12/17/2024 – Day 177 – Exodus – Chapters 7 -9 – Interesting background provided by footnotes
I have five verse. commentaries here from chapters 8 & 9 from “The Apologetics Study Bible” :
“8:1 Nearly every verse in chapter 8 is an adaptation of commands given in Exodus 29. The family of Aaron needed to maintain a level of purity and ceremonial cleanness beyond that of their fellow worshippers, although Israel as a whole was to be ‘My kingdom of priests and My holy nation’ (Exodus 19:6; cp. 1 Peter 2:9)
“8:8 The Urim and the Thummin are mentioned in Scripture in only six other places (Exodus 28:30; Number 27:21; Deuteronomy 33:8; 1 Samuel 28:6; Ezra 2:63; Nehemiah 7:635). They may have been flat stones, similar to the puru used in Mesopotamia, and attested in Hebrew as purim (“lots”) in Esther (Esther 9: 24-26). Archaeological excavations have recovered such objects from non-Israelite sanctuary sites. The Urim and Thummim may have functioned like dice in determining God’s will. Rabbinic tradition dates the cessation of their use to the time of David and Solomon.”
“8:10 Scripture often connects the act of anointing with the receiving of God’s Spirit (1 Samuel 10; 1-10; 16:13; Isaiah 61:1).
“9:2 The sin offering provides the foundation for all other offerings, in that it offers both propitiation and expiation from all sin by the shedding of the blood of a substitute.”
“9:24 God appeared as fire in passages such as Exodus 24:17 and Deuteronomy 4:12: 9:3. On four other occasions God sent fire to consume a burnt offering. (Judges 13: 15-20; 1 Kings 18:22-39; 1 Chronicles 21:26; 2 Chronicles 7: 1-3).”
Soli Deo Gloria!
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Questions for fellowship generation, the lifelong sanctification process:
- What does the text reveal about God’s character?
- How has this reading generated prayer for you and/or us?
- What themes stand out to you in this bible study?
- How does our reading fit into the bigger picture (creation, the fall, restoration, etc.)?
- What verse(s) jumped out at you like never before? Is it explainable at this point?
- Do you have any questions you would like to put before the group as to how to interpret any particular verse(s) in our reading. Let scripture testify to scripture: Share with us where you sense contradiction between passages elsewhere.
- What did you find convicting and inspiring at the same time? Share with us how the Spirit of God is working within you as a messenger, both within and outside of our fellowship group.
- Share with the group how our study is calling or confirming to you a new mission to glorify God in our times.
Thoughts? Reflections? Questions? Prayer.