Category: Exodus

26 So he let him alone. It was then that she said, “A bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision. Setting the Scene for Exodus 4:26 In Exodus chapter 4, we find Moses on his way back to Egypt with his wife Zipporah and their two sons, Gershom and Eliezer. The family had set up…

9 “When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Prove yourselves by working a miracle,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.’” Setting the Scene for Exodus 7:9 In Exodus chapter 7, we find Moses and his brother Aaron standing before Pharaoh in the…

6 Say therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. 7 I will take you to…

24 And Moses cried to the Lord, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.” Setting the Scene for Exodus 5:24 In Exodus chapter 5, we find Moses and Aaron standing before Pharaoh in the grand throne room of the Egyptian palace. The room is adorned with intricate hieroglyphics…

2 The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A staff.” 3 Then he said, “Throw it on the ground.” So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses ran from it. Setting the Scene for Exodus 4:2-3 In Exodus chapter 4, we find Moses…

1 Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. 2 The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months. 3 When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket…

7 “When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.” Setting the Scene for Exodus 21:7 In Exodus 21:7, we find ourselves in the midst of a legal setting in ancient Israel. The scene is set in a courtyard where Moses, the revered leader and…

16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” Setting the Scene for Exodus 20:16 In Exodus chapter 20, we find the scene where Moses is on Mount Sinai receiving the Ten Commandments from God. The mountain is enveloped in a thick cloud, and there are flashes of lightning and peals of thunder, creating…

14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘I am has sent me to you.’” 15 God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,…

1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of…