HaShem said to Moses, “Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me” (25:1-2). After six days of Moses waiting on the mountain in the cloud, God speaks to him. In this and the following chapters, we […]

Then He said to Moses, “Come up to HaShem, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar. Moses alone shall come near to HaShem, but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him” (24:1-2). This chapter covers a lot.

Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared. Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him. (23:20-21). If the Israelites

Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared. Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him. (23:20-21). If the Israelites

If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him. If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him with it; you shall rescue it with him (28:3-5). The above are two examples of doing

If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall repay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep (22:1) In this chapter, notice that there are no prisons for the criminal. There is either restitution or death. A thief needs to return what he

Now these are the rules that you shall set before them (21:1) As we have been reading through Exodus, we have seen God’s dealings with a certain people – His people, the Israelites. What about all the Gentile followers of Yeshua (Jesus) who are following the God of Israel. How is all this relevant to

And God spoke these words, saying, “I am HaShem your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.” (20:1-2) After the above words, God gives what we now call “The Ten Commandments.” It is important to note that God’s expectation that the Israelites will keep His commandments

“Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation” (19:5-6). All the people answered together and said, “All that HaShem has spoken

Then Moses told his father-in-law all that HaShem had done…and how HaShem had delivered them…and Jethro rejoiced for all the good that HaShem had done to Israel…Jethro said, “Blessed be HaShem, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh…Now I know that HaShem is greater