EXODUS 32:1-18 Aaron and Hur had been left to look after the affairs of Israel while Moses was absent. Joshua, Moses’ servant, had gone partway up the mountain with Moses, so he was not with the people at the time of this sin. But while Moses was on the mountaintop...

EXODUS 20:1-17 The Mosaic Law was not given to produce salvation. The purpose of the Law was to help people see how far short they had fallen of God’s righteous demands so they would cast themselves on the grace of God. Even during the time of the Law, grace was...

EXODUS 19:1-8, 16-25 Exodus 19 and 20 record an event that was a great turning point in the life of the Israelites as well as all mankind. These chapters record the giving of the Law by God through Moses to the nation of Israel. Exodus 19:1-2 says, “In the third...

EXODUS 18:13-27 As I have studied the Word of God concerning leadership, I have come to certain conclusions about spiritual principles of good leadership. These principles can be applied not only by leaders of organizations but by Sunday school teachers or by anyone with responsibility. First, God uses people to...

EXODUS 17:1-7 The water flowing from the rock indicates the provision for life. The psalmist said, “Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed” (Ps. 78:20). The smitten rock pointed to the smitten Christ who paid the penalty of sin. The gushing streams of...

EXODUS 16:11-36 As the manna fell in the wilderness for the Israelites, each person was to gather what he needed. The Lord instructed, “Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them...

EXODUS 15:1-7,22-27 In the Israelites’ song recorded in Exodus 15, the word “Lord” occurs 11 times, and various personal pronouns referring to Him occur more than 30 times. So it is clear that the song was sung to Him and about Him. All the honors of the victory were reverently...

EXODUS 14:5-9, 21-31 Just as the crossing of the Red Sea completed the deliverance of Israel from Egypt in order that they could begin their journey toward the Promised Land, so also when a person trusts Christ and has complete salvation, he is to progress in his Christian walk. The...

EXODUS 13:17-22 The route God chose for the Israelites to leave Egypt was not by an easily traveled road but was a detour through the wilderness. The other road led through a populated area; it was easier and much more traveled, but in His wisdom, God chose the long road...

HEBREWS 9:11-22 The Israelites were not spared judgment in Egypt because they prayed or because they fasted or because of their own merits but only because they applied the shed blood as God instructed. They were in houses behind the blood that had been applied to the doorposts; thus, their...