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In a Nutshell… Read the passage here. Today’s episode occurs some time after the crossing of the Red Sea, after leaving Egypt. The Israelites have worked through their stores of provision and now find themselves … Read More

In a Nutshell… Read the passage here. Last week, we read about how the Israelites were delivered from the pursuit of the Egyptians in the Red Sea. And, remember, this wasn’t an isolated incident.  Rather, … Read More

In a Nutshell… Read the passage here. After escaping Egypt, the Israelites, led by God, are pursued by the Egyptians and find themselves trapped between a rock (the Egyptians) and a hard place (the Red … Read More

In a Nutshell… Read the passage here. Last week we looked at the final plague in Egypt, particularly in terms of how the tenth plague can be seen as punctuating the over-arching theme of the … Read More

In a Nutshell… Read the passage here. Today we come to the final plague in Egypt – the plague on the Firstborn. We’ll spend a couple of weeks on this plague, as we spent a … Read More

In a Nutshell… Read the passage here. We are currently considering the plagues narrative in the book of Exodus which is the instrument by which God frees the Israelites form Egypt. We talked about how … Read More

In a Nutshell… Read the passage here. Unlike most weeks, we won’t be looking at a single passage, simply because it’s too long. However, we do want to consider what’s going on in the plagues … Read More

In a Nutshell… Read the passage here. In short, from a narrative perspective, today’s passage serves as an introduction to the subsequent passages – those chapters recounting the ten plagues. Now the book of Exodus … Read More

In a Nutshell… Read the passage here. We’re still relatively early in the book so, plot-wise, most of what’s happened has been setting-the-scene.  Chapters. 1-2 introduce us to the situation of the nation of Israel, … Read More

In a Nutshell… Read the passage here. Last week we talked about the weird passage in Exodus – the circumcision of Moses’ son by Zipporah. As well, we looked at the idea of God hardening … Read More