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 […]
January 27, 2021 Exodus 2:3 But when she could no longer hide him, she took a basket of bulrushes for him, daubed it with asphalt and pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank. There is an interesting connection to the Messiah in this verse that doesn’t stand out necessarily but is most […]
JANUARY 26, 2021 Exodus 2:3 But when she could no longer hide him, she took a basket of bulrushes for him, daubed it with asphalt and pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank. One can only imagine the distress Jochebed must have been experiencing as she prepared this basket for her infant […]
JANUARY 25, 2021 Exodus 2:1-2 And a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi. So the woman conceived and bore a son. And when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him three months. According to the record we have, the “man of the house of Levi” was Amram; the “daughter of Levi” […]
