DAY 27 Read 1 Chronicles 2; Exodus 1 and 2.
Today's reading takes up the history of Israel after the death of Joseph. A new king, who did not know or who did not care to acknowledge Joseph, enslaves the numerous descendants of Jacob. We read of Moses' birth, adoption, and eventual flight from Egypt.
Memory gem: "By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment" (Hebrews 11:23).
Thought for today:
The greatest man of the Old Testament was doubtless Moses. Think of Moses' mother. She defied the bloody decree of Pharaoh to save her baby's life--hid him three months from the executioners sent out to destroy every boy baby of the Israelites. When she no longer could hide him at home, she placed him in a little basketboat and hid him among the flags on the river's brink.
The Egyptian princess, divinely guided to the spot, discovered the baby. Her heart was melted. She determined to save him by adopting him as her son. And his quick-witted sister, Miriam, as an interested bystander, said: "Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?" And then she brought his own mother! "Take this child away," commanded the princess, "and nurse it for me, and I will give you thy wages" (Exodus 2:9).
"The lessons [Moses] learned at his mother's side could not be forgotten. They were a shield from the pride, the infidelity, and the vice that flourished amid the splendor of the court.
"How far-reaching in its results was the influence of that one Hebrew woman, and she an exile and a slave! The whole future life of Moses, the great mission which he fulfilled as the leader of Israel, testifies to the importance of the work of the Christian mother."--Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 244.
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Difficult or obscure words:
Exodus 1:9. "More and mightier"--obviously an exaggeration by Pharaoh in order to justify extreme measures--not a factual statement.
Today's reading takes up the history of Israel after the death of Joseph. A new king, who did not know or who did not care to acknowledge Joseph, enslaves the numerous descendants of Jacob. We read of Moses' birth, adoption, and eventual flight from Egypt.
Memory gem: "By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment" (Hebrews 11:23).
Thought for today:
The greatest man of the Old Testament was doubtless Moses. Think of Moses' mother. She defied the bloody decree of Pharaoh to save her baby's life--hid him three months from the executioners sent out to destroy every boy baby of the Israelites. When she no longer could hide him at home, she placed him in a little basketboat and hid him among the flags on the river's brink.
The Egyptian princess, divinely guided to the spot, discovered the baby. Her heart was melted. She determined to save him by adopting him as her son. And his quick-witted sister, Miriam, as an interested bystander, said: "Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?" And then she brought his own mother! "Take this child away," commanded the princess, "and nurse it for me, and I will give you thy wages" (Exodus 2:9).
"The lessons [Moses] learned at his mother's side could not be forgotten. They were a shield from the pride, the infidelity, and the vice that flourished amid the splendor of the court.
"How far-reaching in its results was the influence of that one Hebrew woman, and she an exile and a slave! The whole future life of Moses, the great mission which he fulfilled as the leader of Israel, testifies to the importance of the work of the Christian mother."--Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 244.
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Difficult or obscure words:
Exodus 1:9. "More and mightier"--obviously an exaggeration by Pharaoh in order to justify extreme measures--not a factual statement.
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