Psalms 121:3: “Behold, he that keeps Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps.” Many years ago when I taught school in Arlington, Virginia , which bordered Washington D.C., I took a room in a house with three other borders. One was an engineer working on the new rapid transit system for Washington, D.C., the
Exodus 11:7: “But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that you may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.” I saw a photo on the internet not too long ago of what was considered the
Exodus 35:1-2, “And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, these [are] the words which the LORD hath commanded, that [ye] should do them. Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a Sabbath of
Psalm 9:10: “And they that know your name will put their trust in you. For thou O Lord hast not forsaken those who seek thee.” A name in our culture is quite different than a name in the ancient culture. Today a child is given a name by the parents because they like
Isaiah 49:3: “and said unto me, ‘You are my servant, O’ Israel, in whom I will be glorified.’ ” God is saying that we are his servants. The Hebrew word for servant is ‘aved. ‘Aved has a very broad use in the Hebrew, it has the basic idea of laboring for the advantage
II Kings 14:26-27: “For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, that it was bitter, for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel. And the Lord said that he would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of
II Chronicles 34:33: “And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the Lord their God, and all his days they departed not from following the Lord the God of their fathers.”
Hosea 11:3: “I taught Ephraim to go, taking them by their arm, but they knew not that I healed them.” I remember when I was student at Moody and I asked my professor who Ephraim was. He said it was just another name for Israel. I asked why he just didn’t say Israel. I
Ezekiel 39:25, 29: (25)”Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Now will I bring the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name.” (29) “Neither will I hide my face anymore from them, for I have poured out my Spirit upon the house of
WORD STUDY: FOR YOURSELF Exodus 34:1: “And the Lord God said unto Moses, Hew thee two tablets of stone like unto the first and I will write upon these tablets the words that I wrote on the first tablets which thou breakest.” For Yourself – Hebrew: Leka – combination of the preposition “for or to”
