Day 38

V From the Exodus to the Crossing into Canaan - 1462-1422 B.C. ~ cont.

(1462 - 982 480 years of 1 Kings 6:1)

B. Time spent at Sinai (sometimes called Horeb) ~ cont.

2. Moses goes to mount (Trip 5) ~ cont.

c. Priesthood items - Exodus 28:1 ~ cont.
Food for the priests - Exodus 29:26-37
Continual burnt offering - Exodus 29:38-46
Sabbath rest - Exodus 3:12-18
4. Returning to a sinning people
a. Golden calf - Exodus 32:1-6
b. Moses' anger, tablets broken - Exodus 32:7-29
c. Moses' plea and God's answer (trip 6) - Exodus 32:30-35
d. Temporary Tabernacle erected - Exodus 33:7-11
e. Moses communes with God - Exodus 33:12-23

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And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:  (Exodus 22:7)

Moses brought them out?  His response:

And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand.  (Exodus 32:11)

God did not just bring them out...He also did it with great power and a mighty hand.  Moses continues:

Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth?  Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.  (Exodus 32:12)

Blaspheme God's name...David was rebuked for causing God's name to be blasphemed:

2Sa 12:14  Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.

God's character, who HE is, on the line. I liked Gill's commentary on the entire verse:

Wherefore should the Egyptians speak and say,.... Those that remained, as the Targum of Jonathan, who were not drowned in the Red sea: a good man will be concerned for the honour and glory of God among the enemies of his people, that their mouths may not be opened to blaspheme the Lord and speak ill of his ways, see Jos_7:9 and this is sometimes an argument with God himself, not to do that to his people they deserve, lest it should give occasion to the enemy to speak reproachfully, insult, and triumph, Deu_32:26.

for mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth; that he brought them out of Egypt, not with a good but ill design; not to bring them into the land of Canaan, as they promised themselves, but to destroy them in the mountains; not to erect them into a great kingdom and nation, which should make a considerable figure in the world, but to cut them off from being a people at all: the mountains where they now were, were Sinai and Horeb, and there might be others thereabout, among which they were encamped: the Targum of Jonathan is,"among the mountains of Tabor, and Hermon, and Sirion, and Sinai:"

turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people; not that there is any turning or shadow of turning with God, or any change of his mind, or any such passions and affections in him as here expressed; but this is said after the manner of men concerning him, when he alters the course of his dealings with men according to his unalterable will, and does not do the evil threatened by him, and which the sins of men deserve.

"A good man will be concerned about the honor and glory of God."

That is a convicting and encouraging thought.  Do I give a proper estimate of God?  Am I more concerned about His honor and glory over my wants, needs, desires, goals?  Is HIS objective mine?  When people look and/or hear me, do they see and hear a reflection of Him?