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We are in chapter six of Exodus. If you remember God is answering Moses who is struggling with why things are worse instead of better all because they did what God told them to do. Our word is one of the three things God says he will be doing: bringing them up out of the burdens of the Egyptians, delivering them from slavery, and redeeming them. Let’s look at our word for today. נָצַל pull out, sa...

We are in chapter six of Exodus. If you remember God is answering Moses who is struggling with why things are worse instead of better all because they did what God told them to do. Our word is one of the three things God says he will be doing: bringing them up out of the burdens of the Egyptians, delivering them from slavery, and redeeming them. Let’s look at our word for today.  יָצָא come or go...

As we go into chapter six we see right away God’s answer to Moses accusing him of allowing evil specifically Pharaoh’s evil of not just the continued oppression of slavery but now even harsher. They had to find their own straw to make bricks. God allowed things to get worse instead of delivering them out of slavery like he had promised. God answers with our word for today. רָאָה see, understand, s...

We are still in Exodus chapter five with our word for today. רָעַע do or be evil or bad, treat badly, to cause great unhappiness for, distress. It is used 98 times in the Old Testament. We find our word used to describe the exact opposite of the goodness that God identifies himself with. Micah 3:4 Then they will cry out to the Lord, but he will not answer them. At that time he will hide his face f...

We are in Exodus chapter five with our word for today. חֶ֫רֶב sword, dagger, knife, chisel. It is used 412 times in the Old Testament. We find our word used in a literal way to describe a weapon used to wound or kill one’s opponent. Judges 3:16-22 Now Ehud had made a double-edged חֶ֗רֶב sword about a cubit long, which he strapped to his right thigh under his clothing...Ehud...said, “I have a messa...

We are in Exodus chapter five with our word for today. רָפָה grow slack, release, sink, relax, let go, cast down, throw, let fall, decline, lose heart, idle, lazy. It is used 46 times in the Old Testament. We find our word used in the sense of being or becoming weak. 2 Chronicles 15:7 But you, take courage! Do not let your hands יִרְפּ֖וּ be weak, for your work shall be rewarded. Nehemiah 6:9 For...

We are in Exodus chapter five with our word for today used 5 time in our chapter. שׁוֹטֵר civil servant, office holder, officials, administrators. It is used 25 times in the Old Testament. We find our word used to describe a group of people God sets up to help spread out the tasks of civil government as this group of slaves become a nation. Numbers 11:16-17 The Lord said to Moses: “Bring me sevent...

We are in Exodus chapter five with our word for today used 4 time in our chapter. נָגַשׂ spur on, force to work, oppress, slave driver, exact, impel, urge, drive, to demand, beat, rouse up, despot, press. It is used 23 times in the Old Testament. We find it used in the sense of collecting taxes by force. 2 Kings 23:35 Jehoiakim paid Pharaoh Necho the silver and gold he demanded. In order to do so,...

We are in Exodus chapter five with our word for today. פָּגַע fall on, strike upon, to strike, attack, assail, meet, press someone, encounter, afflict suddenly in an adverse way. It is used 44 times in the Old Testament. We find our word used to describe putting to death. 1 Samuel 22:17-18 Then the king ordered the guards at his side: “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because they too have s...

We are in Exodus chapter five with our word for today. זָבַח slaughter, sacrifice, slaughter for sacrifice, victims. It is used 133 times in the Old Testament. We find that our word is used not just to offer sacrifice to the true God but to any so called god. Judges 16:23 Now the rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great לִזְבֹּ֧חַ sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate, saying,...

We are moving into Exodus chapter five with our word for today. חָגַג stagger, walk in procession, keep a festival, make pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim-feast, celebrate a pilgrim festival, dance, be giddy, to keep a day or period of time set aside for feasting and joyful celebration. It is used 16 times in the Old Testament. We see it referring to dancing or even revealing of a raiding party that were...

We are in Exodus chapter four with our word for today. זָקֵן old, elders. It is used 179 times in the Old Testament. We find our word used to describe an older person. Exodus 10:9 Moses answered, “We will go with our young and our וּבִזְקֵנֵ֖ינוּ old, with our sons and our daughters, and with our flocks and herds, because we are to celebrate a festival to the Lord.” Proverbs 17:6 Children’s childr...

We are in Exodus chapter four with our word for today. חָזַק be strong, grow or make strong, harden, tie fast, bind, persist, be constant. It is used 290 times in the Old Testament. We see it used to identify a hard heart that is not open to any outside direction. Pharaoh is a good example of this God sent Moses to ask for his people to be released from their work to go and worship him. Here is wh...

We are in Exodus chapter four with our word for today used four times in our chapter. מַטֶּה staff, stick, rod, shaft, stem, branch, tribe. It is used 252 times in the Old Testament. We see our word used in a figurative way in the sense of power. Isaiah 14:5 The Lord has broken the מַטֵּ֣ה staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers. It is also used in a literal sense of a strong stick used for a l...

We are in Exodus chapter four with our word for today. אַף nostril, nose, face, anger, nostrils. It is used 277 times in the Old Testament. We find our word used to refer to literal nose or nostril. Isaiah 2:22 Stop trusting in mere humans, who have but a breath in their בְּאַפּ֑וֹ nostrils. Why hold them in esteem?  Ezekiel 16:12 I put a ring on your אַפֵּ֔ךְ nose, earrings on your ears and a bea...

We are in Exodus chapter four with our word for today with both the noun and verb forms. דָּבָר word, speech, matter, affair, thing, something. The noun is used 1,342 times in the Old Testament and the verb is used 1,119 times. Our word is used in our passage today as one of the excuses Moses uses to try and talk God out of sending him to lead his people out of slavery.  Exodus 4:10-16 But Moses s...

We are rolling into Exodus chapter four with our word for today six times in our chapter. אָמַן wearing, prove to be firm, reliable, faithful, confirm, support, believe. It is used 95 times in the Old Testament. Psalm 106:10-12 He saved them from the hand of the foe; from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them. The waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived. Then they וַיַּאֲמִ֥ינו...

We are in Exodus chapter three with our word for today. פָּלָא do something wonderful, be too difficult, be unusual, miraculous acts, be surpassing, extraordinary, something that causes feelings of wonder that are often miraculous. It is used 73 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used in the sense of being so amazing that it is beyond our understanding. This description is used of God. Job 5:...

We are in Exodus chapter three with our word for today. נָכָה strike, smite, strike dead, hit, injure, struck down, battered, ruined, destroyed, beat. It is used 498 times in the Old Testament. We see our word used in the sense of total destruction when God described what he did with the flood. Genesis 8:21 The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the gr...

We are in Exodus chapter three with our word for today. הָיָה come to pass, occur, happen, be, become, have, exist, to have the quality of being. It is used 2,808 times in the Old Testament. The basic idea of our word is simply exist or you could say the reality of something. A good example of this is the very first time it is used in the Bible in the second verse of the Bible. Genesis 1:2 Now the...

We are in Exodus chapter three with our word for today which is used 6 times in our chapter. אוֹת sign, mark, a military ensign, banner, warning, distinguishing mark. It is used 79 times in the Old Testament. We see it used in the sense of a miraculous event showing God’s supernatural power. Exodus 4:8-9 Then the Lord said, “If they do not believe you or pay attention to the first הָאֹ֥ת sign, the...

We are in Exodus chapter three with our word for today which is used 6 times in our chapter. שָׁלַח stretch out, send, dispatch, let free, dismiss, to cause to go somewhere. It is used 843 times in the Old Testament. We see our word used of God sending someone out to accomplish his purpose or mission. This is how it is used in our chapter today. Exodus 3:10, 12 Come, I will וְאֶֽשְׁלָחֲךָ֖ send yo...

We are in Exodus chapter three with our word for today which is actually a phrase. חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָ֑שׁ milk and honey. It is used 20 times in the Old Testament. Our phrase is main way God uses to describe the promised land before He gave it to them. This is how it is used in our chapter today which is the first time it is used in the Bible. Exodus 3:7-8 Then the Lord said, “I have come down to delive...

We are in Exodus chapter three with our word for today used for the first time in the Bible. מַכְאֹב pain, suffering, sorrow, emotional distress that is a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid. It is used 16 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used to point out that we can make our lives more challenging when we are engaged in sinful behavior ourselves. Jeremiah 30:15 Why do you cry out...

We are in Exodus chapter three with our word for today. קֹ֫דֶשׁ set apart, apartness, sacredness, holy, holiness, consecrated to God. It is used 468 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used to describe God’s direction. Psalm 77:13 Your ways, God, are בַּקֹּ֣דֶשׁ holy. What god is as great as our God? It is also used of things that are sacred or proper for worship as opposed to what is common....