EXODUS –LESSON 25
LEARN: 2 Corinthians 4:8-10
8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
READ: Exodus 15:22-27
1. Was the traveling of Israel into the wilderness of Shur haphazard and aimless? v 22, Explain your answer. See also Psalm 77:20; 78:52, 53
2. What does verse 23 tell us about the place where Moses, by God’s leading had the people camp?
NOTE: After three days of travel with only the water that they had been able to carry, having many flocks and herds, which undoubtedly would have been bleating and lowing creating unbearable noise. The people themselves suffering greatly from thirst, and finding the waters at Marah undrinkable, it is not surprising to find them murmuring against the leader.
3. Since the LORD was leading, why did he put them in a place of no water?
Psalm 11:4;
Genesis 22:1;
Exodus 15:25c
Deuteronomy 8:1, 2
4. Using Psalm 106:8-14, what do we learn about God’s working and preparation for the trials that he brings?
5. According to Psalm 106:7, what is the reason that Israel failed when confronted by trial from the LORD?
6. According to Scripture, should trials in our lives be a surprise? Explain.
I Peter 4:12
7. What practical application should we make to our own lives from Psalm 106:7 so that we will not fail when trials come to us?
8. We know that God is not arbitrary in what he brings to our lives, neither is he unkind. So then, why does he bring the difficulties and trials into our lives?
I Peter 1:6, 7
James 1:3, 4
9. As we go through the trials of trials of life on this earth, what is our comfort and security?
I Corinthians 10:13
I Peter 1:3-5
10. What was the difference between how the Israelites responded towards Moses, the authority that God had placed over them, (and in actuality to God’s leading) when they had no good water to drink, and Moses cry to the LORD? vv 23-25
11. When Moses called on the LORD for help, what two things did the LORD do for the people? v 25
NOTE: There are trees and plants belonging to different parts of the world that are said to possess the quality of rendering bitter water sweet and agreeable. But none of them is found in the Sinaitic peninsula at this time.PULPIT COMMENTARY, The Book of Exodus, vol. 2 p. 19
12. After the LORD had met the physical need of the people, he gave the nation a conditional promise. v 26, What was the promise? What was the condition that the promise hinged upon?
13. What are the diseases that Israel could be free of if they obeyed the LORD?
Deuteronomy 28:27, 28
NOTE: According to Ryrie these diseases included ophthalmia, dysentery, smallpox, and elephantiases.
Kalisch correctly observes that, though the Egyptians had the character in antiquity of being among the healthiest and robust of nations, yet a certain small number of diseases have always raged among them with extreme severity. PULPIT COMMENTARY, The Book of Exodus vol. 2 p. 20
14. By what name does the LORD call himself at the giving of this ordinance and statute?v 26
15. Find several verses that speak of God’s healing for us either physically or spiritually.
16. What was the next stop on Israel’s journey to the Promised Land? v 27
NOTE: These wells are actually springs, which have not been identified, ending in wadys. A large stream flows down the Wady Ghurundel in the winter time, which later becomes a small brook, and dries up altogether in the autumn. The pasture is good at most seasons, sometimes rich and luxuriant; there are abundant tamarisks, and a considerable number of acacias, and palms. The palm trees of this part of Arabia are “not like those of Egypt or of pictures, but either dwarf—that is trunk less—or else with savage hairy trunks, and branches all disheveled.” The host would have filled this wady and several others which were are in the area. PULPIT COMMENTARY, The Book of Exodus vol.2 p.20