by admin | Nov 29, 2013 | Exodus, Section Three, The Fear of the Lord
Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand – when he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of...
by admin | Nov 22, 2013 | Exodus, Section Three, The Fear of the Lord
Yahweh told Moses (Exodus 34:10 NET): See, I am going to make a covenant before all your people. I will do wonders such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation. All the people among whom you live will see the work of the Lord, for it is a fearful...
by admin | Sep 17, 2013 | Exodus, Section Three, The Fear of the Lord
When he approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses became extremely angry. He threw the tablets [of the law] from his hands and broke them to pieces at the bottom of the mountain.1 Moses saw that the people were running wild, for Aaron had let them...
by admin | Jul 1, 2013 | Exodus, Section Three, The Fear of the Lord
The Lord spoke to Moses: “Go quickly, descend, because your people, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt, have acted corruptly [Table]. They have quickly turned aside from the way that I commanded them – they have made for themselves a molten calf and have...
by admin | Jun 5, 2013 | Exodus, Section Three, The Fear of the Lord
The next occurrence of yârêʼ (יָרֵא) in Exodus is found in the song Moses and the Israelites sang…to the Lord.1 It was a song of praise and thanksgiving, looking back to the events when the Egyptian army chased them through the sea: I will sing to the Lord, for he...
by admin | May 14, 2013 | Exodus, Section Two, The Fear of the Lord
Here I continue to see the Lord cultivating the fear that is a conviction to act in accordance with his word in Israel. It happened at midnight – the Lord attacked all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the...