Exodus Extracts 23 – These Are The Rules Part 3

Pay attention to all that I have said to you, and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let it be heard on your lips. (Exodus 23:13 ESV) As God wraps up His initial conversation about the way things will be for the people that have come out of slavery, it’s fascinating […]

Exodus Extracts 22 – These Are The Rules Part 2

It’s a matter of trust. Reading through the set of rules listed in Exodus 22, there are a few key themes that emerge. The first is seen in the first 17 verses. Here if a person has been wronged then steps should be taken to compensate. To compensate takes into consideration not just what has been lost […]

Exodus Extracts 21 – These Are The Rules Part 1

Now these are the rules that you shall set before them. (Exodus 21:1 ESV) How shall we now live? Social arrangements as far as the law are concerned are often taken for granted. Why we do not kill and refer to it being against the law is something that is assumed and hardly questioned. Yet at […]

Exodus Extracts 20 – Love in 10 Words

I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. (Exodus 20:2) [Worth also checking out the first in the Law & Order: Spiritual Intent series.] Dear Lord God: In the light of your love in rescuing me from slavery … I am yours, […]

Exodus Extracts 19 – Communal Consecrated For A Divine Encounter

You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be […]

Exodus Extracts 18 – Don’t Do It Alone: Sound Advice

Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good. You and the people with you will certainly wear yourselves out, for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to do it alone. (Exodus 18:17-18) Sometimes we conduct business our way and develop and entrench a pattern of behaviour to […]

Exodus Extracts 17 -A Helping Hand

But Moses’ hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. (Exodus 17:12 ESV) The journey […]

Exodus Extracts 16 – Moaning and Mercy

Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Let an omer of it be kept throughout your generations, so that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’” (Exodus 16:32 ESV) It’s easy to criticise the behaviour of the children […]

Exodus Extracts 15 – Praise & Grumble

And Miriam sang to them: “Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.” And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” (Exodus 15:21, 24 ESV) People are fickle. You have just witnessed the act of the mighty forces of the super […]

Exodus Extracts 14 – Shut Up Before The Wipeout

And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again. The LORD will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.” (Exodus 14:13, 14) The epic nature of […]