FEBRUARY 8, 2021 Exodus 3:1 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. It’s interesting to observe how God teaches us the skills, today, that we will need for tomorrow, and oftentimes without us […]
FEBRUARY 7, 2021 Exodus 2:23 Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. At this point in the Scripture, the focus turns back to Israel’s plight in […]
FEBRUARY 6, 2021 Exodus 2:21-22 Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses. And she bore him a son. He called his name Gershom, for he said, “I have been a stranger in a foreign land.” The man referred to is Reuel, also called Jethro, who was a chieftain among the Midianite […]
FEBRUARY 5, 2021 Exodus 2:15 When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from [b]the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well. While there is no record of a verbal rebuke from God over the murder of the Egyptian, it would […]
FEBRUARY 4, 2021 Exodus 2:14-15 So Moses feared and said, “Surely this thing is known!” When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well. Moses was forced to flee Egypt, ultimately, because of the attitude of […]
FEBRUARY 3, 2021 Exodus 2:13-14 And when he went out the second day, behold, two Hebrew men were fighting, and he said to the one who did the wrong, “Why are you striking your companion?” Then he said, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the […]
FEBRUARY 2, 2021 Exodus 2:11 Now it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens. And he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren. When the text says that Moses had “grown,” in Hebrew it would be literally translated […]
February 1, 2021 Exodus 2:11 Now it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens. At some point, Moses was made aware of his true identity and his connection to the Hebrew slaves. His had been a life of abundance and relative […]
JANUARY 31, 2021 Exodus 2:9 Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. It is fascinating to see just how God worked out this situation for Moses. He supernaturally arranged for the king’s own […]
JANUARY 30, 2021 Exodus 2:10 And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. So she called his name Moses, saying, “Because I drew him out of the water.” In Hebrew, Moses is pronounced Mosheh and is believed to be the Hebrew transliteration of the Egyptian form Monios or “child […]
JANUARY 29, 2021 Exodus 2:7-8 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?” And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” So the maiden went and called the child’s mother. The Bible records that, at the […]
JANUARY 28, 2020 Exodus 2:4 “And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.” The Hebrew phrase translated “stood afar off” is literally “took her stand” as if to say she positioned herself to watch over her brother as would a soldier who had been given a command to hold […]