Day 32 - Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

ReadDay 32 | Sunday | February 1 | Exodus 1:1 - 2:25; 1 Chronicles 6:1-3a; Exodus 3:1 - 4:17
Dates | Exodus occurred about 300 years after Joseph's death | 1526 BCE or 1360 BCE

Background on Exodus |  Complete Jewish Bible with Rashi Commentary - Click here

Center for Biblical Studies - Exodus - Click here
Like Genesis, Exodus is quite lengthy, and so it might help to break it up into sections. In fact, it is simplest to think of Exodus as a two-part book. Chapters 1-15 describe Israel’s deliverance from Egyptian slavery under Moses. Chapters 16-40 describe the journey to Mt. Sinai and what happens there: the giving of the law and the building of Israel’s portable worship tent, the tabernacle. As we can see, more than half the book takes place at Mt. Sinai. In terms of the broader narrative of Israel’s history (as given in the Pentateuch), Israel will not leave Mt. Sinai until the fourth book of the Pentateuch, Numbers 10. Most of the action in the Pentateuch takes place at Mt. Sinai, which tells us something of the importance of Mt. Sinai for Israel’s faith.

Reading | Israel n Egypt; Joseph's linage; Israel became too numerous - placed into slavery; the more they were oppress, the more they multiplied; king issued population limit to Hebrew midwives; God was kind to the midwives; throw the newborn boys into the Nile - keep the girls; Moses - born, raised in king's house, when he was 40 he saw how his people were treated, murdered Egyptian, fled to Midan, found a wife - Zipporah, had a child; Israel's suffering heard by God; Moses' famly tree; Moses see burning bush of God at 80 years old; YHWH is God's name - timeless - I AM; signs; God mad at Moses - Aaron enlisted to be the talker.

Next | Day 33 | Monday | February 2 | Exodus 4:18 - 7:13

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Readings for the Day -

Deuteronomy 18:15-20 
Psalm 111
1 Corinthians 8:1-13 

Mark 1:21-28 

The Collect

Almighty and everlasting God, you govern all things both in heaven and on earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of your people, and in our time grant us your peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Source | Lectionarypage.net | Click here for today's Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) readings and Prayers.

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