Numbers 13:2: “Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, everyone a ruler among them.” We all know this story, the children of Israel are about to enter the Promised Land. God
Deuteronomy 3:24: “Oh, Lord God, thou hast begun to show thy servant thy greatness.” This is truly an amazing statement to be made by Moses. The Book of Deuteronomy is really three sermons that Moses delivered to the people of Israel just before they entered the promised land. The first sermon rehashes the 40
Exodus 33:3: “For I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiff-necked people: Lest I consume thee in the way.” The children of Israel were two and one half months into their journey to the Promised Land (Exodus 16:1). All the food they packed away at the beginning
Genesis 12:10 “There was famine in the land.” Habakkuk 2:4: “The just shall live by his faith.” “Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge – Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Jewish literature gives an interesting insight into Genesis 12:10. The word for there was is yehi which
Genesis 15:7 “And he said unto him, I [am] the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.” Acts 7:2-3 “And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before
Exodus 13:17, “And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:” Most commentators will indicate that the
Deuteronomy 9:5: “Not for the righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart do you go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations and that he may perform the word which the Lord confirmed unto thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” It doesn’t take a deep study into the Hebrew
Joshua 14:8: “Nevertheless my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt, but I wholly followed the Lord my God.” We all know the story of the twelve spies sent out to scout out the Promised Land. Ten returned with a bad report and a recommendation that they
II Chronicles 7:14: “If my people who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked way, then will I hear from the heavens and will forgive their sin, and heal their land.” II Chronicles 12:7: “And when the Lord saw that they humbled
II Chronicles 19:3: “Nevertheless there are good things found in thee in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.” This passage is referring to the king of Judah, Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was a Godly king who teamed up with the Godless king of
