Jun 9, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
And you shall say before the Lord your God: “My father was a Syrian, about to perish, and he went down to Egypt and dwelt there, few in number; and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.” (Deuteronomy 26:5) In the previous devotion we highlighted the...
Jun 8, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
According to tradition, it was on this day that Moses ascended Mt. Sinai for the very first time. On this initial ascent up to the mountain, God told Moses to speak to the children of Israel and say: “You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on...
Jun 8, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
And it shall be, when you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and dwell in it, that you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground, which you shall bring from your land that the Lord your...
Jun 7, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
According to the book of Jubilee, it was on this day that Jacob and his family departed Canaan and headed to Egypt in order to be reunited with his son, Joseph. It is recorded in Genesis 46: “Then Jacob arose from Beersheba; and the sons of Israel carried their...
Jun 7, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a heavy and a light. You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small. You shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure.. (Deuteronomy 25:13-15) Justice and honesty are...
Jun 6, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in the year 70 AD that the Romans completed the construction of embankments around the city of Jerusalem as they prepared for their final assault on the city. Two thousand years later, not a whole lot has changed. Through other means, the nations of...
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