Exodus 17 Dear RTB’ers, Let’s continue to pray for Mary G. as she recuperates from knee replacement surgery. More grumbling (Ex. 17:2-3), this time for lack of water and them “dying of thirst”. Previous grumblings have been fear of death from Pharaoh’s army (Ex. 14:10-11), bitter water (Ex. 15:24), and hunger (Ex. 16:3). Do we …
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May 24 / Exodus 15:22-16:36
Exodus 15:22-16:36 Dear RTB’ers, Let’s continue to pray for Mary G. as she recuperates from knee replacement surgery – for her, for Len, for her medical team, and for her recovery. Today, wilderness wanderings, grumbling, quail, and manna. Yesterday we saw the first incident of the people grumbling against Moses (Ex. 14:10-11). Today we see …
May 23 / Exodus 14:1-15:21
Exodus 14:1-15:21 Dear RTB’ers, Let’s be in prayer today for Mary G. as she undergoes knee replacement surgery – for her, for Len, for her medical team, and for her recovery. Today, they’re gone! The Israelites from Pharaoh’s grasp and the Egyptians to the bottom of the Sea! The Lord delivers His people, but not …
May 22 / Exodus 12:37-13:22
Exodus 12:37-13:22 Dear RTB’ers, Today, Israel’s departure from Egypt and instructions for celebrating the Passover and for setting aside the firstborn. As far as I know, our reading yesterday and today are the only Biblical instructions for how the Israelites were to celebrate the Passover. By contrast, the setting aside of the firstborn males is …
May 21 / Exodus 12:1-36
Exodus 12:1-36 Dear RTB’ers, The Passover. Today we get 28 verses of instruction and preparation, then eight verses of action. And the instruction is given with detail: the tenth day, the fourteenth day, the twenty-first day; year-old male lamb, unblemished, roasted; unleavened bread, bitter herbs; belt, sandals, staff; blood, hyssop, lintel, doorposts. And the people …
May 20 / Exodus 10-11
Exodus 10-11 Dear RTB’ers, Exodus 10-11, two plagues today – the eighth and ninth, locusts and darkness – and the promise of another, the final plague, the death of the Egyptian firstborn. Two days ago I spoke of Pharaoh wanting to compromise with Moses: So Pharaoh said, “I will let you go to sacrifice to …
May 19 / Exodus 9
Exodus 9 Dear RTB’ers, Exodus 9, three plagues today – livestock deaths, boils and hail. Again the Lord distinguishes between the Egyptians and the Hebrews, in both the fifth and seventh plagues. The fifth plague, …behold, the hand of the LORD will come with a very severe plague on your livestock which are in the …
May 18 / Exodus 8
Exodus 8 Dear RTB’ers, Exodus 8, three plagues today – frogs, gnats, and flies. Pharaoh is beginning to see the power of the Lord, possibly swayed by his own magicians. (Ex. 8:19) As a result, he begins to compromise. During the plague of frogs, he seems to relent: Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and …
May 17 / Exodus 6:10-7:25
Exodus 6:10-7:25 Dear RTB’ers, Good morning, folks. I’m trying to get back on track here. I’m still distracted by other things, but we move on! The writer of Exodus gives us a small genealogy, covering lightly only Reuben and Simeon before moving on to detail with Levi. His clear intent is that we know who …
May 16 / Exodus 4:18-6:9
Exodus 4:18-6:9 Dear RTB’ers, Moses’ first encounter with Pharaoh: Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go…’” (v. 5:1a) Actually, the first of many encounters and the first of many rejections by Pharaoh to Moses’ requests. An aside: I’ve wondered if this …