Commuter Bible OT

Leviticus 1 - 1:00 .  Leviticus 2 - 3:50 .  Leviticus 3 - 7:36 .  Leviticus 4 - 10:23 .  Psalm 40 - 17:04 .  We are beginning the book of Leviticus; which basically means, “pertaining to the Levites,” as this book dives deeper into the responsibilities of priests and the divine-human relationship codified on Mount Sinai. The Lord gives Moses instructions for offering different kinds of sacrifices...

Exodus 39 - 1:01 .  Exodus 40 - 8:33 .  Psalm 38 - 13:56 .  Psalm 39 - 16:54 .  Our time in the book of Exodus comes to a close today, but our journey with Moses and the nation of Israel in the wilderness has just begun. Remember, the book of Exodus is one of five books in a set of books called the Pentateuch and it all tells one continuous narrative. Here in the final two chapters, Israel finishe...

Exodus 36 - 1:01 .  Exodus 37 - 7:27 .  Exodus 38 - 12:25 .  Psalm 37 - 17:57 .  Have you ever talked to someone who’s really into their work, and they’re so excited about it that it seems they just can’t stop talking about it? Maybe you’ve done that with your own work, with a hobby you enjoy, or with stats about your favorite team. To our ears it may seem like the book of Exodus is simply repeati...

Exodus 33 - 1:00 .  Exodus 34 - 6:39 .  Exodus 35 - 14:31 .  Psalm 36 - 19:55 .  In our last episode, Israel had turned away from the Lord while Moses was with the Lord on Mount Sinai. Even though they had just committed themselves to following the Lord God, they quickly lost their resolve and turned to Aaron, who in turn gave them a golden calf to worship. After this grave sin, God tells Moses He...

Exodus 30 - 1:02 .  Exodus 31 - 7:56 .  Exodus 32 - 10:41 .  Psalm 35 - 18:42 .  By the end of our reading Moses will have spent 40 days on Mt. Sinai, and in that amount of time, the Israelites will have given up on Moses and on the Lord. Not long beforehand, the nation of Israel had promised that they would do all that the Lord had commanded, but in short order, they turn away from God. They inst...

In today’s episode, the instructions for worship in the newly established tabernacle continue to be revealed. The first half of our reading is devoted entirely to the priestly garments. The priests were instructed to wear very specific apparel while ministering in the tabernacle. Each item had a particular purpose or symbolism, and the priestly garments were only to be worn while ministering. The...

Exodus 25 - 1:02 .  Exodus 26 – 7:00 .  Exodus 27 - 13:08 .  Psalm 33 - 16:49 .  Some episodes are going to be action-packed and some are going to sound like you’re reading an instruction book, and this episode may tend toward the latter of the two. It’s important to remember, however, that the tabernacle is the place where the God of the universe, perfect in all His ways, matchless in power and a...

Exodus 22 - 1:02 .  Exodus 23 - 6:53 .  Exodus 24 - 13:14 .  Psalm 32 - 16:38 .  On today’s episode God begins to give very specific commands to the Israelite people on what it looks like to be fair, kind, and gracious to one another. The Lord’s justice is severe for those who are selfish and outright rebellious, but gracious toward those who have no intention of causing harm. As you listen, it ca...

Exodus 19 - 1:01 .  Exodus 20 – 5:59 .  Exodus 21 - 10:01 .  Psalm 31 - 16:06 .  In today’s episode, Israel arrives at Sinai and Moses ascends the mountain to speak with God. The Lord sends him back down with a proposition: if Israel will carefully listen to Him and keep His covenant, then they will be his own possession out of all the peoples, even though the whole world belongs to God. After con...

Exodus 16 - 1:01 .  Exodus 17 - 8:01 .  Exodus 18 - 11:25 .  Psalm 29 - 16:24 .  Psalm 30 - 18:02 . As the nation of Israel begins their journey into the wilderness, they find themselves without food and water, but rather than turn to the Lord, they complain to Moses. After seeing such amazing and tangible deliverance and providence, the nation of Israel still worries that they will not be cared f...

Exodus 13 - 1:02 .  Exodus 14 - 5:41 .  Exodus 15 - 12:26 .  Psalm 28 - 17:51 . Pharaoh has finally released Israel from captivity after Egypt has been completely ravaged by the plagues that God sent upon the nation. As they begin their journey, Moses instructs the people to present every firstborn male to the Lord. He encourages the people to remember this day and to tell the next generation what...

Exodus 10 - 1:02 .  Exodus 11 - 7:14 . Exodus 12 - 9:19 .  Psalm 27 - 18:53 . The ten plagues on Egypt continue today with plagues of locusts, darkness, and finally, the death of the firstborn. To prepare Israel for the final plague, God gives Moses instructions on what his people must do in order to avert the coming disaster. They must kill an unblemished, male goat or sheep at twilight, spread i...

Exodus 7 - 1:01 .  Exodus 8 - 5:32 .  Exodus 9 - 11:26 .  Psalm 26 - 18:08 . Today we begin to examine the ten plagues sent upon Egypt that testify to the power of the great I AM. It has been suggested that each plague is designed to show pharaoh, and all of Egypt along with him, that their so-called-gods are no match for the God of Israel, systematically robbing them of any power they claimed to...

Exodus 4 - 1:01 .  Exodus 5 - 7:12 .  Exodus 6 - 11:24 .  Psalm 25 - 16:30 . After Moses approached a burning bush on Mount Horeb that was not consumed by the fire, the Lord God Almighty spoke to Moses and commanded him to return to Egypt. Today, we pick back up in the middle of that conversation, wherein Moses pushes back against God’s command to go and speak to Pharaoh. He’s concerned that he is...

Genesis 50 - 1:00 .  Exodus 1 - 5:59 .  Exodus 2 - 9:08 .  Exodus 3 - 13:34 .  Psalm 24 - 19:08 .  After Jacob takes his final breath, Joseph’s brothers fear that he will seek vengeance, but Joseph doesn’t hold a grudge. Instead of seeking vengeance or extracting payment, he brings God’s grace, provision, and sovereign orchestration to mind, and ensures them that he will care for their families. G...

Genesis 47 - 1:02 .  Genesis 48 - 8:11 .  Genesis 49 - 12:34 .  Psalm 23 - 18:15 .  When we last left Joseph and his brothers, they tribe of Israel had just arrived in Egypt with all of their families, servants, and livestock. Joseph brings them before Pharaoh and he grants them access to the best part of the land. The life of Jacob, who is now known as Israel, comes to a close as he takes his las...

Genesis 44 - 1:02 .  Genesis 45 - 6:15 .  Genesis 46 - 11:17 .  Psalm 22 - 16:27 .  Joseph’s brothers have returned to Egypt with their youngest brother, Benjamin. He is the only one among Jacob’s sons that is a full brother to Joseph, that is to say that Joseph and Benjamin share Rachel as their mother. In our last episode, he held a feast and invited all of his brothers, but he still hasn’t reve...

Genesis 42 - 4:58 .  Genesis 43 - 12:02 .  Psalm 21 - 18:16 .  At the end of our last episode, Joseph had just emerged from prison to interpret Pharaoh’s dream. After predicting years of abundance followed by years of famine, Joseph suggests that Pharaoh appoint someone wise to oversee the collection of crops to sustain the population during years of famine. After losing it all when he was falsely...

Genesis 38 - 1:05 .  Genesis 39 - 7:00 .  Genesis 40 - 10:40 .  Genesis 41 - 14:25 .  Psalm 20 - 20:49 .  Today’s episode contains some adult themes, parental discretion is advised. Our episode begins with Judah’s sons who are so atrocious that the Lord puts them death, and soon thereafter we learn that their father is not quite a moral giant himself. Then we’ll return to the storyline of Joseph....

Genesis 35 - 1:02 .  Genesis 36 - 5:39 .  Genesis 37 – 12:25 .  Psalm 19 - 19:14 .  As we continue to get to know the sons of Jacob, you’ll start to realize that the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree. Having learned the art of deception from their father, they use it to their own advantage time and again. In our last episode, they tricked a local chieftain into circumcising every man in tow...

Genesis 32 – 8:22 .  Genesis 33 – 13:27 .  Genesis 34 - 16:32 .  Today’s episode contains violence against women, parental discretion is advised. Jacob and his father-in-law get into an argument and go their separate ways. Soon thereafter, Jacob wrestles with a man who is also somehow a representative God, and the Lord renames him “Israel” b/c he has wrestled with both man and God and won. Jacob’s...

Genesis 29 - 1:01 .  Genesis 30 - 7:29 .  Genesis 31 - 13:54 .  Psalm 18 - 17:03 .  Today, Jacob completes his journey and meets Rachel. Jacob and his father-in-law Laban simply don’t get along, and let’s be honest, it’s not because they are morally upstanding people with a difference of opinions, it’s because they both practice deception to their own advantage. The daughters of Laban aren’t too d...

Genesis 26 - 1:00 .  Genesis 27 - 6:33 .  Genesis 28 - 16:16 .  Today, Jacob the deceiver lives up to his name. With the help of his mother Rebekah, he goes to great lengths to disguise himself from his blind and aging father, tricking him into thinking that he is older brother Esau so that he might receive his father’s blessing. Jacob and Rebekah come up with a way to trick Isaac yet again, and I...

Genesis 24:29-67 - 1:06 .  Genesis 25 - 8:39 .  Psalm 17 - 14:11 . When concluded our last reading, we found ourselves in the middle of an account concerning Abraham’s servant and Isaac’s future wife Rebekah. Abraham didn’t want Isaac marrying a Canaanite woman, so he sent a messenger to find a wife for his son from among his own people. The servant recounts what happened in the last episode almos...

Genesis 22 - 1:01 .  Genesis 23 - 5:36 .  Genesis 24 - 8:52 . God calls Abraham to do something that most of us would consider unthinkable, especially because we have the privilege of knowing God’s character through the whole counsel of Scripture: He asks Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac as an offering to the Lord. Abraham trusts the Lord, and as the author of Hebrews later notes, “He considered...