Jul 25, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; you grew fat, you grew thick, you are obese! Then he forsook God who made him, and scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation. (Deuteronomy 32:15) There are two important points being made in this very brief statement. First of all,...
Jul 24, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
Tradition says that it was on this day that Moses destroyed the Golden Calf as recorded in Exodus 32: So it was, as soon as he came near the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing. So Moses’ anger became hot, and he cast the tablets out of his hands and...
Jul 24, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
As an eagle stirs up its nest, hovers over its young, spreading out its wings, taking them up, carrying them on its wings, so the Lord alone led him. (Deuteronomy 32:11-12) In this song, God likened Israel to an abandoned child that He found in the desert. Upon seeing...
Jul 23, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
In Judaism, this day is considered a fast day and a day of semi-mourning for the destruction of both Temples. It’s also the believed to be the day that Moses, returning from the top of Mt. Sinai, found the people worshipping the Golden Calf, provoking him to break the...
Jul 23, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you. (Deuteronomy 32:8-9) This verse seems to allude to the fact that, early in human history, God caused the different nations to...
Jul 22, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
According to tradition, it was on this day that Aaron fashioned the Golden Calf. It’s recorded in Exodus 32: Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make us gods...
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