Exodus 27:21 In the tent of meeting, outside the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law, Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps burning before the Lord from evening till morning. This is to be a lasting ordinance among the Israelites for the generations to come. Have you ever seen aContinue reading “Exodus 27:21 Evening, Morning”
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Exodus 22:25 No Interest Payments
Exodus 22:25 If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest. With student loan forgiveness in the news lately, people might be wondering if this is fair. Millions of us paid off our student loans, keeping our fiduciary responsibilities.Continue reading “Exodus 22:25 No Interest Payments”
Exodus 21:23-25 Limits
Exodus 21:23-25 But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. Justice can look very different from our expectations. And too often, what we really want is not justice butContinue reading “Exodus 21:23-25 Limits”
Exodus 16:10 What Did They See?
Exodus 16:10 While Aaron was speaking to the whole Israelite community, they looked toward the desert, and there was the glory of the LORD appearing in the cloud. Have you ever experienced something and you just had to exclaim, “What did I just see?” I know I have. There have been many surprises in myContinue reading “Exodus 16:10 What Did They See?”
Exodus 13:8-9 Teaching Tool
Exodus 13:8-9 On that day tell your son, ‘I do this because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ 9 This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that this law of the LORD is to be on your lips.Continue reading “Exodus 13:8-9 Teaching Tool”
Exodus 12:12 Death Coming
Exodus 12:12 “On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD. Some things in life are hard to understand. Too often someone dies of whom we think they shouldn’t dieContinue reading “Exodus 12:12 Death Coming”
Exodus 7:15 Structure
Exodus 7:15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes out to the river. Confront him on the bank of the Nile, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake. We recognize the difference between a WiKi article and the satire of BabylonBee, or at least I hope weContinue reading “Exodus 7:15 Structure”
Exodus 6:9 Discouragement
Exodus 6:9 Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor. One tactic of harsh leaders is harsh labor. I think about the labor camps during WWII and now in our current time in communist countries across the globe. People enter these camps neverContinue reading “Exodus 6:9 Discouragement”
Exodus 3:22 Voluntary Plundering
Exodus 3:22 Every woman is to ask her neighbor and any woman living in her house for articles of silver and gold and for clothing, which you will put on your sons and daughters. And so you will plunder the Egyptians.” Have you ever heard the term “blood sucking lawyers”? This term is not aContinue reading “Exodus 3:22 Voluntary Plundering”
Genesis 48:19 Reversal
Genesis 48:19 But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations.” Plans often don’t turn out the way we suppose. Even inContinue reading “Genesis 48:19 Reversal”
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