The people sinned with the golden calf, Moses intercedes God seems to pardon the people and renew the covenant by rewriting the commandments on new tablets that Moses cut for himself.
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Exodus 32
The people of Israel are impatient. They have not learned from their forefather Abraham the lesson of waiting upon the Lord.
Exodus 19
Israel has now been in the wilderness three months. It has taken three months to get to the mountain of God, a journey that could have taken 11 days.
Exodus 8
Egypt is known to have had upwards of 1500 different gods.
Exodus 7
God sometimes hardens hearts for his greater purposes.
Exodus 5
In Ancient Egypt the children of Israel made mud bricks to build cities for Pharaoh. According to archeological sources, mud-bricks are made with organic material such as silt, sand, top soil and wheat chaff.
Exodus 4
God equips Moses for the task of going to the sons of Israel and to Pharaoh. He gives him power to perform signs and wonders, three in particular: he gives him the power to turn his staff into a serpent, restore a leprous hand to health and turn water into blood. God also equips Moses in other ways
Exodus 3
At Mount Horeb, we don’t see Jesus on a cross, though Moses does encounter the angel of the Lord and God does say he will stretch out his hand. We don’t see Jesus healing people although God does promise deliverance through miracles.
Exodus 1
What is happening in the opening scene of Exodus? We are introduced to one overarching, painful reality. The descendants of Joseph are being afflicted.