NUMBERS 11:1-15 The mixed multitude (Num. 11:4) was probably a group of Gentiles who left Egypt with the Israelites. Although the complaining was started by the mixed multitude, the Israelites were also guilty of complaining. This indicates how infectious a complaining attitude can be. Because every person has a sin...

NUMBERS 10:1-13 The 11 months at Sinai had brought about many changes in the life of Israel. The people had arrived at Sinai a fugitive and unorganized people; they left a well-organized nation, molded into a commonwealth of 12 tribes. All was beautifully ordered. Moses had spent the first 40...

EXODUS 34:1-4,26-35 Moses was changed when he came down from the mountain. Earlier, he had asked to see the glory of the Lord, but when he came down from the mountain with the two tablets of stone, he did not know “that the skin of his face shone while he...

EXODUS 33:12-23 Having succeeded in receiving several answers to his prayers, Moses then evidenced his greatest boldness in what he requested of God. Moses said, “I beseech thee, shew me thy glory” (Ex. 33:18). Moses had been so encouraged by God’s answers to his prayers that he sought for the...

EXODUS 32:19-35 The people were terror-stricken and awed by the irrefutable power exercised by Moses. He stood, one man against more than 600,000 soldiers (Num. 1:46), and commanded that those who were guilty of this sin be put to death. Moses had just been in the very presence of God,...

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...