Outline/Summary The bitter Marah waters After leading the Israelites through the Red Sea, Moses took the people into the Desert of Shur, where they traveled for three days and found no water. They arrived at Marah but could not drink because the waters were bitter (in Hebrew, Marah means “bitter”). The people grumbled against Moses, “What can we
After God delivered the Israelites from the pursuing Egyptians, Moses and the Israelites sang a song of praise to God. I will sing to God for he is highly exalted. Both the horse and driver he has hurled into the sea. God is my strength and my defense. He has become my salvation. He is my
When Pharaoh let the Israelites go, God did not send them to the Promised Land through Philistine country, even though the route was shorter. God thought, “If they face war against the Philistines, they may change their minds and return to Egypt.” So God led the Israelites through the desert toward the Red Sea. The
One of the most debated stories in the Bible is the Exodus story of Moses and the ten plagues bestowed upon Egypt for their refusal to release the Israelites from slavery. It has been proposed that the ten plagues were nothing more than natural phenomena. It would certainly be within God’s realm to bring the
As he had warned he would do, at midnight, God struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, including Pharaoh’s firstborn son and the firstborn of all livestock as well. Pharaoh and his officials rose in the middle of the night to hear great wailing throughout Egypt for there was not a single home without someone
God told Moses and Aaron: “This month is to be the first month of your year. Tell all of Israel on the tenth day of this month, each is to take a lamb, one for each household. If a house is too small for a whole lamb, they must share with their neighbor. The animals you
God said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these signs before them so you can tell your children and grandchildren how I performed signs and miracles and made fools of the Egyptians so they would know that I am the
Despite Aaron turning his staff into a snake, Pharaoh refused to free the Israelites from bondage. Then God told Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding. He refuses to let the people go. Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes out to the river. Confront him on the bank of the Nile and take in your
After six days, Jesus took Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as light. Then there appeared before him Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus. Peter said to
The Lord spoke to Moses in Egypt, “I am the Lord. Tell Pharaoh, king of Egypt, everything I tell you.” But Moses said to God, “Since I speak with faltering lips, why would Pharaoh listen to me?” Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your