Just as God commanded
The tabernacle (Tent of Meeting) is ready and God’s glory moves in: Exodus 39–40, Numbers 9 It was Moses who …
Category Archives: Exodus
God’s ostentatious tent
Construction time: the sanctuary and priests robes: Exodus 37–39 For a bunch of recently escaped slaves surviving in a hostile …
Keep the Sabbath
Instructions for the Sabbath, offerings and construction work: Exodus 35–36 The Sabbath was an important weekly reminder of God’s covenant …
I want to see God’s presence
A golden calf and the aftermath: Exodus 32–34 Moses understood the importance of having God there, in his life, all …
Wheat in the wilderness?
Ordaining Aaron and his sons and sanctifying the altar: Exodus 29–31 The instructions for sacrifices are detailed. Surprisingly, they include wheat …
The burden of responsibility in fancy robes
Aaron’s clothes and plans for a meeting place with God: Exodus 25–28 It looks like a lot of unnecessary finery: …
God’s plan A for taking back Canaan?
More promises and Moses goes up the mountain: Exodus 23–24 The first time God told the Israelites to invade Canaan, …
God’s first anti-slavery campaign
The ten commandments and other rules: Exodus 20–23 Slavery has been a fact of life for thousands of years. That …
They will know that I am the Lord
The first two months in the wilderness: Exodus 16–19 When Moses’ father-in-law, Jethro, heard everything that God had done for …
A mark on their hands or forehead
Escape from Egypt: Exodus 13–15 One of the first things Moses did after leading the Hebrews (Israelites) out of Egypt …
Frogs and more frogs
All those plagues: Exodus 7–12 The second plague was frogs across the entire land. No worries, said Pharaoh’s magicians, that’s not so hard: …
Pharaoh’s heart hardens
Moses confronts Pharaoh for the first time: Exodus 5–7 Pharoah had already shown his contempt for Moses, Aaron, the Hebrews (all …
I’ve seen their suffering
Moses in the desert and back to Egypt: Exodus 3–4 The Israelites (or Hebrews) might have lost touch with God, …
Moses the outsider
Eighty years of slavery and the birth of Moses: Exodus 1–2 Moses was one of the very few surviving Hebrew boys …
Moses’ father-in-law
Before leaving Sinai, Moses invited his father-in-law to stay with the Israelites and accompany them to the promised land. He …
God moves in
The tabernacle is ready and God’s glory moves in: Exodus 39–40, Numbers 9 Exactly a year after leaving Egypt, the …
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