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Punished for Hope in God—Exodus 5:4-9
Pharaoh insults God (Exod 5:2) and orders his slaves to just get back to work (5:4-5). He treats…
When People Belittle God—Exodus 5:1-5
Presumably presented by the elders as representatives of Israel or Israel’s God, Moses and Aaron obtain entrance before…
Excitement versus Tested Faith—Exodus 4:30-21
Moses and Aaron gathered the elders of the people, who would have at least heard of Moses, the…
Aaron’s obedience and God’s call—Exodus 4:27-28
Quite in contrast to Moses’s reticence to return to Egypt, the narrative in 4:27 appears to assume (or…
The bloody foreskin—Exodus 4:24-26
In Exod 4:23, God warns that he will kill Pharaoh’s son because Pharaoh has refused to release God’s…
God’s son versus Pharaoh’s son—Exodus 4:22-23
The Lord continues to reaffirm his commission to Moses to perform the wonders God had commanded, but also…
Obedience even before much faith—Exodus 4:18-21
God’s signs had put the fear of God in Moses, enough to make him obey. But Moses’s obedience…
The staff of Moses becomes the staff of God—Exodus 4:2, 17, 20
If you’re like me, maybe you have thought, “God healed people in the Bible, but is there any…
A commission whether you like it or not—Exodus 4:13-17
As long as Moses is raising logistical problems, God has solutions. But finally Moses is out of objections…
You’ve got the wrong person, Lord—Exodus 4:10-12
Moses thus raises another objection: even if signs would persuade the people through someone, Moses is not the…
God equips Moses with signs—Exodus 4:1-9
God dismisses Moses’s concern about Moses’s own inadequacy; God himself is more than adequate (Exod 3:11-14). Moses now…
Striking the striker—Exodus 3:20
God enacts justice, though mercifully tempered by his restraint. God had not punished the oppressors’ injustice immediately, but…
God’s scary promises—Exodus 3:18-19
The Lord was now “visiting” or paying attention to his people (3:16; 4:31), as Joseph had foreseen (13:19;…
Resisting God’s calling—Exodus 4:1-17
When God calls Moses to confront Pharaoh, God not only promises to be with Moses; he also gives…
Faith and God’s calling—Exodus 3:7-14
God’s promises are good, but sometimes these promises are difficult because they demand that we obey God in…