‘And the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by.”‘ (Exodus 33:21-22 ESV). The Lord hid Moses in
February 7, 2024
“Then you shall erect the tabernacle according to the plan for it that you were shown on the mountain” (Exodus 26:30 ESV). The exacting detail of the plans for the tabernacle and its furnishings found in Exodus are both amazing and overwhelming to read. For God had instructed Moses to erect the tabernacle according to
February 3, 2024
“Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation” (Exodus 19:5-6 ESV). God told Moses that the Israelites would be a “treasured
January 30, 2024
“and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD” (Exodus 12:12 ESV). Egypt worshiped a multitude of false gods. They had a god for everything. For instance, “Hapi” was their god of the Nile, yet the Lord turned it into blood. “Hekket” was their goddess of fertility and had