Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Its time to continue with the episode #10
Exodus chapters 19 & 20.
Chapter 19
The Holy Zone
- Three months after leaving Egypt, the Israelites arrive at Sinai.
- God tells Moses to assemble everyone for a big announcement. But one thing: they can't come up onto the mountain (where Moses chats with God) or they'll die. Noted.
- Everyone washes up to look nice for the party.
- God descends upon the mountain in fire, smoke, and eerily loud trumpet blasts.
- God tells Moses, "Do not let either the priests or the people break through to come up to the Lord; otherwise he will break out against them" (19:24). Notice here that access to God is restricted to the few. For a guy who wants to adopt these people as his own, God doesn't seem to want to get too close to them.
Chapter 20
The Ten Commandments
- Big chapter, people. Heads up.
- The Ten Commandments are some of the most influential words in the entire Bible, and they've influenced thousands of years of Western thinking. Even in our day-to-day lives, the Ten Commandments resonate with how people think about right and wrong. As you go through them, think about how they relate to your life. We dare you.
- God gives the people the Ten Commandments orally. Let's tackle them one by one.
