Chapter 16 of the Book of Exodus describes the Israelites’ journey through the desert after their escape from Egypt. Faced with hunger, they complain against Moses and Aaron. God responds to their plight by promising to rain down bread from heaven for them. Each morning, a substance called manna appears on the ground, which the…

Exodus Chapter 15 in the Bible is primarily known for the “Song of the Sea,” a triumphant hymn sung by the Israelites after their miraculous crossing of the Red Sea and the destruction of the pursuing Egyptian army. This chapter is significant for several reasons: Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and said, “I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea. 2 Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him. 3 Yahweh is a man of war. Yahweh is his name. 4 He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea.…

Exodus Chapter 14 is a pivotal chapter in the Book of Exodus, which is the second book of the Bible. This chapter describes the dramatic escape of the Israelites from Egyptian bondage, led by Moses. The key events and themes in this chapter include: Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,  2 “Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal Zephon. You shall encamp opposite it by the sea.  3 Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, ‘They are entangled in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.’  4 I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will follow after them; and I will get honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies; and the Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh.” They did so. 5 The king of Egypt was told that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”  6 He prepared his chariot, and took his army with him;  7 and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, with captains over all of them.  8 Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel; for the children of Israel went out with a high hand.† …

Chapter 13 of the Book of Exodus primarily deals with God’s commandments to the Israelites following their exodus from Egypt. Here is a summary: Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,  2 “Sanctify to me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal. It is mine.” 3 Moses said to the people, “Remember this day, in which you came out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Yahweh brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten. 4 Today you go out in the month Abib.  5 It shall be, when Yahweh brings you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month.  6 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Yahweh.  7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and no leavened bread shall be seen with you. No yeast shall be seen with you, within all your borders.  8 You shall tell your son in that day, saying, ‘It is because of that which Yahweh did for me when I came out of Egypt.’  9 It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that Yahweh’s law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt.  10 You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year. 11 “It shall be, when Yahweh brings you into the land of the Canaanite, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and will give it to you,  12 that you shall set apart to Yahweh all that opens the womb, and every firstborn that comes from an animal which you have. The males shall be Yahweh’s.  13 Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and you shall redeem all the firstborn of man among your sons.  14 It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that you shall tell him, ‘By strength of hand Yahweh brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage.  15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of livestock. Therefore I sacrifice to Yahweh all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.’  16 It shall be for a sign on your hand, and for symbols between your eyes; for by strength of hand Yahweh brought us out of Egypt.” 17 When Pharaoh had let the people go, God didn’t lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, “Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and they return to Egypt”;  18 but God led the people around by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.  19 Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the children of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones away from here with you.”  20 They took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.  21 Yahweh went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might go by day and by night:  22 the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night,…

The Book of Exodus Chapter 12 in the Bible primarily deals with the institution of the Passover, a critical event in Jewish and Christian religious history. Here’s a brief summary: 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,  2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first…

Exodus Chapter 11 from the Holy Bible is a significant chapter in the Book of Exodus. This chapter describes the events leading up to the final plague in Egypt, the death of the firstborn. In this chapter, God informs Moses about the tenth and final plague, which would compel Pharaoh to release the Israelites from…

1 Yahweh said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs among them;  2 and that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your son’s son, what things I have done to Egypt, and my signs…

The Book of Exodus Chapter 9 details a series of devastating plagues unleashed upon Egypt by Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, through Moses and Aaron. It begins with Yahweh’s command to Moses to demand Pharaoh to release the Israelites. When Pharaoh refuses, Yahweh inflicts a severe pestilence on Egyptian livestock, sparing the Israelites’ animals.…

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘This is what Yahweh says, “Let my people go, that they may serve me.  2 If you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your borders with frogs.  3 The river will swarm with frogs, which will go up and come into your…

[1] And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.[2] Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.[3] And I will harden…