2023: 90-Day Challenge - Day 5 - Exodus

01/05/23 – Day 5. Exodus 1-15.

Israel (tribe/people) are numerous, Egyptians enslave them for generations. Moses is born, put in a basket down the Nile, Pharaoh’s daughter pulls him out, adopts him, but his own sister and mother raise him, when he’s a young man, he kills an Egyptian in secret – so he thought – but Hebrews knew about it – so Moses fled. Gets a wife, has kids. He saw a burning bush and God spoke to him telling him he would be the one to lead His People (Israel) out of slavery. 10 plagues. Passover. Pharaoh says, “No way!” He finally concedes.

What I learned?

1) I knew that Pharaoh’s magicians were able to turn their staffs into snakes and that Aaron’s staff turned into a snake that ate the magician’s snakes, but I did not remember Pharaoh’s magicians contributing to the plague of frogs (Ex. 8:6-7).

2) Miriam the prophetess (sister of Aaron and Moses) played a timbrel, all the women followed her in playing and dancing (Ex. 15:20-21).

3) Nothing new I learned, but it’s always refreshing to see how emphasis is put on God’s people understanding from where they came, who they are. This is emphasized throughout Exodus (Ex. 13:14).

Verses that stood out to me?

Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.

- Exodus 14:30-31 KJV

Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed:

Thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.

Exodus 15:13 KJV