Category: Scripture Notes
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Plagues and Passover
I noticed interesting progressions in the plagues. The first few plagues the magicians in Egypt were able to imitate – right up until the plague of lice. The early plagues came upon the Hebrews as well as the Egyptians – up until the plague that killed cattle – then the Hebrews began to be spared.…
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Make bare His arm
The Lord promised to Moses that both the people of Israel and the Egyptians would recognize Him as God by the time the children of Israel left Egypt.
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Not so old
Joseph lived to see his great great grandchildren and while at 110 he would be considered extremely old today, his father had lived to 147, his grandfather to 180 and his great grandfather to 175.
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Deal justly, walk humbly, judge righteously
In six words the Lord has given us the key to discern those who follow him. Not importantly He had given us the key against which to measure ourselves because we don’t always know debug of intent of context to judge others accurately but we can judge ourselves in those three axis. He also gave…
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Prone to error
It is sadly still true that many people are led astray, unable to tell light from darkness. I read today that 44% of people in Utah still think there was widespread fraud in the 2020 election compared to 43% who believe Joe Biden won. It worries my that a lie so blatantly false could be…
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Saving His prophet
The Lord warned Joseph how to avoid the trap set by those who stole the manuscript from Martin Harris. The Lord doesn’t always prevent us from stepping in snares. He always earns us generically about snares and when it is really important that we not be share snared, such as Joseph helping to initiate the…
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Not more than you have strength or means
In full context verse 4 of more complete, powerful, and telling than at first glance. “Don’t run faster than you have strength” could be no more than a simple platitude but “do not run faster or labor more than you have strength and means provided” clearly indicates that the Lord will ensure that the strength…
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Emotional whiplash
Imagine the violent swings of emotion among Joseph brothers as they are accused of being spies and then given a reasonable way to exonerate themselves then getting when they find their money returned to them. When they go up again they are greeted warmly and assured that they had no debt from the first visit.…
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Joseph’s timeline
Joseph was seventeen when his brothers turned against him. It’s possible some little time passed before they sold him into slavery but if he was eighteen by then that’s likely the limit we can’t know how long he was with Potiphar before being imprisoned but he was with Potiphar long enough to be put in…
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Close brothers
I hadn’t realized that twelve of Jacobs children – all but Benjamin – were born while he was still living with Laban, his father in law. He said he was with Laban 20 years. I’m not sure if that was 20 years in total or of it was 20 years after he had served Laban…