Tag Archives: Children of Israel

Read the Bible: Numbers 3

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Here is the link to the diagram showing where the tribes of the Children of Israel were to pitch their tents in relation to the tabernacle. It got kind of buried in the description yesterday for our friends listening on Spotify. If you are on The Master’s Table website it appears again at the bottom of this post because today we are talking about the sons of Levi and the positions of those families.

Numbers 3

These are also the generations of Aaron and Moses on the day that the LORD spoke with Moses in mount Sinai.

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Read the Bible: Exodus 1

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We are turning a page, literally and figuratively, and beginning the Exodus from Egypt today. The Ten Commandments starring Charleston Heston is a very different movie than DreamWorks The Prince of Egypt. But have you read the book? You’re welcome to join our little book club as we begin the true story of Moses as recorded… by Moses… in the Book of Exodus.

Exodus 1

Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

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Read the Bible: Genesis 49

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Jacob, aka Israel, calls all of his sons together to bless each of them before breathing his last. He dies at the age of 147, after living 17 years in Egypt.

Genesis 49

Jacob called his sons, and said “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what will happen to you in the days to come.

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Read the Bible: Genesis 45

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It must be sweeps week because here is the big dramatic reunion scene you’ve been waiting for. Overcome with emotion, Joseph drives everyone out except his brothers then tells them everything. He also tells them not to worry about selling him into Egypt because that was God’s doing.

Genesis 45

Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all of them and he cried out “Make everyone go out from me!” And no man stood with him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 

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Moses vs. God

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God speaks to Moses through the burning bush in Exodus 3.  God has heard the cry of the Hebrews slaves, and remembers his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.  The affliction and time table described in Genesis 15 has been accomplished, and God is ready to lead his people out of Egypt and to the promised land.  The only thing standing in the way of Moses leading them is out is… Moses.  He goes point/counterpoint with God, listing new objections as God responds to each. Continue reading →