Tag: israelites

Mornings and Manna

Exodus 16:20 “Notwithstanding they did not heed Moses. But some of them felt part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.” To gather Manna, God had deliberately placed certain rules to test the Israelites, to see whether they would walk in His law or not (vs.4).…
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Kasha Oreph – A Stiff-necked People

Exodus 32:9 “And the LORD said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and indeed it is a stiff-necked people” An arrogant or a stubborn person is referred to as “stiff-necked”.  In Hebrew, ‘kasha oreph’ is translated as stiff-necked. Kasha means severe, stubborn or difficult & oreph means neck and also ‘to turn back’.  Kasha…
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Thunder at Mount Sinai

Exodus 20:18 “Now all the people witnessed the thundering, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off”. This was immediately after the utterance of the Ten Commandments at Mt.Sinai. The Israelites were able to see the mountain up in smoke and…
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Character Study – Caleb by Kavitha Sahay

The preacher taught from the book of Numbers, chapters 13 and 14. Caleb, the leader of the tribe of Judah, accompanied Hoshea aka Joshua and the leaders of the ten other tribes to spy the land of Canaan. They found it ‘flowing with milk and honey’, the land that God promised to Abraham in Genesis…
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