A mixed multitude, Consecrate, Phylacteries, firstborn, only begotten, firstborn, Bones, Bone Box, ossuary, Exodus chapters 13-14

1. Exodus 13-14, A
mixed multitude
goes out,
Consecration,
Phylacteries, the
firstborn, the only
begotten, Bone Box
or ossuary

3. Last Time, A Mixed Multitude
• Exodus 12:38 A mixed multitude also went up
with them, along with flocks and herds, a very
large number of livestock.
• <06154a>
ereb (786b)
• Meaning: mixture, mixed company…
• Usage: foreign people(2), foreigners(2),
mixed(1)….

4. Last Time, A mixed multitude
• Exodus 12:38 A mixed multitude also went …
• Numbers 11:4 The rabble who were among
them had greedy desires; and also the sons of
Israel wept again and said, "Who will give us
meat to eat?

5. Ex 13:1-9
• Ex 13:2 "Consecrate to me every firstborn male. The
first offspring of every womb among the Israelites
belongs to me, whether man or animal.“
• Luke 2:22-24 When the time of their purification
according to the Law of Moses had been completed,
Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him
to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord,
"Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the
Lord"), 24 and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what
is said in the Law of the Lord: "a pair of doves or two
young pigeons."

6. Exodus 13:9,
Phylacteries
• Exodus 13:9 "And it shall serve as a sign to you
on your hand, and as a reminder on your
forehead, that the law of the LORD may be in
your mouth; for with a powerful hand the LORD
brought you out of Egypt.

7. Exodus 13:9, Phylacteries

8. Parchments Inside Phylacteries
• Exodus 13:1-16
• Deuteronomy 6:4-9 "Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God,
the LORD is one!....8 "And you shall bind them as a sign on
your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. 9
"And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house
and on your gates.
• Deuteronomy 11:13-21, …..18 "You shall therefore impress
these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and
you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall
be as frontals on your forehead. 19 "And you shall teach
them to your sons, talking of them when you sit in your
house and when you walk along the road and when you lie
down and when you rise up. 20 "And you shall write them
on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,….

9. Ex 13:10-16
• Ex 13:15… sacrifice to the Lord the first male
offspring of every womb and redeem each of
my firstborn sons.
• Why all this focus on “firstborn sons”?

10. Why all this focus on “firstborn sons”?
• Col 1:15…He is the image of the invisible God, the
firstborn over all creation…
• Col 1:18…he is the beginning and the firstborn from
among the dead…
• Heb 1:6…when God brings his firstborn into the world…
• Heb 12:22-23 But you have come to Mount Zion, to
the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. You
have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in
joyful assembly, 23 to the church of the firstborn,
whose names are written in heaven. You have come to
God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of righteous
men made perfect…
• Rev 1:5…Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the
firstborn from the dead…

11. Only Begotten Son
• John 3:16…his only
begotten Son… KJV
• Luke 2:7 And she gave
birth to her firstborn
son; and she wrapped
Him in cloths, and laid
Him in a manger,
because there was no
room for them in the
inn.

12. Only Begotten Son
• <3439> μονογενής (monogenes); Meaning: only begotten
• NET BIBLE NOTES say, 37 tn Although this word is often
translated "only begotten," such a translation is misleading,
since in English it appears to express a metaphysical
relationship. The word in Greek was used of an only child (a
son [Luke 7:12, 9:38] or a daughter [Luke 8:42]). It was also
used of something unique (only one of its kind) such as the
mythological Phoenix (1 Clement 25:2). From here it passes
easily to a description of Isaac (Heb 11:17 and Josephus, Ant.
1.13.1 [1.222]) who was not Abraham's only son, but was oneof-a-kind because he was the child of the promise. Thus the
word means "one-of-a-kind" and is reserved for Jesus in the
Johannine literature of the NT. While all Christians are children
of God (τέκνα θεοῦ, tekna theou), Jesus is God's Son in a
unique, one-of-a-kind sense. The word is used in this way in all
its uses in the Gospel of John (1:14, 1:18, 3:16, and 3:18).

13. Who Was The Oldest?
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Ishmael or Isaac
Esau or Jacob
Rueben or Judah
JW’s say that Jesus was a created being
because he was the “Only Begotten Son” or
the “the firstborn of all creation”
• Colossians 1:15 He is the image of the invisible
God, the firstborn of all creation.

14. Ex 13:14-22
• Ex 13:18-19 The Israelites went up out of Egypt
armed for battle.
• They are often portrayed as ragtag refugees, not
conquering victors with plunder.
• 19 Moses took the bones of Joseph with him
because Joseph had made the sons of Israel
swear an oath. He had said, "God will surely
come to your aid, and then you must carry my
bones up with you from this place."
• 400 years later they keep the promise!

15. Exodus 13:18,
NAU Went Up In Martial Array
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NAS and NAU
Exodus 13:18 Hence God led the people
around by the way of the wilderness to the Red Sea;
and the sons of Israel went up in martial array from
the land of Egypt.
KJV ...Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
CSB ...in battle formation.
ESV ... equipped for battle.
NET ... prepared for battle.
NKJ ...in orderly ranks
YLT ...by fifties

16. Exodus 13:18,
NAU Went Up In Martial Array
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NAS and NAU
Exodus 13:18…the sons of Israel
went up in martial array from the land of
Egypt.
• 02571
chamush {khaw-moosh'}
• Meaning: 1) in battle array, arrayed for battle
by fives, armed

17. Exo. 13:19, Carry My Bones With You
• Exodus 13:19 Moses took the bones of Joseph
with him, for he had made the sons of Israel
solemnly swear, saying, "God will surely take
care of you, and you shall carry my bones from
here with you.“
• What would your kids think of you if this was
your dying wish?

18. Exodus 13:19, Carry My Bones
• Genesis 50:25 Then Joseph made the sons of Israel
swear, saying, "God will surely take care of you, and
you shall carry my bones up from here."
• Exodus 13:19 Moses took the bones of Joseph with
him, for he had made the sons of Israel solemnly
swear, saying, "God will surely take care of you, and
you shall carry my bones from here with you."
• Acts 7:15 "And Jacob went down to Egypt and there he
and our fathers died. 16 "From there they were
removed to Shechem and laid in the tomb which
Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the
sons of Hamor in Shechem.

19. Dr. Reagan and Dr. Fleming on “Bone Box”

20. Dr. Reagan and Dr. Fleming on “Bone Box”
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Dr. Fleming says that, “The climate in Jerusalem would take about
two years to decompose a body. So, the plan would be at the end of
those two years to come back and collect the bones and put them
into a bone box called an ossuary. The proof of the resurrection of
Jesus however is not just found in the folded arrangement of the
grave clothes, which could not be explained. Rather, Jesus' followers
turned that First Century upside down. They should have returned to
their nets had the resurrection not occurred, but instead they turned
the First Century upside down. It was the early disciples' belief in the
Resurrection that kept them serving God. It kept them even in spite of
danger and persecution. They were willing to give their lives in
obedience to God's will, sharing the Gospel throughout the Roman
world.

21. Exodus 13:19, God Keeps His Promise
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Exodus 13:19 …God will surely take care of you…
400 years later, God keeps His promise!
He always does
Knowing the way they grumbled after the exodus,
how much do you think they did in 400 years?
• 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow about His
promise, as some count slowness, but is patient
toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for
all to come to repentance.

22. Exodus 13:21, What’s This
“pillar of cloud/pillar of fire”
• Exodus 13:21 The LORD was going before them in a pillar of cloud
by day to lead them on the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to
give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.
• Exo 3:4...God called to him from the midst of the bush and said…
• Exodus 14:24 …the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians
through the pillar of fire and cloud…
• Exodus 14:19 The angel of God, who had been going before the
camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of
cloud moved from before them and stood behind them.
• Isaiah 63:8-9… In all their affliction He was afflicted, And the angel
of His presence saved them; In His love and in His mercy He
redeemed them, And He lifted them and carried them all the days
of old.

23. Exodus 13:21, What’s This
“pillar of cloud/pillar of fire”
• Exodus 13:21 The LORD was going before them …
• Exodus 23:20 "Behold, I am going to send an angel
before you to guard you along the way and to bring
you into the place which I have prepared. 21 "Be on
your guard before him and obey his voice; do not be
rebellious toward him, for he will not pardon your
transgression, since My name is in him. 22 "But if you
truly obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will be
an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your
adversaries. 23 "For My angel will go before you and
bring you in to the land of the Amorites

24. Exodus 13:21, What’s This
“pillar of cloud/pillar of fire”
• Exodus 13:21 The LORD was going before
them …
• Exodus 33:10 All the people saw the pillar of
cloud standing at the tabernacle door, and all
the people rose and worshiped, each man in
his tent door. 11 So the LORD spoke to Moses
face to face, as a man speaks to his friend.

25. In Exodus 14
The Jews Have
Nowhere To Go
Grotta Palazzese, a
restaurant located inside an
ancient cave facing the
Adriatic Sea.

26. Exodus 14:1-9

27. • Exodus 14:1 Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
• 2 "Tell the sons of Israel to turn back and camp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you shall camp in
front of Baal-zephon, opposite it, by the sea.

28. • Exodus 14:2, …camp before Pi-hahiroth,
between Migdol and the sea; you shall camp in
front of Baal-zephon, opposite it, by the sea.

29. Exodus 14:10-14

30. Exodus 14:13, Do Not Fear!
• Exodus 14:13 But Moses said to the people, "Do not
fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the LORD which
He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians
whom you have seen today, you will never see them
again forever.

31. Exodus 14:15-23
• Exodus 14:15= Don’t pray, get up and go!
• Exodus 14:17 "As for Me, behold, I will harden
the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go
in after them…
• The LORD is going to “sic” this junk yard dog
on His children!

32. Exodus 14:18,
Egyptians Will Know The LORD
• Exodus 14:18 "Then the Egyptians will know that I am
the LORD…
• Joshua 2:9 and said to the men, "I know that the LORD
has given you the land, and that the terror of you has
fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land
have melted away before you. 10 "For we have heard
how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea
before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you
did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond
the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you utterly
destroyed. 11 "And when we heard it, our hearts
melted and no courage remained in any man any
longer because of you; for the LORD your God, He is
God in heaven above and on earth beneath.

33. Exodus 14:20 Light darkness
• Exodus 14:20 So it came between the camp of
Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the
cloud along with the darkness, yet it gave light at
night. Thus the one did not come near the other
all night.
• There is not enough darkness in all the world to
put out the light of even one small candle.
Robert Alden
• Ecclesiastes 2:13 And I saw that wisdom excels
folly as light excels darkness.

34. Exodus 14:20, Israel The Consecrated Bride
in Jewish Jewels March 2013
• "Yes. Israel was set apart unto God, as a
consecrated bride. Israel was set apart to God
when he brought his people to Mount Sinai and
entered into covenant with her. She had passed
through the Red Sea after being redeemed from
Egyptian bondage in what my surely be the most
dramatic awe-inspiring bridle mikvah of all time!
Even today the bride cannot be legally married in
Israel without having first been to the mikvah or
pool of immersion. Consider the implication for
Messiah's bride!“….

35. Exodus 14:20, Israel The Consecrated Bride
in Jewish Jewels March 2013
• Song of Songs (Shir Hashirim) is the book of the Bible that is read by
all devout Jews on Passover, not Exodus. It celebrates God's
marriage to Israel (Hosea 2:19). The Song of Songs is also a love
song for the new covenant bride Jeremiah 31:232, Song of Songs Ch
8, Isaiah 65:1-10.
• "Yes the God of Israel actually followed the ancient Jewish wedding
customs when he took Israel as his bride. Brides were purchased. A
mohar, or bride price, was paid for them by the prospective
bridegroom. God was reminded of his purchase of Israel in Psalm
74:2, "Remember Your congregation which You have purchased of
old, the tribe of your inheritance, which you have redeemed." What
price did the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob paid for Israel?
Blood. A high price. We often think of the blood of all the lambs
that was killed as per God's instructions so that their blood could be
applied to the lintel and doorpost of each Israelite home. But for
God, the price also included the blood of each firstborn in Egypt
who were part of God's creation. Jewish people

36. Exodus 14:20, Israel The Consecrated Bride
in Jewish Jewels March 2013
• do not rejoice over the slaying of the firstborn. In fact, a drop of
wine (symbolizing joy) is spilled on a plate when this plague is
mentioned, diminishing joy because of the suffering of part of
God's creation. It was God's love for Israel that made Him willing to
pay such a high bride price. In the same way, Yeshua's love for His
bride compelled Him to pay the highest price, his own blood.
"Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like
silver or gold… But with the precious blood of Messiah, as of a lamb
without blemish and without spot" (1 Peter 1:18-19)."
• Seders are at Passover, and are all about asking questions. Asking
questions is a very Jewish thing to do a little child initiates both
through traditional and the Messianic Seders by asking questions.
He asked, "Why is this night different from all other nights?" Israel
was given bridle gifts at the Exodus 3:21-22 "...plunder the
Egyptians..." We see this custom in Genesis 24:53, then the servant
brought out jewelry of silver jewelry of gold, and clothing, and gave
them to Rebecca…"

37. Exodus 14:21, THE PARTING OF THE
RED SEA TODAY'S CREATION MOMENT
• “And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the
LORD caused the sea to go [back] by a strong east wind all
that night, and made the sea dry [land], and the waters
were divided.”
• The parting of the Red Sea as the Israelites escaped Egypt is
one of the most attacked miracles in the Bible. Much of
scholarly opinion says that the Israelites didn’t really
escape through the sea. They simply went through a nearby
marsh, called the Reed Sea. In the first place, how could the
Israelites, loaded down with their own possessions plus the
spoils of Egypt, have traveled through a marsh? Second,
how could an entire army drown in a swamp?
• An article in the bulletin of the American Meteorological
Society shows that the Red Sea could have parted just as

38. Exodus 14:21, THE PARTING OF THE
RED SEA TODAY'S CREATION MOMENT
• the Bible describes. In making their case, meteorologists
used sophisticated computer simulations and the Bible’s
description of the event. Because the extension of the Gulf
where the Israelites crossed is so long and shallow, the
strong east wind described in Exodus 14, could have
lowered the water level by ten feet. The Israelites could
then cross on an underwater ridge, with water on both
sides of them. The water backed up into the wider portion
of the Red Sea could return within a matter of minutes
after the wind stopped, drowning pharaoh and his army.
• So many of the miraculous events described in the Bible
have been explained away by science as natural events and
this may just be another case. But all this means is that God
can use natural events and that He is in control of when
and where they occur.

39. Exodus 14:24-31

40. Exodus 14:24, “confusion”
• Exodus 14:24 At the morning watch, the LORD
looked down on the army of the Egyptians
through the pillar of fire and cloud and
brought the army of the Egyptians into
confusion.
• 1st NASU use of “confusion” and who caused
it?

41. Don’t Be Confused
• Exodus 14:24
…the LORD…
brought the
army of the
Egyptians into
confusion.

42. Exodus 14:25,
“chariot wheels to swerve”
• Exodus 14:25 He caused their chariot wheels to
swerve, and He made them drive with difficulty; so the
Egyptians said, "Let us flee from Israel, for the LORD is
fighting for them against the Egyptians.“
• CSB NAS NAU ...wheels to swerve [1st uses of wheels]
• NKJ KJV ...took off their chariot wheels
• ESV clogging their chariot wheels so that they drove
heavily...
• NET He jammed the wheels of their chariots so that
they had difficulty driving
• YLT and turneth aside the wheels of their chariots, and
they lead them with difficulty...

43. Exodus 14:25,
“chariot wheels to swerve”
• <05493>
sur or
sur (693b)
• Meaning: to turn aside…
• Usage: abolished(1), avoid(1), beheaded*(1), cut off(1),
degenerate(1), depart(45), departed(7), deposed(1),
deprives(2), do away(1), escape(1), get(1), go away(1),
gone(1), keep away(1), keeps away(1), lacks(1), leave*(2),
left(2), move(1), pardoning(1), pass away(1), past(1), put
away(12), relieved(1), remove(45), removed(43),
removing(1), retract(1), return(1), separated(1), strip
away(1), swerve(1), take(2), take away(7), take off(1),
taken away(14), takes away(1), took(3), took away(2),
took off(2), turn(8), turn aside(25), turn away(12),
turn...aside(1), turned(2), turned aside(24), turned
away(3), turning aside(1), turning away(3), turns aside(1),
turns away(3), undone*(1), wanderer(1), withdrawn(1)….

44. Exodus 14:25, Who Did It?
• Exodus 14:25 He caused…and He made them
…the Egyptians said…the LORD is fighting for
them…
• Prophecy fulfilled;
• Exodus 14:14 "The LORD will fight for you while
you keep silent.“
• Deuteronomy 20:1 "When you go out to battle
against your enemies and see horses and chariots
and people more numerous than you, do not be
afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who
brought you up from the land of Egypt, is with
you.

45. Isaiah 10:26, Do Not Fear
The Battle Belongs To The Lord
• Exodus 14:26 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out
your hand over the sea so that the waters may come back
over the Egyptians, over their chariots and their
horsemen.“
• Who lifted his hand?
• Isaiah 10:24 Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts, "O
My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear the Assyrian who
strikes you with the rod and lifts up his staff against you,
the way Egypt did. 25 "For in a very little while My
indignation against you will be spent, and My anger will be
directed to their destruction." 26 And the LORD of hosts will
arouse a scourge against him like the slaughter of Midian at
the rock of Oreb; and His staff will be over the sea, and He
will lift it up the way He did in Egypt.

46. Exodus 14:27,
The LORD Overthrew The Egyptians
• Exodus 14:27 So Moses stretched out his hand over the
sea, and the sea returned to its normal state at daybreak,
while the Egyptians were fleeing right into it; then the
LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
• Psalm 78:53 He led them safely, so that they did not fear;
But the sea engulfed their enemies.
• Deuteronomy 11:4 and what He did to Egypt's army, to its
horses and its chariots, when He made the water of the
Red Sea to engulf them while they were pursuing you, and
the LORD completely destroyed them;
• Hebrews 11:29 By faith they passed through the Red Sea as
though they were passing through dry land; and the
Egyptians, when they attempted it, were drowned.
• Psalm 136:15 But He overthrew Pharaoh and his army in
the Red Sea, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

47. Exo 14:30, Moses/God At The Red Sea
• Nine-year-old Joey was asked by his mother what he had learned
in Sunday School.
"Well, Mom, our teacher told us how God sent Moses behind
enemy lines on a rescue mission to lead the Israelites out of
Egypt. When he got to the Red Sea, he had his army build a
pontoon bridge and all the people walked across safely. Then he
radioed headquarters for reinforcements. They sent bombers to
blow up the bridge and all the Israelites were saved."
"Now, Joey, is that really what your teacher taught you?" his
Mother asked.
• "Well, no, Mom, but, if I told it the way the teacher did, you'd never
believe it!"

48. Exodus 14:31, Servants Serve
• Exodus 14:31, Moses was God’s servant, So are we!
• Biblical faith is always active, stated, and evidenced.
We should reveal our faith by serving others.
• <05650>
ebed (713d)
• Meaning: slave, servant…
• We are servants of God, just like:
• Abraham (Genesis 26:24), Jacob, Moses (Exodus
14:31), and Isaiah (Isaiah 20:3)
• Psalm 100:2…Serve the Lord with gladness . . .
• If you hired a servant and he just watched you work…
• So, serve, don't sit!

49. Hope we
have sipped
a little sweet
nectar from
Exodus?

50. THE END If you have been…
Then proclaim Him!

51. Genesis 50:25 Exodus 13:19 Joshua
24:32 Hebrews 11:22 Tomb, Wrapping
the Body, Bone Box
• Tomb, Matthew 27:60 Mark 15:46 Luke 24:2 John 11:38 John 20:1
• Dr. Reagan: Let's take a look at the New Testament tomb. It was a classic
rolling stone type of tomb.
• Dr. Fleming: Yes, and it would have been quite big. Joseph of Arimathea
was one of the elders, which means a member of the Jewish ruling
Sanhedrin. Archaeologists have discovered some tombs in Jerusalem with
this same large entry stone, so we know the tomb Jesus was put in must
have been a wealthy tomb.
• The entry stone rolls uphill to open. It would be easier to close the tomb
than open it. Because opening was going to take a lot of pushing, that's
why the women who came to prepare Jesus' body were wondering who
would help them push back the stone.
• Usually a wealthy Jewish tomb's entryway was decorated with floral or
geometric designs.
• Outside of the tomb, there would be a mourner's bench. For one week
you would visit the tomb daily and you would cry. There were even tear

52. Nehemiah 9:9 Exodus 10:19, Red Sea
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Nehemiah 9:9 "You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, And heard their cry by the Red Sea. 10 "Then Thou didst perform signs and wonders
against Pharaoh, Against all his servants and all the people of his land; For Thou didst know that they acted arrogantly toward them, And didst make
a name for Thyself as it is this day.
11 "And Thou didst divide the sea before them, So they passed through the midst of the sea on dry ground; And their pursuers Thou didst hurl into
the depths, Like a stone into raging waters.
12 "And with a pillar of cloud Thou didst lead them by day, And with a pillar of fire by night To light for them the way In which they were to go.
13 "Then Thou didst come down on Mount Sinai, And didst speak with them from heaven; Thou didst give to them just ordinances and true laws,
Good statutes and commandments.
14 "So Thou didst make known to them Thy holy sabbath, And didst lay down for them commandments, statutes, and law, Through Thy servant
Moses.
15 "Thou didst provide bread from heaven for them for their hunger, Thou didst bring forth water from a rock for them for their thirst, And Thou
didst tell them to enter in order to possess The land which Thou didst swear to give them.
16 "But they, our fathers, acted arrogantly; They became stubborn and would not listen to Thy commandments.
17 "And they refused to listen, And did not remember Thy wondrous deeds which Thou hadst performed among them; So they became stubborn and
appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But Thou art a God of forgiveness, Gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, and abounding
in lovingkindness; And Thou didst not forsake them.
18 "Even when they made for themselves A calf of molten metal And said, 'This is your God Who brought you up from Egypt,' And committed great
blasphemies,
19 Thou, in Thy great compassion, Didst not forsake them in the wilderness; The pillar of cloud did not leave them by day, To guide them on their
way, Nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they were to go.
20 "And Thou didst give Thy good Spirit to instruct them, Thy manna Thou didst not withhold from their mouth, And Thou didst give them water for
their thirst.
21 "Indeed, forty years Thou didst provide for them in the wilderness and they were not in want; Their clothes did not wear out, nor did their feet
swell.
22 "Thou didst also give them kingdoms and peoples, And Thou didst allot them to them as a boundary. And they took possession of the land of Sihon
the king of Heshbon, And the land of Og the king of Bashan.
23 "And Thou didst make their sons numerous as the stars of heaven, And Thou didst bring them into the land Which Thou hadst told their fathers to
enter and possess.
24 "So their sons entered and possessed the land. And Thou didst subdue before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, And Thou didst
give them into their hand, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, To do with them as they desired.
25 "And they captured fortified cities and a fertile land. They took possession of houses full of every good thing, Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive
groves, Fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled, and grew fat, And reveled in Thy great goodness.

53. Psalm 105:27,
The Bible Confirms Exodus
• Psalm 105:27 They performed His wondrous acts among them,
And miracles in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness and made it
dark; And they did not rebel against His words. 29 He turned their
waters into blood And caused their fish to die. 30 Their land
swarmed with frogs Even in the chambers of their kings. 31 He
spoke, and there came a swarm of flies And gnats in all their
territory. 32 He gave them hail for rain, And flaming fire in their
land. 33 He struck down their vines also and their fig trees, And
shattered the trees of their territory. 34 He spoke, and locusts
came, And young locusts, even without number, 35 And ate up all
vegetation in their land, And ate up the fruit of their ground. 36
He also struck down all the firstborn in their land, The first fruits
of all their vigor. 37 Then He brought them out with silver and
gold, And among His tribes there was not one who stumbled. 38
Egypt was glad when they departed, For the dread of them had
fallen upon them.

54. Acts 7:34,
The Bible Confirms Exodus
• Acts 7:34 'I have certainly seen the oppression
of My people in Egypt, and have heard their
groans, and I have come down to deliver
them; come now, and I will send you to Egypt.'
35 "This Moses whom they disowned, saying,
'Who made you a ruler and a judge?' is the
one whom God sent to be both a ruler and a
deliverer with the help of the angel who
appeared to him in the thorn bush. 36 "This
man led them out, performing wonders and
signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea
and in the wilderness for forty years.

55. Hebrews 11:23,
The Bible Confirms Exodus
• Hebrews 11:23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was
hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw he
was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king's
edict. 24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to
be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; 25 choosing rather to
endure ill-treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy
the passing pleasures of sin; 26 considering the reproach of
Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was
looking to the reward. 27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing
the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing Him who is
unseen. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of
the blood, so that he who destroyed the first-born might not
touch them. 29 By faith they passed through the Red Sea as
though they were passing through dry land; and the
Egyptians, when they attempted it, were drowned.

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TODAY'S CREATION MOMENT
THE PARTING OF THE RED SEA
Listen
Exodus 14:21
“And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go [back] by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry
[land], and the waters were divided.”
The parting of the Red Sea as the Israelites escaped Egypt is one of the most attacked miracles in the Bible. Much of scholarly opinion says that the
Israelites didn’t really escape through the sea. They simply went through a nearby marsh, called the Reed Sea. In the first place, how could the
Israelites, loaded down with their own possessions plus the spoils of Egypt, have traveled through a marsh? Second, how could an entire army drown
in a swamp?
An article in the bulletin of the American Meteorological Society shows that the Red Sea could have parted just as the Bible describes. In making their
case, meteorologists used sophisticated computer simulations and the Bible’s description of the event. Because the extension of the Gulf where the
Israelites crossed is so long and shallow, the strong east wind described in Exodus 14, could have lowered the water level by ten feet. The Israelites
could then cross on an underwater ridge, with water on both sides of them. The water backed up into the wider portion of the Red Sea could return
within a matter of minutes after the wind stopped, drowning pharaoh and his army.
So many of the miraculous events described in the Bible have been explained away by science as natural events and this may just be another case.
But all this means is that God can use natural events and that He is in control of when and where they occur.
Prayer:
Dear Father in heaven, I thank You for those dedicated scientists who take Your Word seriously and use their talents to glorify You. Let their witness
be heard, and move more of our Christian young people to study for the sciences. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Notes:
Thomas H. Maugh II. 1992. “A Miracle Adds Up.” Star Tribune, Mar. 14, p. 16Ae. Photo: Scene from the 1956 film The Ten Commandments.