SERIES C --- EXODUS FROM BONDAGE --- LESSON 13 --- PART 2
Miriam, the sister of Aaron and a prophetess, took a timbrel in her hand and led the other women as they danced, also with timbrels in their hands. Miriam sang this song:
Sing to Adonai,
For He has had a glorious victory,
And has thrown the horse and his rider
Into the sea.
When the celebrations were finished, Moses led the people of Israel away from the Red Sea into the wilderness of Shur. For three days they journeyed through the wilderness, but they found no water. At last, the people came to an oasis, but the water was bitter there and they could not drink it. Thus, the oasis was named Marah, which meant {Bitterness.} The people began to turn against Moses. [What shall we drink?] they murmured. Moses cried to Adonai and Adonai showed him a tree and told him to throw it into the bitter water. When Moses did so, the water became good to drink. Adonai gave the people of Israel a Law there at Marah which would prove their devotion to Him. [If you will listen carefully to My Voice and will obey it and will do what is right, I will not let you have the diseases which I sent to the Egyptians, for I am Adonai, Who heals you.] From Marah the people went on to Elim where they found twelve springs and seventy palm trees. There, beside the springs, they set up their camp.
COMMENTARY
MUSIC AND DANCING IN ANCIENT EGYPT
Victory in the final battle with Pharaoh brought the people fresh trust in Adonai and in Moses. And YHVH’s victory brought joy. This joy was expressed in a great song of praise, accompanied by dancing and the music of tambourines. The ancient Egyptians enjoyed listening to music and watching the dance at every possible moment. No important event went on without them; parties, religious rituals and festivals, royal parades, even funerals. The very wealthy owned their own musicians and dancers. Others hired them as needed. Very early Egyptian music was soft and gentle, like a whistled lullaby. But music from other countries like Palestine, Greece and Rome gradually influenced Egypt and their music became more complicated and exciting. Sometimes women musicians wore their hair in long braids with pom-poms at the end. They would move their heads to make the braids sway in time to the music. If the instrument was small enough, some performers played and danced at the same time. Men pretended to be hunters or made fun of women when they danced. But the favourites were dancing Pygmies, small bowlegged dwarf-sized black people captured from Africa. They resembled the Egyptian god Bes, the god of pleasure. A funeral dance was done outside the tomb door. Balancing tall reed crowns on their heads, dancers performed the {muu dance} to honour Osiris, the Egyptian god of the dead and of life after death. Perhaps they thought music would improve life in the underworld for the dead person.
SERIES C --- EXODUS FROM BONDAGE --- LESSON 13 --- PART 1
FAITH AND JOY
A SONG BY THE SEA
From Exodus 15
At last, the people of Israel were safely across the Red Sea. The army of Egypt lay dead on the seashore. Then Moses and his people sang this song of praise to Adonai:
I will sing to Adonai
For He has won a glorious victory.
The horse and the rider
He has thrown into the sea.
Adonai is my strength and my song,
And He has become my salvation.
Adonai is my YHVH
And I will praise Him.
He is my father’s YHVH,
And I will give Him great honour.
Adonai is a mighty warrior:
Adonai is His name.
The armies and the chariots of Pharaoh
He has thrown into the sea.
The best of Pharaoh’s officers
Lie buried beneath the waters.
The waves of the sea cover them,
For they have sunk like stones.
Your right hand, O Adonai,
Has glorious Power.
Your right hand, O Adonai,
Has crushed the enemy.
In Your Majestic Greatness
You have overthrown those who rose
against You.
You sent Your wrath,
And it consumed them like stubble.
With a mighty Breath
You parted the waters. They stood up like walls
Which held back the divided waters.
The enemy said,
[I will pursue!
I will overtake!
I will divide the goods
And I will be satisfied.
I will draw my sword
And destroy these people.]
But with a mighty Breath
You brought the waters together.
The sea tumbled over them
And they sank beneath its waves.
Which god can compare with You?
Which god has such majestic holiness,
And can perform such awesome deeds,
such wonderful miracles?
When You stretched out Your right hand,
The earth swallowed the enemy.
In Your mercy You have led the people
Whom You have redeemed.
You have guided them in Your strength
To Your sacred home.
The nations heard the news,
And they trembled.
The Philistines fear;
The rulers of Edom are in awe;
The great men of Moab shake;
The Canaanites melt away.
A dreadful fear shall come upon them,
And because of Your Power
They will stand still in terror
Until the people You purchased
Pass by them safely.
You will bring Your people
To the mountain of Your heritage,
In Your land, O Adonai,
Which You made for Your home,
In the sanctuary which Your hands established.
Adonai shall rule
Forever and ever.
For the horses of Pharaoh,
His horsemen and his chariots
Went into the sea.
And Adonai brought the waters upon them
While the people of Israel
Walked safely through on dry land.
A great word for all believers from Steve Moutria of Torah Family...
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SERIES C --- EXODUS FROM BONDAGE --- LESSON 12
FINAL BATTLE
THE DAY THE SEA OBEYED
From Exodus 14
[Tell the people to go toward Pi-hahiroth and make camp there between Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal-zephon,] Adonai told Moses. [Tell them to make camp facing the sea. Pharaoh will think you are trapped, swallowed up in the wilderness. I will harden his heart once more and he will pursue the Israelites. But I will have a great victory over Pharaoh and his army and the Egyptians will understand that I am Adonai of all.] Moses and his people did as Adonai had Commanded. Soon Pharaoh heard that the Israelites had escaped and would not return; he and his officers therefore regained their courage. [What have we done?] they asked. [Why should we let all those slaves escape?] Pharaoh pursued the Israelites in his chariot, followed by six hundred of his best chariots and officers as well as all the other chariots and drivers that could be found. The chase continued until Pharaoh and his army reached Pi-hahiroth, across from Baal-zephon, near the camp of the Israelites. Suddenly the Israelites saw the Egyptian army coming in the distance and they began to panic, crying out to Adonai for help. The people also began to complain to Moses. [Is this why you brought us out of Egypt?] they cried. [Did you bring us here to die because there are not enough graves in Egypt? Why did you take us away? Didn’t we tell you to let us stay in Egypt to serve the Egyptians? It is much better to work in Egypt than to die in the wilderness.] [Stop complaining!] Moses answered. [Calm your fears and watch how Adonai saves you today. As for those Egyptians, you will never see them again. Be still and watch Adonai fighting for you.] As Moses began to cry out for help, Adonai spoke to him. [Why are you crying out to Me?] asked Adonai. [Tell your people to prepare to march. Then stretch out your hand over the sea and it will divide and form a path before you. The people of Israel will walk across on dry ground. But I will cause the Egyptians to become stubborn and to pursue you across the sea. Then you will know My victory over Pharaoh and his army, his chariots and horsemen. The Egyptians will understand at last that I am Adonai of all the earth.] Then the Angel of YHVH, who had been leading the people of Israel in a pillar of cloud, went behind them. The pillar of cloud came between the Egyptians and the Israelites. When darkness fell and the cloud changed to a pillar of fire, the Israelites had light, but the Egyptians had darkness. The Egyptians had to give up their search for the people of Israel that night. Meanwhile Moses stretched out his hand over the sea as Adonai had Commanded. All night Adonai moved back the sea with a great wind from the east, dividing the sea and causing dry land to appear. The people of Israel moved across the sea, walking on dry land. To the right and the left, the water formed a wall. The Egyptians moved their chariots, horses and horsemen into the dry path through the sea and pursued the Israelites. But from the pillar of cloud, Adonai looked down early that morning upon the Egyptians and began to send trouble to them. Adonai caused their chariot wheels to clog and become so heavy that they could hardly move. [Let’s get away from these people!] the Egyptians cried out in panic. [Adonai is for them and against us.] When the people of Israel arrived safely on the other side, Adonai gave Moses another Command. [Stretch out your hand over the sea,] He said. [The waters will return to their place and cover the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.] Moses did as Adonai had Commanded; and at daybreak the sea returned to its place, covering the fleeing Egyptians and their chariots, their horses and horsemen; not one escaped. Thus, Adonai brought a great deliverance to His people that day, permitting them to walk across the sea on dry land, with a wall of water to the right and one to the left. The people of Israel looked out across the waters and saw the dead Egyptians washing up on the shore. When the Israelites realized what a great miracle Adonai had worked for them against the Egyptians, they were filled with awe; and they believed in Adonai and His servant Moses.
COMMENTARY
THE CAR AND TANK OF ANCIENT EGYPT
YHVH personally led His people out of Egypt by a fiery cloud. YHVH led them into what appeared to be a trap, where they were hemmed in between the desert and the sea. There they were attacked by Pharaoh, who had again changed his mind and was determined to recapture his slaves. With a great army of war chariots the Egyptians pursued… charging even into a miraculous pathway YHVH made for Israel through the sea itself. In this final battle with Pharaoh, YHVH’s people would stand still and see Adonai fight for them. Even before the time of ancient Egypt, a simple chariot was used to fight wars. It was made of two thick wooden wheels and a small platform with a stick at the front. There was room only for the driver. These chariots were pulled by donkeys, not horses. The true war chariot, the kind used by Ben-Hur, was developed about a thousand years later. It was much faster and more efficient than the earlier kind. The two wheels were no longer solid. They had four or six spokes. The frame was made of wood or leather, with a little iron or bronze here and there. Holders attached to the side of the chariot held the weapons that were used during battle. The body itself was made of wicker; the way some light furniture is today. It was pulled by horses. War chariots had to be as light as possible. That not only made them faster, but also made it possible to lift and carry them over very rough ground. At first, the war chariot could hold two people; a driver and a warrior. But when the chariot was going uphill, the warrior had to hold tight to keep from falling out the back. Eventually a larger chariot with eight-spoke wheels was developed. The driver remained where he was and so did the warrior. But a third person was added. He stood at the rear of the chariot and held up a shield to protect himself. His body protected the warrior and at the same time prevented him from falling out. But even with the third rider, chariots were clumsy and hard to handle on hilly ground and armies without chariots tried to fight all their battles on hilly terrain. Some cities and fortresses built slippery high slopes around their walls to prevent enemy chariots from reaching them. On the flat ground of the plains, the chariot was a deadly weapon. Fast and light, it made the warriors almost untouchable. Sometimes knives would be attached to the spokes of the wheels to kill as many foot soldiers as possible as the wheels spun by. Chariots were used in peacetime too. They were good for hunting, religious ceremonies, races and parades. In formal processions, a runner announced the coming dignitary to the crowds. He arrived in a decorated chariot pulled by beautiful horses. Egypt’s flat ground made it an ideal country for chariots.
Thought for Today: Wednesday December 28:
May YHVH expand your territory, enlarge your vision and increase your capacity for His Influence in your life. May you be quick to hear, quick to obey, and quick to trust Him with every detail of your life. As you consider His faithfulness today, may you walk faithfully and in His Peace to your next place of Promise. In the past He was always faithful, Today He is still faithful and He will be faithful for ever. Rest assured of that.
Remember!
The Torah is not a religious book. The Torah is a Legal Document.
In every kingdom and in every country, there is a constitution. Country’s constitutions contain the constituted aspiration of the people and the laws that are supposed to protect the people’s aspiration in that country.
In a kingdom, the constitution is the aspiration of the king for his citizens and the laws in that constitution are there to protect the right of those citizens.
So, the Torah is actually a constitution and a legal document that guarantees that everything that Elohiym Promises the citizen of His Kingdom. If you treat the Torah like a religious book, you will not get the effect HaShem intended. That is why the Torah is called the Law of YHVH Elohiym, --- not the devotions of YHVH Elohiym.
Read it, study it, pray it and treat it with the utmost respect. May He bless you and keep you. May His Face shine upon you and give you peace.
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