JUNE 26, 2021 Exodus 16:13-15 “So it was that quail came up at evening and covered the camp, and in the morning the dew lay all around the camp. And when the layer of dew lifted, there, on the surface of the wilderness, was a small round substance, as fine as frost on the ground. So when the children of Israel saw it, they said […]
JUNE 25, 2021 Exodus 16:6-7 Then Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, “At evening you shall know that the Lord has brought you out of the land of Egypt. And in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord.” Yesterday we shared how the double portion given on the “sixth day” hints at what we […]
JUNE 24, 2021 Exodus 16:4-5 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather a certain quota every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in My law or not. And it shall be on the sixth day that they shall prepare what they […]
JUNE 23, 2021 Exodus 16:4-5 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather a certain quota every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in My law or not. And it shall be on the sixth day that they shall prepare what they […]
JUNE 22, 2021 Exodus 16:3-4 And the children of Israel said to them, “Oh, that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat and when we ate bread to the full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.” […]
JUNE 21, 2021 Exodus 16:1-2 And they journeyed from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they departed from the land of Egypt. Then the whole congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses […]
JUNE 20, 2021 Exodus 15:25-26 There He made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there He tested them, and said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have […]
JUNE 19, 2021 Exodus 15:24-25 And the people complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” So he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet. According to some commentators, there are certain shrubs that can allegedly absorb salt and other impurities from water that would make […]
JUNE 18, 2021 Exodus 15:20-21 Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them: “Sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!” From the time that Moses was […]
JUNE 17, 2021 Exodus 15:17-18 You will bring them in and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which You have made for Your own dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established. The Lord shall reign forever and ever. From the beginning, God’s people have looked toward the time when we would dwell with Him in the […]
JUNE 16, 2021 Exodus 15:11 “Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?” This verse is of particular interest because, first of all, it celebrates the fact that the God of Israel is God. The people of Egypt, and of all nations, were exposed to the reality that their gods aren’t […]
JUNE 14, 2021 Exodus 15:2 The Lord is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him; my father’s God, and I will exalt Him. There are Aramaic translations of the Scriptures known as Targumim which follow the Hebrew version of Scripture very closely. On occasion, however, these Aramaic versions offer slightly different renderings […]