Day 19 of the podcast, reading Exodus 1-4 NET, read along at:
https://netbible.org/bible/Exodus+1-4/
This is day 19 of our journey.
Today, we move into Exodus; the second book of the Bible. About 200 years have passed since the events at the end of Genesis and the Israelites have become "many and mighty". As a result of their growing numbers, the Egyptians have enslaved God's people to keep them from becoming a threat to the empire. In the heart of this turbulent era, Levi's great-grandson, Moses, is born. By God's provision, Moses is protected as an infant and grows up in luxury within the palace with the Pharaoh himself. As Moses reaches adulthood, however, the young man has not forgotten his identity as an Israelite and can no longer turn a blind eye to the suffering of his people. After murdering an Egyptian, Moses flees to Midian where he lives for 40 years. Then, at the age of 80, God appears to Moses and calls him to lead his people out of Egypt to the land of promise. Reluctantly, Moses returns to Egypt and tells the leaders of Israel that "I AM" is going to deliver them from Egypt!
Join me in Exodus 1-4 as God remembers his covenant with Abraham.
Key verses:
Exodus 1:9
He said to his people, “Look at the Israelite people, more numerous and stronger than we are!
Exodus 2:10
When the child grew older she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, “Because I drew him from the water.”
Exodus 2:24
God heard their groaning, God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob,
Exodus 3:14
God said to Moses, “I am that I am.” And he said, “You must say this to the Israelites, ‘I am has sent me to you.’”
Exodus 4:15
“So you are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And as for me, I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you both what you must do.
Exodus 4:23
and I said to you, ‘Let my son go that he may serve me,’ but since you have refused to let him go, I will surely kill your son, your firstborn!”’”
All Scriptures are from the NET.
