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Exodus 13
In this chapter Moses explains to the people that because the firstborns of Egypt all died in order to bring about their emancipation, the firstborn of their sons and livestock will belong to Yahweh. But the firstborn of humans and donkeys will not be sacrificed, rather they will be redeemed by offering another in their…
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Exodus 11-12
We’ve reached another tent-pole story in the Bible: The Passover. This event will be the reference point for the rest of the Old Testament and will continue to be important until its fulfillment in the Gospels. If you have never participated in a Christian Passover Seder you are missing a wonderful experience. There’s time to…
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Exodus 10
Plague #8 – Locusts 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗 Plague #9 – Hello Darkness My Old Friend 👀 Plague 8 is the beginning of the end. From here we will see a progression. This time Pharaoh says that the men can go, but not the women & children and flocks. After the 9th plague he says all the people…
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Exodus 8-9
This section covers plagues 2-7: Frogs 🐸 Gnats/sand flies 🦟 Swarms/Flies 😵💫🪰 Livestock disease 🐑🐂🫏🐪🐎 Boils 🤕🦠 Hail & Fire 🧊🔥 Plague 2 – Frogs 🐸 Meet Heqet: From Encyclopedia Britannica: “Heqet was depicted in the form of a frog, as a frog-headed woman, or as a woman with the body of a frog. The worship of the…
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Exodus 7
Ok y’all, I don’t know how many times I’ve read and heard and watched on film the story of the rod that ate up the other rods. Look at it real close though. It was not Moses’ rod that ate the others. It was Aaron’s. And here’s another thing- it didn’t necessarily turn into a…
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Exodus 5-6
It gets worse before it gets better. In the midst of the problem of trying to make bricks while also having to go harvest the straw for them, the question in these two chapters is: Who Is YHWH? It’s first asked by Pharaoh. “And Pharaoh said, “Who is Yahweh that I should listen to his…
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Exodus 3-4
We have come to the burning bush. 🔥 First, we again have an appearance of the “Angel of Yahweh” but this time, there is a fascinating ambiguity in the text. “And the Angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush, and he looked, and there was…
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Exodus 1-2
Good morning and Welcome aboard Air Exodus Flight 4038 to Canaan. My name is Lacy, and I’ll be your flight attendant today. If you are traveling with us to our final destination we will have 3 connecting flights in Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Before we take off, please store your pre-conceived ideas under the seat…
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Genesis 49-50
This is a doozy. Get comfy. And maybe top off your coffee. Or, just fill up the thermos and pack a lunchbox. We’re wrapping up the book of Genesis. ☕️☕️ We don’t think of Jacob as a prophet. But here he is at the end of his life foretelling events that will befall the descendants…
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Updated Reading Plan
Don’t skip. You NEED this! You may have noticed the the reading plan download went from March straight to October. Time flies, but not that fast. The reading plan wasn’t mine. I borrowed it. But the formatting went wonky. Really wonky. So wonky that I couldn’t fix it. I made a new one as a…
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Genesis 47-48
Joseph brings 5 of his brothers and Jacob to meet Pharaoh. I want someone to find some ancient Egyptian artifact that records this meeting. Wouldn’t THAT be cool?! I wonder what Jacob looked like. Pharaoh seems to be rather astonished at his age of 130 but Jacob lets Pharaoh know that his age is nothing…
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Genesis 46
This is the fourth and final encounter between Jacob and Yahweh. Let’s recap the times that Jacob has met with the Lord: The first and last are dreams with 2 face-to-face meetings in the middle. It’s touching that Jacob stops at Beersheba. I know a lot of water has gone under the bridge since we…
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