February 13, 2025
“And they came, everyone whose heart stirred him, and everyone whose spirit moved him, and brought the LORD’s contribution to be used for the tent of meeting” (Exodus 35:21 ESV). When Moses put the word out to the people of Israel, calling them to bring their contributions for the building of the Tent of Meeting,
February 12, 2025
“So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments” (Exodus 34:28 ESV). Moses communed with the Lord for 40 days, during which time he fasted from food and water, having no
February 11, 2025
‘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 8, 2025
“And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty” (Exodus 28:2 ESV). Today’s Old Testament reading from the One Year Bible’s assignment from the book of Exodus, continues the description of the Tabernacle’s design, furnishings, and now the design of the priestly garments. It is very detailed. For the
February 6, 2025
“And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD” (Exodus 24:4 ESV). The first five books of the Bible were written by Moses under God’s inspiration. This is how the Bible came to be: God spoke and men wrote. Paradoxically both fully human and fully divine. The Bible contains sixty-six books written by over
February 5, 2025
“You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt” (Exodus 23:9 ESV). God inspired Moses to write this instruction, including an appeal to the memories of the Israelites. Namely, that they should remember how it felt to be oppressed as sojourners in
February 4, 2025
“And God spoke all these words, saying” (Exodus 20:1 ESV). Did you know that God actually spoke the Ten Commandments aloud from Mount Sinai for all the Israelites to hear? Before God wrote the Decalogue down onto stone tablets, He actually spoke them aloud from Mount Sinai for all the Israelites to hear. A literal
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