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We are rolling into chapter thirty-six of Exodus with our word for today. כֹּל all, whole, everyone, everything, total, in all. It is used 5,415 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used in the sense of all of something including all its component elements or parts. We see it used in reference to the sacrifices. Leviticus 1:9 And the priest shall burn הַכֹּל֙ all of it on the altar, as a burnt...

We are in chapter thirty-five of Exodus with our word for today. יָרָה throw, shoot, instruct, teach, lay foundations, to water. It is used 46 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used to point, indicate a place, direction, person or thing. Proverbs 6:12-13 A worthless person … מֹ֝רֶ֗ה points with his finger. Genesis 46:28 He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph לְהוֹרֹ֥ת to show the way befor...

We are in chapter thirty-five of Exodus with our word for today. מַחֲשָׁבָה thought, intent, plan, invention, design. It is used 56 times in the Old Testament, 3 times in our chapter. We find our word used the first time in the Bible in a negative way. It is in the sense of the content of what a person is thinking about. Genesis 6:5-7 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth,...

We are moving into chapter thirty-five of Exodus with our word for today which is a phrase. עֲצֵ֥י שִׁטִּ֛ים acacia wood. It is used 24 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used to describe the kind of material the ark of the covenant was made out of. Exodus 25:10 They shall make an ark of עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים acacia wood. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, a...

We are in chapter thirty-four of Exodus with our word for today used for the first time in the Bible. קָרַן shine, wear, possess or display horns. It is used 4 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used once in the sense to have horns, to have bony outgrowth on the head. Psalm 69:31 This will please the Lord more than an ox or a bull מַקְרִ֥ןwith horns and hoofs. The other three uses of our word...

We are in chapter thirty-four of Exodus with our word for today which is a phrase used for the first time in the Bible. עֲשֶׂ֖רֶת הַדְּבָרִֽים ten words, ten commandments. It is used 3 times in the Old Testament. Let’s start with our chapter today since it is also the first time it is used in the Bible. Exodus 34:27-28 Write these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant wi...

We are in chapter thirty-four of Exodus with our word for today. בִּכּוּרִים first-fruits. It is used 17 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used in the sense of the first fruit of a harvest or season. A good example of this is when the spies went in to check out the promised land and Nahum’s prophecy. Numbers 13:20 Now the time was the season of the בִּכּוּרֵ֥י first ripe grapes … And they ca...

We are in chapter thirty-four of Exodus with our word for today. חָרִישׁ plowing, time of plowing. It is used 3 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used in the sense of the time of year when soil is plowed in the early part of the planting cycle. The first time our word is used in the Bible is with Joseph when he instructs his brothers to bring their father back to Egypt because of the famine....

We are in chapter thirty-four of Exodus with our word for today used for the first time in the Bible. אָבִיב ears, young ears, ripe ears of grain, the month of the Canaanite calendar equal to Nisan now known as March - April. It is used 8 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used in the sense of a plant or the ear of the plant. The Holy Spirit writing through Moses describes the condition of th...

We are in chapter thirty-four of Exodus with our word for today used for the first time in the Bible. אֲשֵׁרָה Asherah, Asherah cult pole, fortune, the planet Venus, images of Astarte. It is used 40 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used in the sense of a wooden pole that was used in the worship of the false deity Asherah. This is how our word is used in our chapter today. Exodus 34:13-16 Yo...

We are in chapter thirty-four of Exodus with our word for today. זָנָה commit fornication, be unfaithful, abandon someone to fornication, be a harlot, whore, prostitute. It is used 59 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used in a literal way that involves being unfaithful in immoral sexual activity. A good example of this is with Judah and Tamar. Genesis 38:15-16, 20-22, 24 Judah was told, “Ta...

We are in chapter thirty-four of Exodus with our word for today. כֹּרֵ֣ת בְּרִית֒ make a covenant, made a covenant. It is used 18 times in the Old Testament. The first time our phrase is used in the Bible is a good example of what it means. Abimelech’s men took one of Abraham’s wells so here is how Abraham settles the dispute. Genesis 21:27-32 So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimel...

We are in chapter thirty-four of Exodus with our word for today. נָחַל maintain as a possession, take possession, give as an inheritance, assign. It is used 59 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used to reference people receiving an inheritance from God. Exodus 32:13 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self: ‘I will make your descendants as numerous...

We are in chapter thirty-four of Exodus with our word for today which is a phrase. פֹּקֵ֣ד עֲוֺ֣ן visiting the iniquity, punish iniquity. It is used 7 times in the Old Testament. Let’s look at these. Our phrase is used to describes God’s reaction to the worship of false gods and idols. Exodus 20:4-5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, פֹּ֠קֵד עֲו...

We are in chapter thirty-four of Exodus with our word for today. אֱמֶת firmness, trustworthiness, constancy, duration, faithfulness, truth. It is used 127 times in the Old Testament. In our chapter, as we have looked at over the last couple of days, is the first time God gives us a list of characteristics about himself which includes our word for today. Exodus 34:6-7 The Lord passed before him and...

We are in chapter thirty-four of Exodus with our word for today which is a phrase used for the first time in the Bible. וְרַב־חֶ֥סֶד  and abounding in steadfast love. It is used 8 times in the Old Testament. In our chapter, as we have looked at over the last couple of days, is the first time God gives us a list of characteristics about himself which includes our phrase for today. Exodus 34:6-7 The...

We are in chapter thirty-four of Exodus with our word for today which is a phrase used for the first time in the Bible. אֶ֥רֶךְ אַפַּ֖יִם slow to anger, slow nose [literally – the idea is one’s nostrils flare when one is angry so we are slow to flare our nostrils in anger]. It is used 13 times in the Old Testament. In our chapter, as we have looked at over the last couple of days, is the first tim...

We are in chapter thirty-four of Exodus with our word for today. חַנּוּן gracious, kind, merciful. It is used 13 times in the Old Testament. A good example of what our word means is seen in the first time it is used in the Bible. Exodus 22:25-27 If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him. If ever...

We are rolling into chapter thirty-four of Exodus with our word for today used for the first time in the Bible. רַחוּם sympathy, compassion, compassionate, merciful. It is used 13 times in the Old Testament. Here is a good example of what are word means. Deuteronomy 4:31 For the Lord your God is a רַחוּם֙ merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers t...

We are in chapter thirty-three of Exodus with our word for today which is a long phrase. וְחַנֹּתִי֙ אֶת־אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָחֹ֔ן וְרִחַמְתִּ֖י אֶת־אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲרַחֵֽם And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. It is used just once in the Old Testament in our chapter for today. Let’s look at how our phrase is used. Exodus 33:18-19 Moses said, “Please show...

We are in chapter thirty-three of Exodus with our word for today which is a construct. טוּבִי֙ my goodness. It is used 2 times in the Old Testament. It is a noun construct of the noun טוּב good things, goodness, best things, prosperity, beauty, blessing, well-being. The noun is used 32 times in the Old Testament. Both times our phrase is used refer to God and his goodness. Let’s start with our pas...

We are in chapter thirty-three of Exodus with our word for today. כְּבֹדִ֔י my glory, my honor. This noun construct of the noun כָּבוֹד we have already looked at several times. The noun glory is used 200 times. Our word is a noun construct “my glory” is used 22 times in the Old Testament. A good example of this noun construct is the instructions Joseph gives his brothers after he reveals himself t...

We are in chapter thirty-three of Exodus with our word for today which is a phrase used for the first time in the Bible. יְדַעְתִּ֣יךָֽ בְשֵׁ֔ם I know you by name. It is used 2 times in the Old Testament, both in our chapter. Let’s look at both of these uses. Exodus 33:12, Moses said to the Lord, “See, you say to me, ‘Bring up this people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me....

We are in chapter thirty-three of Exodus with our word for today which is a phrase. מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֜ן find favor. It is used 37 times in the Old Testament, 5 times in our chapter. The first time we find our phrase it is used to describe how God considered Noah that was different than anyone else on the face of the earth at that time. Genesis 6:5-8 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in...

We are in chapter thirty-three of Exodus with our word for today which is a phrase. פָּנִ֣ים אֶל־פָּנִ֔ים face to face. It is used 5 times in the Old Testament. Our phrase is used to describe a special kind of in person closeness of communication like between friends. Every time our phrase is used it is referring to God and a human being. All of the uses are positive except for this one in Ezekiel...