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The Creation of the World - Genesis 1 (1-27)
1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.
5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
6 And God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."
7 And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so.
8 And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
9 And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.
10 God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
11 And God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth." And it was so.
12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
14 And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years,
15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth." And it was so.
16 And God made the two great lights-the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night-and the stars.
17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,
18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
20 And God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens."
21 So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
24 And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds-livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds." And it was so.
25 And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
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Enoch's translation - Genesis 5:24
24 Enoch walked steadily with God. And then one day he was simply gone: God took him.
Notes:
From the Bible, we know that Enoch was Adam's great-great-great-great grandson (and Noah's great grandfather) who lived a holy and faithful life to the Lord. He also becomes the father of Methuselah, the longest-living man. Throughout his three-plus centuries on earth, he has numerous other offspring. Enoch is also only one of two people taken straight to heaven, escaping death altogether.
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The Flood - Genesis 7:17-24
17 The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
18 The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters.
19 And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered.
20 The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep.
21 And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind.
22 Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died.
23 He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens. They were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark.
24 And the waters prevailed on the earth 150 days.
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Confusion of tongues at Babel - Genesis 11:3-9
3 And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.
4 Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth."
5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built.
6 And the Lord said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.
7 Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another's speech."
8 So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.
Notes:
What does Genesis 11:9 mean?
Verse 9 sums up God's act of judgment with a play on words. The word for the name of the city Babel is very similar in Hebrew to the word for "confused." In fact, the whole section of verses 1 through 9 includes several allusions, in the Hebrew language, to the name of Babel. It is very likely that Babel became known as Babylon, the great and ancient city that became a seat of power in the world. This city, in fact, would later become symbolic of the man-centered, worldly system which sets itself against God.
Later, the Babylonians were quite proud of their impressive city. God's people understood, however, that the city's history was evidence that human pride and arrogance cannot stand against God. He stops the plans of humanity anytime He chooses to do so (Job 42:2).
One day, though, God will create a new kingdom with a single language and culture once again. Zephaniah 3:9-11 describes that moment, and the Holy Spirit's act of uniting the languages at Pentecost may hint at it as well (Acts 2:6-11).
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Sodomites blinded - Genesis 19:11
1 The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth
2 and said, "My lords, please turn aside to your servant's house and spend the night and wash your feet. Then you may rise up early and go on your way." They said, "No; we will spend the night in the town square."
3 But he pressed them strongly; so they turned aside to him and entered his house. And he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house.
5 And they called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may know them."
6 Lot went out to the men at the entrance, shut the door after him,
7 and said, "I beg you, my brothers, do not act so wickedly.
8 Behold, I have two daughters who have not known any man. Let me bring them out to you, and do to them as you please. Only do nothing to these men, for they have come under the shelter of my roof."
9 But they said, "Stand back!" And they said, "This fellow came to sojourn, and he has become the judge! Now we will deal worse with you than with them." Then they pressed hard against the man Lot, and drew near to break the door down.
10 But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them and shut the door.
11 And they struck with blindness the men who were at the entrance of the house, both small and great, so that they wore themselves out groping for the door.
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Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed -Genesis 19:24-25
24 Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven.
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.
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Lot's wife turned to a pillar of salt - Genesis 19:26
26 But Lot's wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
During the escape from Sodom, Lot's wife is turned into a pillar of salt. Lot and his daughters take shelter in Zoar, but afterwards go up into the mountains to live in a cave. Concerned for their father having descendants, one evening, Lot's eldest daughter gets Lot drunk and has sex with him without his knowledge.
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Isaac conceived by Abraham and Sarah - Genesis 21:1-7
1 The Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did to Sarah as he had promised.
2 And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him.
3 Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore him, Isaac.
4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
6 And Sarah said, "God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me."
7 And she said, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age."
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Burning bush - Exodus 3:3
1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
2 And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in
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Moses' rod changed into a serpent - Exodus 4:3-4,30
Moses Given Powerful Signs
3 And he said, "Throw it on the ground." So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses ran from it.
4 But the Lord said to Moses, "Put out your hand and catch it by the tail"-so he put out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand-
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30 Aaron spoke all the words that the Lord had spoken to Moses and did the signs in the sight of the people.
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River turned to blood - Exodus 7:20-25
The First Plague: Water Turned to Blood
20 Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded. In the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants he lifted up the staff and struck the water in the Nile, and all the water in the Nile turned into blood.
21 And the fish in the Nile died, and the Nile stank, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. There was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
22 But the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts. So Pharaoh's heart remained hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.
23 Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not take even this to heart.
24 And all the Egyptians dug along the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink the water of the Nile.
25 Seven full days passed after the Lord had struck the Nile.
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Frogs - Exodus 8:1-15
The Second Plague: Frogs
1 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord, "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
2 But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs.
3 The Nile shall swarm with frogs that shall come up into your house and into your bedroom and on your bed and into the houses of your servants and your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls.
4 The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your servants."'"
5 And the Lord said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the canals and over the pools, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt!'"
6 So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
7 But the magicians did the same by their secret arts and made frogs come up on the land of Egypt.
8 Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, "Plead with the Lord to take away the frogs from me and from my people, and I will let the people go to sacrifice to the Lord."
9 Moses said to Pharaoh, "Be pleased to command me when I am to plead for you and for your servants and for your people, that the frogs be cut off from you and your houses and be left only in the Nile."
10 And he said, "Tomorrow." Moses said, "Be it as you say, so that you may know that there is no one like the Lord our God.
11 The frogs shall go away from you and your houses and your servants and your people. They shall be left only in the Nile."
12 So Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to the Lord about the frogs, as he had agreed with Pharaoh.
13 And the Lord did according to the word of Moses. The frogs died out in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields.
14 And they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.
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Flies - Exodus 8:20-24
The Fourth Plague: Flies
20 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning and present yourself to Pharaoh, as he goes out to the water, and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord, "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
21 Or else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and your servants and your people, and into your houses. And the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled with swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand.
22 But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people dwell, so that no swarms of flies shall be there, that you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.
23 Thus I will put a division between my people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall happen."'"
24 And the Lord did so. There came great swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh and into his servants' houses. Throughout all the land of Egypt the land was ruined by the swarms of flies.
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Death of Egyptian livestock - Exodus 9:1-7
The Fifth Plague: Egyptian Livestock Die
1 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
2 For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them,
3 behold, the hand of the Lord will fall with a very severe plague upon your livestock that are in the field, the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds, and the flocks.
4 But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing of all that belongs to the people of Israel shall die."'"
5 And the Lord set a time, saying, "Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land."
6 And the next day the Lord did this thing. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one of the livestock of the people of Israel died.
7 And Pharaoh sent, and behold, not one of the livestock of Israel was dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
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Boils - Exodus 9:8-12
The Sixth Plague: Boils
8 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "Take handfuls of soot from the kiln, and let Moses throw them in the air in the sight of Pharaoh.
9 It shall become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and become boils breaking out in sores on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt."
10 So they took soot from the kiln and stood before Pharaoh. And Moses threw it in the air, and it became boils breaking out in sores on man and beast.
11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils came upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians.
12 But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had spoken to Moses.
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Hail - Exodus 9:18-24
The Seventh Plague: Hail
18 Behold, about this time tomorrow I will cause very heavy hail to fall, such as never has been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.
19 Now therefore send, get your livestock and all that you have in the field into safe shelter, for every man and beast that is in the field and is not brought home will die when the hail falls on them."'"
20 Then whoever feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh hurried his slaves and his livestock into the houses,
21 but whoever did not pay attention to the word of the Lord left his slaves and his livestock in the field.
22 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man and beast and every plant of the field, in the land of Egypt."
23 Then Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
24 There was hail and fire flashing continually in the midst of the hail, very heavy hail, such as had never been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
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Locusts - Exodus 10:1-20
The Eighth Plague: Locusts
1 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them,
2 and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians and what signs I have done among them, that you may know that I am the Lord."
3 So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, "Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.
4 For if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country,
5 and they shall cover the face of the land, so that no one can see the land. And they shall eat what is left to you after the hail, and they shall eat every tree of yours that grows in the field,
6 and they shall fill your houses and the houses of all your servants and of all the Egyptians, as neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from the day they came on earth to this day.'" Then he turned and went out from Pharaoh.
7 Then Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not yet understand that Egypt is ruined?"
8 So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. And he said to them, "Go, serve the Lord your God. But which ones are to go?"
9 Moses said, "We will go with our young and our old. We will go with our sons and daughters and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the Lord."
10 But he said to them, "The Lord be with you, if ever I let you and your little ones go! Look, you have some evil purpose in mind.
11 No! Go, the men among you, and serve the Lord, for that is what you are asking." And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
12 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, so that they may come upon the land of Egypt and eat every plant in the land, all that the hail has left."
13 So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind had brought the locusts.
14 The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled
on the whole country of Egypt, such a dense swarm of locusts as had never been before, nor ever will be again.
15 They covered the face of the whole land, so that the land was darkened, and they ate all the plants in the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Not a green thing remained, neither tree nor plant of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
16 Then Pharaoh hastily called Moses and Aaron and said, "I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you.
17 Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and plead with the Lord your God only to remove this death from me."
18 So he went out from Pharaoh and pleaded with the Lord.
19 And the Lord turned the wind into a very strong west wind, which lifted the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust was left in all the country of Egypt.
20 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go.
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Darkness - Exodus 10:21-23
The Ninth Plague: Darkness
21 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt."
22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was pitch darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.
23 They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the people of Israel had light where they lived.
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First-born destroyed in Egypt - Exodus 12:29-30
The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn
29 At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock.
30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians. And there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where someone was not dead.
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Pillar of cloud and fire - Exodus 13:21-22; 14:19-20
13:21 And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.
13:22 The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people.
14:19 Then the angel of God who was going before the host of Israel moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them,
14:20 coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. And there was the cloud and the darkness. And it lit up the night without one coming near the other all night.
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Crossing the Red Sea - Exodus 14:21-23
21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
22 And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
23 The Egyptians pursued and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
24 And in the morning watch the Lord in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic,
25 clogging their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily. And the Egyptians said, "Let us flee from before Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians."
26Then the Lord said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the water may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen."
27 So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal course when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the Lord threw the Egyptians into the midst of the sea.
28 The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen; of all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea, not one of them remained.
29 But the people of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
30 Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
31 Israel saw the great power that the Lord used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses.
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Bitter waters sweetened - Exodus 15:25
25 And he cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a log, and he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet.
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Manna sent - Exodus 16:13-36
13 In the evening quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning dew lay around the camp.
14 And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on the ground.
15 When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, "It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.
16 This is what the Lord has commanded: 'Gather of it, each one of you, as much as he can eat. You shall each take an omer, according to the number of the persons that each of you has in his tent.'"
17 And the people of Israel did so. They gathered, some more, some less.
18 But when they measured it with an omer, whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack. Each of them gathered as much as he could eat.
19 And Moses said to them, "Let no one leave any of it over till the morning."
20 But they did not listen to Moses. Some left part of it till the morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.
21 Morning by morning they gathered it, each as much as he could eat; but when the sun grew hot, it melted.
22 On the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers each. And when all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses,
23 he said to them, "This is what the Lord has commanded: 'Tomorrow is a day of solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord; bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over lay aside to be kept till the morning.'"
24 So they laid it aside till the morning, as Moses commanded them, and it did not stink, and there were no worms in it.
25 Moses said, "Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field.
26 Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is a Sabbath, there will be none."
27 On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they found none.
28 And the Lord said to Moses, "How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
29 See! The Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Remain each of you in his place; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day."
30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
31 Now the house of Israel called its name manna. It was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
32 Moses said, "This is what the Lord has commanded: 'Let an omer of it be kept throughout your generations, so that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.'"
33 And Moses said to Aaron, "Take a jar, and put an omer of manna in it, and place it before the Lord to be kept throughout your generations."
34 As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the testimony to be kept.
35 The people of Israel ate the manna forty years, till they came to a habitable land. They ate the manna till they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
36 (An omer is the tenth part of an ephah.)
Notes:
In the context of ancient Hebrew dry measures, an omer is indeed one-tenth of an ephah. This relationship is mentioned in Exodus 16:36, where the manna provided to the Israelites is described as being measured out in omers, each being one-tenth of an ephah.
Omer: An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure, often associated with the manna in the wilderness.
Ephah: A larger unit of dry measure in the same system.
Relationship: One ephah is equivalent to ten omers.
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Water from the rock in Rephidim - Exodus 17:5-8
Water from the Rock
5 And the Lord said to Moses, "Pass on before the people, taking with you some of the elders of Israel, and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.
6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink." And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.
7 And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the Lord by saying, "Is the Lord among us or not?"
8 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.
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Amalek defeated - Exodus 17:9-13
Israel Defeats Amalek
8 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.
9 So Moses said to Joshua, "Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand."
10 So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
11 Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed.
12 But Moses' hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
13 And Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the sword.
14 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven."
Notes:
In the Old Testament, the Amalekites were a nomadic tribe and a persistent enemy of the Israelites.
They were descendants of Amalek, who was the grandson of Esau (Jacob's brother).
The Amalekites are described as attacking the Israelites from behind as they left Egypt and throughout their time in the wilderness.
God commanded the Israelites to fight against them, and they were eventually defeated by King Saul and later by King David
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Strange fire on Aaron's sacrifice - Leviticus 9:24
23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and when they came out they blessed the people, and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people.
24 And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the pieces of fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.
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Nadab and Abihu destroyed - Leviticus 10:1-2
1 Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them.
2 And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.
3 Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the Lord has said: 'Among those who are near me I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified.'" And Aaron held his peace.
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Israel's judgment by fire - Numbers 11:1-3
The People Complain
1 And the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about
their misfortunes, and when the Lord heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp.
2 Then the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire died down.
3 So the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the Lord burned among them.
4 Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving. And the people of Israel also wept again and said, "Oh that we had meat to eat!
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Miriam's leprosy - Numbers 12:10-15
Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses
10 When the cloud removed from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, like snow. And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.
11 And Aaron said to Moses, "Oh, my lord, do not punish us because we have done foolishly and have sinned.
12 Let her not be as one dead, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother's womb."
13 And Moses cried to the Lord, "O God, please heal her-please."
14 But the Lord said to Moses, "If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut outside the camp seven days, and after that she may be brought in again."
15 So Miriam was shut outside the camp seven days, and the people did not set out on the march till Miriam was brought in again.
16 After that the people set out from Hazeroth, and camped in the wilderness of Paran.
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Korah and his gang destroyed by unnatural means - Numbers 16:31-35
31 And as soon as he had finished speaking all these words, the ground under them split apart.
32 And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the people who belonged to Korah and all their goods.
33 So they and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol, and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.
34 And all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, "Lest the earth swallow us up!"
35 And fire came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men offering the incense.
36 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
37 "Tell Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest to take up the censers out of the blaze. Then scatter the fire far and wide, for they have become holy.
Notes: The story of Korah's rebellion, detailed in Numbers 16 of the Bible, provides a clear example of the severe consequences of challenging God's appointed authority and the dangers of pride and envy
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Korah and his associates:
Who they were: Korah, a Levite (descendant of Levi and first cousin to Moses and Aaron), led the rebellion along with Dathan and Abiram (from the tribe of Reuben) and 250 other Israelite community leaders.
Why they rebelled: Korah was jealous of Aaron's position as High Priest. He, Dathan, Abiram and the other rebels challenged Moses and Aaron, claiming the entire community was holy and that Moses and Aaron had overstepped their authority. They believed all Israelites, being set apart as holy, should have the right to be priests. They also accused Moses of failing to bring them into the promised land.
Their fate: Moses, seeking God's guidance, proposed a test. He instructed Korah and his followers to present themselves before the Lord with censers and incense.
Divine Judgement: God then commanded the Israelites to move away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
Earth Swallowing: The earth miraculously opened up and swallowed Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, along with their families and possessions.
Fire: A fire from the Lord consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.
Key takeaways from Korah's destruction:
Respecting Authority: The story highlights the importance of respecting authority, particularly the leadership appointed by God.
Dangers of Pride: Korah's pride and envy led to his rebellion and subsequent destruction. Leaders should cultivate humility and avoid letting pride blind them to the consequences of their actions.
Consequences of Disobedience: The event serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of disobedience and rebellion against God's established order.
God's Holiness: The judgment demonstrates God's intolerance for irreverent worship and challenge to His authority. The censers used by the rebels were later hammered into sheets to cover the altar as a warning to the Israelites.
Mercy and Intercession: Moses and Aaron interceded for the people, showcasing compassion and the power of intercession.
Significance for Today:
The story reminds us to respect the authorities God has placed in our lives and to be wary of pride and self-ambition.
It emphasizes the importance of clear communication and addressing conflicts appropriately.
The event ultimately serves as a reminder of God's authority and sovereignty in leadership.
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Murmurers destroyed by a ravaging plague - Numbers 16:41-50
39 So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned had offered, and they were hammered out as a covering for the altar,
40 to be a reminder to the people of Israel, so that no outsider, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, should draw near to burn incense before the Lord, lest he become like Korah and his company-as the Lord said to him through Moses.
41 But on the next day all the congregation of the people of Israel
grumbled against Moses and against Aaron, saying, "You have killed the people of the Lord."
42 And when the congregation had assembled against Moses and against Aaron, they turned toward the tent of meeting. And behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.
43 And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting,
44 and the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
45 "Get away from the midst of this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment." And they fell on their faces.
46 And Moses said to Aaron, "Take your censer, and put fire on it from off the altar and lay incense on it and carry it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out from the Lord; the plague has begun."
47 So Aaron took it as Moses said and ran into the midst of the assembly. And behold, the plague had already begun among the people. And he put on the incense and made atonement for the people.
48 And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped.
49 Now those who died in the plague were 14,700, besides those who died in the affair of Korah.
50 And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, when the plague was stopped.
Notes:
ONE DAY AFTER KORAH'S DEADLY REBELLION
When the earth opened up and swallowed a Korah-led group of Israelites who had rebelled against Moses and Aaron, it was a sad day among God's people. What happened the very next day was not only a tragedy, it was shocking. The Bible's record of it is found in Numbers 16:41-50.
In a nutshell, as Israel wandered somewhere in the wilderness, following the death of Korah and others, "On the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, saying, 'You have killed the people of the LORD'" (Numbers 16:41). After a plague broke out in Israel, Aaron made atonement for the people, but not before a slew of additional lives were lost. We know that the Old Testament was written for our learning (Romans 15:4), so let us do some learning.
The complaining continued. Some have labeled the book of Numbers as "the Book of Murmuring," and we can see why. Over and over we read that the Israelites murmured, griped, and complained. In a number of cases, we read that such complaining brought about quick, unpleasant results. Yet, the complaining continued. Can these people not learn their lesson?! Can they not develop a heart that respects Jehovah, His instructions, and His actions? You and I are charged, "Do all things without complaining and disputing" (Philippians 2:14).
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Aaron's rod blossoms - Numbers 17:8
8 On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony, and behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds.
9 Then Moses brought out all the staffs from before the Lord to all the people of Israel. And they looked, and each man took his staff.
10 And the Lord said to Moses, "Put back the staff of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebels, that you may make an end of their grumblings against me, lest they die."
11 Thus did Moses; as the Lord commanded him, so he did.
12 And the people of Israel said to Moses, "Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
13 Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the Lord, shall die. Are we all to perish?"
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Water from the rock in Kadesh - Numbers 20:8-11
6 Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance of the tent of meeting and fell on their faces. And the glory of the Lord appeared to them,
7 and the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
8 "Take the staff, and assemble the congregation, you and Aaron your brother, and tell the rock before their eyes to yield its water. So you shall bring water out of the rock for them and give drink to the congregation and their cattle."
9 And Moses took the staff from before the Lord, as he commanded him.
Moses Strikes the Rock
10 Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, "Hear now, you rebels: shall we bring water for you out of this rock?"
11 And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice, and water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock.
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Brazen serpent healed many bitten by fiery serpents - Numbers 21:9
9 So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.
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Ass speaking in human voice- Numbers 22:21-35
Balak Summons Balaam
1 Then the people of Israel set out and camped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.
2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
3 And Moab was in great dread of the people, because they were many. Moab was overcome with fear of the people of Israel.
4 And Moab said to the elders of Midian, "This horde will now lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field." So Balak the son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time,
5 sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor at Pethor, which is near the River in the land of the people of Amaw, to call him, saying, "Behold, a people has come out of Egypt. They cover the face of the earth, and they are dwelling opposite me.
6 Come now, curse this people for me, since they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them from the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed."
7 So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fees for divination in their hand. And they came to Balaam and gave him Balak's message.
8 And he said to them, "Lodge here tonight, and I will bring back word to you, as the Lord speaks to me." So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.
9 And God came to Balaam and said, "Who are these men with you?"
10 And Balaam said to God, "Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, saying,
11 'Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and it covers the face of the earth. Now come, curse them for me. Perhaps I shall be able to fight against them and drive them out.'"
12 God said to Balaam, "You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed."
13 So Balaam rose in the morning and said to the princes of Balak, "Go to your own land, for the Lord has refused to let me go with you."
14 So the princes of Moab rose and went to Balak and said, "Balaam refuses to come with us."
15 Once again Balak sent princes, more in number and more honorable than these.
16 And they came to Balaam and said to him, "Thus says Balak the son of Zippor: 'Let nothing hinder you from coming to me,
17 for I will surely do you great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Come, curse this people for me.'"
18 But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, "Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the Lord my God to do less or more.
19 So you, too, please stay here tonight, that I may know what more the Lord will say to me."
20 And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, "If the men have come to call you, rise, go with them; but only do what I tell you."
21 So Balaam rose in the morning and saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab.
Balaam's Donkey and the Angel
22 But God's anger was kindled because he went, and the angel of the Lord took his stand in the way as his adversary. Now he was riding on the donkey, and his two servants were with him.
23 And the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road, with a
drawn sword in his hand. And the donkey turned aside out of the road and went into the field. And Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the road.
24 Then the angel of the Lord stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, with a wall on either side.
25 And when the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she pushed against the wall and pressed Balaam's foot against the wall. So he struck her again.
26 Then the angel of the Lord went ahead and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right or to the left.
27 When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she lay down under Balaam. And Balaam's anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with his staff.
28 Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?"
29 And Balaam said to the donkey, "Because you have made a fool of me. I wish I had a sword in my hand, for then I would kill you."
30 And the donkey said to Balaam, "Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long to this day? Is it my habit to treat you this way?" And he said, "No."
31 Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, with his drawn sword in his hand. And he bowed down and fell on his face.
32 And the angel of the Lord said to him, "Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you because your way is perverse before me.
33 The donkey saw me and turned aside before me these three times. If she had not turned aside from me, surely just now I would have killed you and let her live."
34 Then Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, "I have sinned, for I did not know that you stood in the road against me. Now therefore, if it is evil in your sight, I will turn back."
35 And the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, "Go with the men, but speak only the word that I tell you." So Balaam went on with the princes of Balak.
36 When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him at the city of Moab, on the border formed by the Arnon, at the extremity of the border.
37 And Balak said to Balaam, "Did I not send to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?"
38 Balaam said to Balak, "Behold, I have come to you! Have I now any power of my own to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that must I speak."
39 Then Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.
40 And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent for Balaam and for the princes who were with him.
41 And in the morning Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal, and from there he saw a fraction of the people.
Notes:
In Numbers 22, Balak, the king of Moab, summons Balaam, a prophet, to
curse the Israelites. Balak was afraid of the Israelites, who were camped on the plains of Moab, and believed that if Balaam cursed them, he could defeat them in battle. God initially tells Balaam not to go with Balak's messengers, but later allows him to go on the condition that he only speak what God tells him.
Balak and Balaam. The full story.
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Jordan supernaturally divided - Joshua 3:14-17
13 And when the soles of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off from flowing, and the waters coming down from above shall stand in one heap."
14 So when the people set out from their tents to pass over the Jordan with the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people,
15 and as soon as those bearing the ark had come as far as the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (now the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest),
16 the waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. And the people passed over opposite Jericho.
17 Now the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firmly on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, and all Israel was passing over on dry ground until all the nation finished passing over the Jordan.
Notes:
Joshua is a standout figure in the Bible faithful leader, courageous warrior, and devoted servant of God. As Moses' successor, Joshua played a pivotal role in guiding the Israelites into the Promised Land. He played a key role in guiding the Israelites into the Promised Land after Moses' death.
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Fall of Jericho - Joshua 6:6-20
1 Now Jericho was shut up inside and outside because of the people of Israel. None went out, and none came in.
2 And the Lord said to Joshua, "See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty men of valor.
3 You shall march around the city, all the men of war going around the city once. Thus shall you do for six days.
4 Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. On the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.
5 And when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, when you hear the sound of the trumpet, then all the people shall shout with a great shout, and the wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people shall go up, everyone straight before him."
6 So Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, "Take up the ark of the covenant and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord."
7 And he said to the people, "Go forward. March around the city and let the armed men pass on before the ark of the Lord."
8 And just as Joshua had commanded the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the Lord went forward, blowing the trumpets, with the ark of the covenant of the Lord following them.
9 The armed men were walking before the priests who were blowing the trumpets, and the rear guard was walking after the ark, while the trumpets blew continually.
10 But Joshua commanded the people, "You shall not shout or make your voice heard, neither shall any word go out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout."
11 So he caused the ark of the Lord to circle the city, going about it once. And they came into the camp and spent the night in the camp.
12 Then Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.
13 And the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord walked on, and they blew the trumpets continually. And the armed men were walking before them, and the rear guard was walking after the ark of the Lord, while the trumpets blew continually.
14 And the second day they marched around the city once, and returned into the camp. So they did for six days.
15 On the seventh day they rose early, at the dawn of day, and marched around the city in the same manner seven times. It was only on that day that they marched around the city seven times.
16 And at the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, "Shout, for the Lord has given you the city.
17 And the city and all that is within it shall be devoted to the Lord for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent.
18 But you, keep yourselves from the things devoted to destruction, lest when you have devoted them you take any of the devoted things and make the camp of Israel a thing for destruction and bring trouble upon it.
19 But all silver and gold, and every vessel of bronze and iron, are holy to the Lord; they shall go into the treasury of the Lord."
20 So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city.
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Sun and Moon stood still - Joshua 10:12-14
10 And the Lord threw them into a panic before Israel, who struck them with a great blow at Gibeon and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
11 And as they fled before Israel, while they were going down the ascent of Beth-horon, the Lord threw down large stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died. There were more who died because of the hailstones than the sons of Israel killed with the sword.
12 At that time Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel,
"Sun, stand still at Gibeon,
and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon."
13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped,
until the nation took vengeance on their enemies.
Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the midst of heaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day.
14 There has been no day like it before or since, when the Lord heeded the voice of a man, for the Lord fought for Israel.
15 So Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.
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Dew on Gideon's fleece - Judges 6:37-40
The Sign of the Fleece
36 Then Gideon said to God, "If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said,
37 behold, I am laying a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece alone, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said."
38 And it was so. When he rose early next morning and squeezed the fleece, he wrung enough dew from the fleece to fill a bowl with water.
39 Then Gideon said to God, "Let not your anger burn against me; let me speak just once more. Please let me test just once more with the fleece. Please let it be dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground let there be dew."
40 And God did so that night; and it was dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground there was dew.
Notes:
Gideon was a judge and a mighty man of war in Israel. He was the youngest of a poor family from the tribe of Manasseh. God called him to deliver Israel from the oppression of the Midianites (Judges 6:14-16).
Gideon's story is found in the book of Judges from chapters 6 to 8. He is the second judge after Samson, whose story takes up about three chapters.
The name Gideon has Hebrew origin, meaning a feller of trees, a hewer or a great warrior (Judges 1:12).
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Angel in flame - Judges 13:20
The Birth of Samson
19 So Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering, and offered it on the rock to the Lord, to the one who works wonders, and Manoah and his wife were watching.
20 And when the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, the angel of the Lord went up in the flame of the altar. Now Manoah and his wife were watching, and they fell on their faces to the ground.
21 The angel of the Lord appeared no more to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of the Lord.
Notes:
In the Bible, Manoah was a Danite from Zorah and the father of Samson, the famous Israelite judge and warrior. He and his wife were initially childless, but an angel of the Lord appeared to them, foretelling the birth of Samson and outlining the boy's destiny as a Nazirite. Manoah is primarily known for his role in the story of Samson, including his interactions with the angel and his attempts to understand and guide his son.
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Lion slain by Samson - Judges 14:5-6
5 Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Timnah, and they came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion came toward him roaring.
6 Then the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him, and although he had nothing in his hand, he tore the lion in pieces as one tears a young goat. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.
Notes:
The lion slaying in Judges 14:5-6 is considered a miracle because Samson kills the lion with his bare hands, and the text explicitly states that the "Spirit of the Lord" came upon him, giving him supernatural strength. This event demonstrates God's power working through Samson, enabling him to perform an act that would be impossible for a normal person.
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Thirty Philistines killed by Samson - Judges 14:19
18 And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun
went down, "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?"
And he said to them, "If you had not plowed with my heifer,
you would not have found out my riddle."
19 And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon and struck down thirty men of the town and took their spoil and gave the garments to those who had told the riddle. In hot anger he went back to his father's house.
20 And Samson's wife was given to his companion, who had been his best man.
Notes:
Once again the spirit of the LORD came into Samson.
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Water from the hollow place Lehi - Judges 15:19
19 And God split open the hollow place that is at Lehi, and water came out from it. And when he drank, his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore the name of it was called En-hakkore; it is at Lehi to this day.
Notes:
En-hakkore
(Beth-shemesh) (spring of Lehi)
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City gates carried away by Samson - Judges 16:3
Samson and Delilah
1 Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a prostitute, and he went in to her.
2 The Gazites were told, "Samson has come here." And they surrounded the place and set an ambush for him all night at the gate of the city. They kept quiet all night, saying, "Let us wait till the light of the morning; then we will kill him."
3 But Samson lay till midnight, and at midnight he arose and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city and the two posts, and pulled them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that is in front of Hebron.
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Dagon's house pulled down by Samson - Judges 16:29-30
29 And Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and he leaned his weight against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other.
30 And Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines." Then he bowed with all his strength, and the house fell upon the lords and upon all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he had killed during his life.
Notes:
Samson, a figure in the Book of Judges, is credited with several extraordinary acts of strength, often considered miracles or divine interventions
. These include:
- Killing a lion with his bare hands, empowered by the Spirit of the LORD.
- Defeating a thousand Philistines using only a donkey's jawbone.
- Carrying the massive gates of Gaza to the top of a hill.
- Causing the collapse of the temple of Dagon, killing many Philistines and himself, after praying for strength.
- Receiving water from a rock after his battle, which God provided to quench his thirst.
These actions are seen as evidence of God's power working through Samson to liberate Israel from the Philistines. Samson's story also highlights God's capacity to use imperfect people to achieve His goals.
Dagon was the chief god of the Philistines, and his temples were located in cities like Ashdod, Gaza, and Beth-She'an. The Philistines controlled this region from around the 12th century BCE to 600 BCE.
Dagon was a Philistine god, primarily worshipped as a deity of fertility and agriculture.
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Dagon's fall before the Ark - 1 Samuel 5:1-12
The Philistines and the Ark
1 When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
2 Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside Dagon.
3 And when the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and put him back in his place.
4 But when they rose early on the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord, and the head of Dagon and both his hands were lying cut off on the threshold. Only the trunk of Dagon was left to him.
5 This is why the priests of Dagon and all who enter the house of Dagon do not tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.
6 The hand of the Lord was heavy against the people of Ashdod, and he terrified and afflicted them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territory.
7 And when the men of Ashdod saw how things were, they said, "The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for his hand is hard against us and against Dagon our god."
8 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines and said, "What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?" They answered, "Let the ark of the God of Israel be brought around to Gath." So they brought the ark of the God of Israel there.
9 But after they had brought it around, the hand of the Lord was against the city, causing a very great panic, and he afflicted the men of the city, both young and old, so that tumors broke out on them.
10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. But as soon as the ark of God came to Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, "They have brought around to us the ark of the God of Israel to kill us and our people."
11 They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines and said, "Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, that it may not kill us and our people." For there was a deathly panic throughout the whole city. The hand of God was very heavy there.
12 The men who did not die were struck with tumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
Notes:
In the Bible, Gath is primarily known as one of the five major Philistine cities, and as the hometown of the giant Goliath.
The fall of Dagon before the Ark of the Covenant is considered a miracle because it demonstrates the superior power and authority of the God of Israel over the Philistine god Dagon. The event, where Dagon's idol repeatedly fell and was broken before the Ark, showed that no other god could stand in the presence of the God of Israel, reinforcing His supremacy.
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Men of Beth-shemesh destroyed - 1 Samuel 6:19-20
17 These are the golden tumors that the Philistines returned as a guilt offering to the Lord: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron,
18 and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both fortified cities and unwalled villages. The great stone beside which they set down the ark of the Lord is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
19 And he struck some of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they looked upon the ark of the Lord. He struck seventy men of them, and the people mourned because the Lord had struck the people with a great blow.
20 Then the men of Beth-shemesh said, "Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? And to whom shall he go up away from us?"
21 So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, "The Philistines have returned the ark of the Lord. Come down and take it up to you."
Notes:
God struck down seventy men of Beth-shemesh for looking into the Ark of the Covenant, a sacred object that was not to be touched or viewed by unauthorized individuals.
Ashdod, Ashkelon, and Gaza are coastal cities in modern-day Israel, located along the Mediterranean coast. Gath and Ekron were inland cities, situated more to the east, within the Philistine pentapolis region.
God did not directly kill people for merely looking at the Ark of the Covenant. In the biblical account of the Ark of the Covenant, the deaths of individuals were related to violations of sacred protocols surrounding its handling, not just looking at it. The Ark was a symbol of God's presence, and its sanctity was paramount.
Here's a breakdown of the situations described in the Bible:
Uzzah and the Ark:
In 2 Samuel 6:6-7 and 1 Chronicles 13:9-10, Uzzah was struck dead for touching the Ark, not just looking at it. The account specifies that the oxen pulling the cart stumbled, and Uzzah reached out to steady the Ark. This was a direct violation of the rules, as the Ark was to be carried by Levites using poles, not touched directly.
Men of Beth Shemesh:
In 1 Samuel 6:19, the men of Beth Shemesh are described as looking into the Ark after it was returned by the Philistines. The text mentions a large number of deaths (50,070), which some interpret as a copyist error, while others suggest it was a divine judgment for their disrespect.
Key points about the Ark of the Covenant:
Symbol of God's Presence:
The Ark contained the Ten Commandments and was seen as the dwelling place of God's presence.
Sacred Object:
The Ark was not to be treated casually. It had specific rules for handling and transport.
Consequences for Disobedience:
Violating the protocols surrounding the Ark resulted in death or other consequences.
Therefore, the deaths associated with the Ark were not simply due to looking at it, but rather from violating the specific laws and protocols surrounding its handling and transport.
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Thunder and rain in harvest time - 1 Samuel 12:18
17 Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call upon the Lord, that he may send thunder and rain. And you shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking for yourselves a king."
18 So Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day, and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.
19 And all the people said to Samuel, "Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for ourselves a king."
20 And Samuel said to the people, "Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil. Yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.
Notes:
Hannah's son Samuel grows up to become a great prophet and leader for the people of Israel as the Philistines rise to power as their enemy (1 Sam. 4-7). In a crucial battle, the Israelites become arrogant, and rather than praying, they trot out the ark of the covenant as a kind of magical trophy that will grant them victory in battle.
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Uzzah's mysterious death - 2 Samuel 6:6-7
Uzzah and the Ark
5 And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the Lord, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals.
6 And when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled.
7And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him down there because of his error, and he died there beside the ark of God.
Notes: Uzzah and the Ark: Was God Unfair?
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Jeroboam's hand withered and restored - 1 Kings 13:4-6
A Man of God Confronts Jeroboam
3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign that the Lord has spoken: 'Behold, the altar shall be torn down, and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out.'"
4 And when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, "Seize him." And his hand, which he stretched out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself.
5 The altar also was torn down, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.
6 And the king said to the man of God, "Entreat now the favor of the Lord your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me." And the man of God entreated the Lord, and the king's hand was restored to him and became as it was before.
Notes:
Jeroboam was a key figure who became the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel after the united monarchy split following the death of King Solomon. He is known for leading the ten northern tribes to secede from the rule of Rehoboam, Solomon's son, and for establishing a separate kingdom centered in Samaria. Jeroboam is also infamous for introducing idolatrous worship practices, setting up golden calves in Bethel and Dan for the people to worship, leading them away from the temple in Jerusalem.
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Rending of the altar in Bethel - 1 Kings 13:5
5 The altar also was torn down, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.
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Drought ordered by Elijah - 1 Kings 17:1; James 5:17
Kings 17
1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word."
2 And the word of the Lord came to him:
3 "Depart from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.
James 5
17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.
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Elijah fed by ravens - 1 Kings 17:4-6
Elijah Predicts a Drought
1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word."
2 And the word of the Lord came to him:
3 "Depart from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.
4 You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there."
5 So he went and did according to the word of the Lord. He went and lived by the brook Cherith that is east of the Jordan.
6 And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
7 And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Notes:
Prophet Elijah (Greek name Elias), the God-seer, miracle worker, and zealot for faith in God was born of the tribe of Aaron in the town of Tishba, for which he was called the Tishbite. When Elias was born, his father Sabbas saw angels of God hovering around the child, wrapping the child in fire and feeding him flames. That was a foreshadowing of Elias's fiery character and his God-given fiery power. He spent his entire youth in divine contemplation and prayer, frequently withdrawing into the wilderness to contemplate and pray in tranquility.
Elijah - Who was he?
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Widow's oil and meal supernaturally increased - 1 Kings 17:12-17
Elijah and the Widow at Zarephath
7 Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
8 Then the word of the Lord came to him:
9 "Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food."
10 So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, "Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?"
11 As she was going to get it, he called, "And bring me, please, a piece of bread."
12 "As surely as the Lord your God lives," she replied, "I don't have any bread-only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it-and die."
13 Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son.
14 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 'The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.' "
15 She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family.
16 For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah.
17 Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing.
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Widow's son raised from dead - 1 Kings 17:17-23
17 Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing.
18 She said to Elijah, "What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son?"
19 "Give me your son," Elijah replied. He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed.
20 Then he cried out to the Lord, "Lord my God, have you brought tragedy even on this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?"
21 Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried out to the Lord, "Lord my God, let this boy's life return to him!"
22 The Lord heard Elijah's cry, and the boy's life returned to him, and he lived.
23 Elijah picked up the child and carried him down from the room into the house. He gave him to his mother and said, "Look, your son is alive!"
24 Then the woman said to Elijah, "Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord from your mouth is the truth."
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Sacrifice consumed by fire - 1 Kings 18:38
37 Answer me, O Lord, answer me, that this people may know that you, O Lord, are God, and that you have turned their hearts back."
38 Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, "The Lord, he is God; the Lord, he is God."
40 And Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape." And they seized them. And Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon and slaughtered them there.
Notes:
In 1 Kings 18:40, after the contest on Mount Carmel, Elijah commanded the Israelites to seize the prophets of Baal. He then brought them down to the brook Kishon and executed them there, according to some Bible translations. This event is a significant moment in the story of Elijah, demonstrating his obedience to God and the consequences for those who worshiped false gods.
40. Take the prophets of Baal] Elijah avails himself of the newlykindled enthusiasm to put an end, as far as he may, to the false worship. Josephus explains 'they seized and slew the prophets, Elijah exhorting them so to do.' Although the text may be taken to signify that Elijah put the priests to death with his own hand, we can hardly suppose this to have been so. He is only said to do himself what he caused others to do.
the brook Kishon] This is at the foot of Mount Carmel on the side towards the sea. It was the spot where Sisera was overthrown by Barak (Jdg 4:7) and the stream then was pictured as sweeping away the dead bodies of those who had been slain by the Israelite forces (Jdg 5:21).
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Rain in answer to prayer - 1 Kings 18:41
The Lord Sends Rain
41 And Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink, for there is a sound of the rushing of rain."
42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Mount Carmel. And he bowed himself down on the earth and put his face between his knees.
43 And he said to his servant, "Go up now, look toward the sea." And he went up and looked and said, "There is nothing." And he said, "Go again," seven times.
44 And at the seventh time he said, "Behold, a little cloud like a man's hand is rising from the sea." And he said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Prepare your chariot and go down, lest the rain stop you.'"
45 And in a little while the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.
46 And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah, and he gathered up his garment and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
Notes:
Mount Carmel
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Captains destroyed by Elijah's command of fire - 2 Kings 1:9-12
9 Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty men with his fifty. He went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, "O man of God, the king says, 'Come down.'"
10 But Elijah answered the captain of fifty, "If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty." Then fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.
11 Again the king sent to him another captain of fifty men with his fifty. And he answered and said to him, "O man of God, this is the king's order, 'Come down quickly!'"
12 But Elijah answered them, "If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty." Then the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.
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Jordan divided by Elijah's mantle - 2 Kings 2:8
8 Then Elijah took his cloak and rolled it up and struck the water, and the water was parted to the one side and to the other, till the two of them could go over on dry ground.
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Elijah translated to heavens in a chariot of fire - 2 Kings 2:11
Elijah Taken to Heaven
11 And as they still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
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Jordan divided by Elisha with Elijah's mantle - 2 Kings 2:14
14 Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the water, saying, "Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?" And when he had struck the water, the water was parted to the one side and to the other, and Elisha went over.
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Waters of Jericho healed - 2 Kings 2:20-22
20 He said, "Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it." So they brought it to him.
21 Then he went to the spring of water and threw salt in it and said, "Thus says the Lord, I have healed this water; from now on neither death nor miscarriage shall come from it."
22 So the water has been healed to this day, according to the word that Elisha spoke.
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Young mockers of Elisha torn by bears - 2 Kings 2:24
23 He went up from there to Bethel, and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, "Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!"
24 And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys.
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Waters supernaturally supplied for Jehoshaphat - 2 Kings 3:16-20
14 Elisha said, "As surely as the Lord Almighty lives, whom I serve, if I did not have respect for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not pay any attention to you.
15 But now bring me a harpist."
While the harpist was playing, the hand of the Lord came on Elisha
16 and he said, "This is what the Lord says: I will fill this valley with pools of water.
17 For this is what the Lord says: You will see neither wind nor rain, yet this valley will be filled with water, and you, your cattle and your other animals will drink.
18 This is an easy thing in the eyes of the Lord; he will also deliver Moab into your hands.
19 You will overthrow every fortified city and every major town. You will cut down every good tree, stop up all the springs, and ruin every good field with stones."
20 The next morning, about the time for offering the sacrifice, there it was-water flowing from the direction of Edom! And the land was filled with water.
21 Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come to fight against them; so every man, young and old, who could bear arms was called up and stationed on the border.
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Widow's supernaturally multiplied - 2 Kings 4:1-7
Elisha and the Widow's Oil
1 Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves."
2 And Elisha said to her, "What shall I do for you? Tell me; what have you in the house?" And she said, "Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil."
3 Then he said, "Go outside, borrow vessels from all your neighbors, empty vessels and not too few.
4 Then go in and shut the door behind yourself and your sons and pour into all these vessels. And when one is full, set it aside."
5 So she went from him and shut the door behind herself and her sons. And as she poured they brought the vessels to her.
6 When the vessels were full, she said to her son, "Bring me another vessel." And he said to her, "There is not another." Then the oil stopped flowing.
7 She came and told the man of God, and he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest."
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Shunammite's raised from dead - 2 Kings 4:19-37
Elisha Raises the Shunammite's Son
18 When the child had grown, he went out one day to his father among the reapers.
19 And he said to his father, "Oh, my head, my head!" The father said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."
20 And when he had lifted him and brought him to his mother, the child sat on her lap till noon, and then he died.
21 And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God and shut the door behind him and went out.
22 Then she called to her husband and said, "Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may quickly go to the man of God and come back again."
23 And he said, "Why will you go to him today? It is neither new moon nor Sabbath." She said, "All is well."
24 Then she saddled the donkey, and she said to her servant, "Urge the animal on; do not slacken the pace for me unless I tell you."
25 So she set out and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel.
When the man of God saw her coming, he said to Gehazi his servant, "Look, there is the Shunammite.
26 Run at once to meet her and say to her, 'Is all well with you? Is all well with your husband? Is all well with the child?'" And she answered, "All is well."
27 And when she came to the mountain to the man of God, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came to push her away. But the man of God said, "Leave her alone, for she is in bitter distress, and the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me."
28 Then she said, "Did I ask my lord for a son? Did I not say, 'Do not deceive me?'"
29 He said to Gehazi, "Tie up your garment and take my staff in your hand and go. If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not reply. And lay my staff on the face of the child."
30 Then the mother of the child said, "As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." So he arose and followed her.
31 Gehazi went on ahead and laid the staff on the face of the child, but there was no sound or sign of life. Therefore he returned to meet him and told him, "The child has not awakened."
32 When Elisha came into the house, he saw the child lying dead on his bed.
33 So he went in and shut the door behind the two of them and prayed to the Lord.
34 Then he went up and lay on the child, putting his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. And as he stretched himself upon him, the flesh of the child became warm.
35 Then he got up again and walked once back and forth in the house, and went up and stretched himself upon him. The child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
36 Then he summoned Gehazi and said, "Call this Shunammite." So he called her. And when she came to him, he said, "Pick up your son."
37 She came and fell at his feet, bowing to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.
Notes:
What was the sin of Gehazi in the Bible?
Consequently, he was guilty of duplicity and dishonesty of conduct, causing Elisha to denounce his crime with righteous sternness and determine that "the leprosy of Naaman would cleave to him and his descendants forever." After Elisha cursed Gehazi, Gehazi became leprous, "as white as snow" (2 Kings 5:27).
Gehazi was a servant of the prophet Elisha. He was at first a faithful servant. When Elisha asked Gehazi how he could reward the Shunammite woman who had welcomed him into her home, Gehazi suggested that the childless woman and her husband be given a child. Eventually a son was born to the couple. A few years later the son died. Elisha sent Gehazi to lay his staff upon the corpse in an attempt to perform a miracle and bring the boy back to life. But the boy failed to come back to life, until Elisha himself breathed into his mouth and brought the boy back.
Later on, Gehazi's true nature came out after Elisha cured Naaman the Syrian of leprosy. This event is described in 2 Kings 5. Elisha refused payment from Naaman for the healing, but Gehazi ran after Naaman to get some money for himself. Gehazi lied to Naaman by saying Elisha had sent him to get a talent of silver. Naaman, grateful for his healing and believing the lie, gave Gehazi two talents. Because of his greed and lying, Elisha cursed Gehazi with the same disease from which Naaman had been cured.
According to a Rabbinic tradition, outside of the Bible, the four lepers who are mentioned in 2 Kings 7:3-18 were Gehazi and his three sons.
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Piosioned pottage made harmless - 2 Kings 4:38-41
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Hundred fed with 20 loaves - 2 Kings 4:42-44
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Naaman cured of leprosy - 2 Kings 5:10-14
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Gehazi struck with leprosy - 2 Kings 5:27
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Axehead caused to float - 2 Kings 6:5-7
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Ben-Hadad's plans revealed - 2 Kings 6:8-13
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Syrian army defeated - 2 Kings 6:18-20
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Resurrection by touch with Elisha's bones - 2 Kings 13:21
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Sennecherib's army destroyed by an angel - 2 Kings 19:35
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Hezekiah healed - 2 Kings 20:7
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Shadow returned to sundial - 2 Kings 20:11
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Uzziah afflicted with leprosy - 2 Chronicles 26:16-21
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Three men delivered from fiery furnace - Daniel 3:19-27
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Daniel delivered from y lion's den - Daniel 6:16-23
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Preservation of Jonah in the belly of fish for 3 days - Jonah 2:1-10
. . . 1 Creation - Genesis 1:1-27 2 Enoch's translation - Genesis 5:24 3 The Flood - Genesis 7:17-24 4 Confusion of tongues at Babel -Genesis 11:3-9 5 Sodomites blinded - Genesis 19:11 6 Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed -Genesis 19:24-25 7 Lot's wife turned to a pillar of salt - Genesis 19:26 8 Isaac conceived by Abraham and Sarah - Genesis 21:1-7 9 Burning bush - Exodus 3:3 10 Moses' rod changed into a serpent - Exodus 4:3-4, 30 11 Moses' hand made leprous - Exodus 4:6-7, 30 12 Aaron's rod changed into a serpent - Exodus 7:8-10 13 River turned to blood - Exodus 7:20-25 14 Frogs - Exodus 8:1-15 15 Gnats - Exodus 8:16-19 16 Flies - Exodus 8:20-24 17 Death of Egyptian livestock - Exodus 9:1-7 18 Boils - Exodus 9:8-12 19 Hail - Exodus 9:18-24 20 Locusts - Exodus 10:1-20 21 Darkness - Exodus 10:21-23 22 First-born destroyed in Egypt - Exodus 12:29-30 23 Pillar of cloud and fire - Exodus 13:21-22; 14:19-20 24 Crossing the Red Sea - Exodus 14:21-23 25 Bitter waters sweetened - Exodus 15:25 26 Manna sent - Exodus 16:13-36 27 Water from the rock in Rephidim - Exodus 17:5-8 28 Amalek defeated - Exodus 17:9-13 29 Strange fire on Aaron's sacrifice - Leviticus 9:24 30 Nadab and Abihu destroyed - Leviticus 10:1-2 31 Israel's judgment by fire - Numbers 11:1-3 32 Miriam's leprosy - Numbers 12:10-15 33 Korah and his gang destroyed by unnatural means - Numbers 16:31-35 34 Murmurers destroyed by a ravaging plague - Numbers 16:41-50 35 Aaron's rod blossoms - Numbers 17:8 36 Water from the rock in Kadesh - Numbers 20:8-11 37 Brazen serpent healed many bitten by fiery serpents - Numbers 21:9 38 Ass speaking in human voice- Numbers 22:21-35 39 Jordan supernaturally divided - Joshua 3:14-17 40 Fall of Jericho - Joshua 6:6-20 41 Sun and Moon stood still - Joshua 10:12-14 42 Dew on Gideon's fleece - Judges 6:37-40 43 Angel in flame - Judges 13:20 44 Lion slain by Samson - Judges 14:5-6 45 Thirty Philistines killed by Samson - Judges 14:19 46 Water from the hollow place Lehi - Judges 15:19 47 City gates carried away by Samson - Judges 16:3 48 Dagon's house pulled down by Samson - Judges 16:29-30 49 Dagon's fall before the Ark - 1 Samuel 5:1-12 50 Men of Beth-shemesh destroyed - 1 Samuel 6:19-20 51 Thunder and rain in harves-ttime - 1 Samuel 12:18 52 Uzzah's mysterious death - 2 Samuel 6:6-7 53 Jeroboam's hand withered and restored - 1 Kings 13:4-6 54 Rending of the altar in Bethel - 1 Kings 13:5 55 Drought ordered by Elijah - 1 Kings 17:1; James 5:17 56 Elijah fed by ravens - 1 Kings 17:4-6 57 Widow's oil and meal supernaturally increased - 1 Kings 17:12-17 58 Widow's son raised from dead - 1 Kings 17:17-23 59 Sacrifice consumed by fire - 1 Kings 18:38 60 Rain in answer to prayer - 1 Kings 18:41 61 Captains destroyed by Elijah's command of fire - 2 Kings 1:9-12 62 Jordan divided by Elijah's mantle - 2 Kings 2:8 63 Elijah translated to heavens in a chariot of fire - 2 Kings 2:11 64 Jordan divided by Elisha with Elijah's mantle - 2 Kings 2:14 65 Waters of Jericho healed - 2 Kings 2:20-22 66 Young mockers of Elisha torn by bears - 2 Kings 2:24 67 Waters supernaturally supplied for Jehoshaphat - 2 Kings 3:16-20 68 Widow's supernaturally multiplied - 2 Kings 4:1-7 69 Shunammite's raised from dead - 2 Kings 4:19-37 70 Piosioned pottage made harmless - 2 Kings 4:38-41 71 Hundred fed with 20 loaves - 2 Kings 4:42-44 72 Naaman cured of leprosy - 2 Kings 5:10-14 73 Gehazi struck with leprosy - 2 Kings 5:27 74 Axehead caused to float - 2 Kings 6:5-7 75 Ben-Hadad's plans revealed - 2 Kings 6:8-13 76 Syrian army defeated - 2 Kings 6:18-20 77 Resurrection by touch with Elisha's bones - 2 Kings 13:21 78 Sennecherib's army destroyed by an angel - 2 Kings 19:35 79 Hezekiah healed - 2 Kings 20:7 80 Shadow returned to sundial - 2 Kings 20:11 81 Uzziah afflicted with leprosy - 2 Chronicles 26:16-21 82 Three men delivered from fiery furnace - Daniel 3:19-27 83 Daniel delivered from y lion's den - Daniel 6:16-23 84 Preservation of Jonah in the belly of fish for 3 days - Jonah 2:1-10