Unexpected battles
Wandering in the wilderness, water, snakes, unexpected battles: Numbers 19–21 The Israelites’s wanderings ended about 40 years after they left …
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Be careful what you ask for
Exploring Canaan: Numbers 13–15 Stirred up by the scouts’ reports of Cannan, the Israelites response was to cry all night: …
Importance of the firstborn
A count of Israelite fighting men and Levites: Numbers 1–4 The firstborn were important to God: they had a special …
All those numbers
The book of Numbers starts with an order to count all the men of fighting age in preparation for war. …
Explaining the Sabbath: it all belongs to God
Sabbaths: Leviticus 23–25 The Israelites were to enjoy Sabbaths beyond the sixth-day of rest. There were also days for harvest …
Priests: be holy because God is holy
More rules for priests and offerings: Leviticus 21–22 The priests had a special place in Israelite society. God instructed that: …
Staying holy: moral codes
Rules for moral and holy living: Leviticus 18–20 There were more than a few rules. The first set of rules …
Set apart: the Levites
Dedicating the Levites, the second Passover: Numbers 8–9 The Levites were in a class of their own. They hadn’t made …
Lots of blood
Ordaining Aaron and his sons and sanctifying the altar: Exodus 29–31 The ritual for the first use of the meeting …
Escape from Egypt
Escape from Egypt: Exodus 13–15 Continuing his approach of breaking promises, Pharaoh pursued the Israelites after releasing them from Egypt. …
A plague (or ten) on Egypt
All those plagues: Exodus 7–12 Ten national disasters: the main source of water (the Nile) became undrinkable for seven days …
Pharaoh’s hard heart
Moses confronts Pharaoh for the first time: Exodus 5–7 Forcing slaves to making bricks, making it harder to make bricks, …
Egyptian oppression
Eighty years of slavery and the birth of Moses: Exodus 1–2 The Egyptians eventually forgot Joseph’s contribution to their country: …
Joseph gets the big picture
Joseph and his brothers: Genesis 37–50 Joseph started as the pesky little brother with dreams way beyond his station in …
The makings of Abra(ha)m
The Tower of Babel; Abram and his family moves around the Middle East, with Lot eventually settling in Sodom, only to …
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