Alastair Roberts

Preparing for the establishment of the covenant at Sinai. The Rich Young Ruler and the Parable of the Workers on the Vineyard. 
 
Some passages referenced: 
Deuteronomy 4:32-34 (Israel’s uniqueness as a nation); Exodus 3:1-6 (Moses’ earlier visit to the mountain of the Lord); Leviticus 23:15-22 (the Feast of Pentecost). 
 
Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/). 
 
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Preparing for the establishment of the covenant at Sinai. The Rich Young Ruler and the Parable of the Workers on the Vineyard.

Some passages referenced:
Deuteronomy 4:32-34 (Israel’s uniqueness as a nation); Exodus 3:1-6 (Moses’ earlier visit to the mountain of the Lord); Leviticus 23:15-22 (the Feast of Pentecost).

Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/).

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March 12th: Exodus 19 & Matthew 19:16—20:16

Jethro and the reordering of the people. Jesus' teaching on divorce. 
 
Some passages referenced: 
Numbers 10:11, 29-32, Deuteronomy 1:9-17 (other references to the reordering of the people and Jethro at Sinai); 1 Samuel 15:6 (the Kenites and the Amalekites); Genesis 26:30, 31:54 (other covenants). 
Deuteronomy 24:1 (Moses on divorce). 
 
Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/). 
 
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Jethro and the reordering of the people. Jesus' teaching on divorce.

Some passages referenced:
Numbers 10:11, 29-32, Deuteronomy 1:9-17 (other references to the reordering of the people and Jethro at Sinai); 1 Samuel 15:6 (the Kenites and the Amalekites); Genesis 26:30, 31:54 (other covenants).
Deuteronomy 24:1 (Moses on divorce).

Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/).

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March 11th: Exodus 18 & Matthew 19:1-15

Water from the rock and fighting the Amalekites. Forgiving brothers. 
 
Some passages referenced: 
Deuteronomy 6:16, Psalm 78:17-20, 81:7, 95:9 (Massah and Meribah as sites of testing); Numbers 14:22 (testing God ten times); Numbers 20 (another Meribah); Deuteronomy 32 (God as Rock); Deuteronomy 25:17-19 (Amalek’s sin); Genesis 36:12, 16 (Amalek’s ancestry); Genesis 32-33 (meeting Esau after the water crossing); Exodus 24:14 (Aaron and Hur judging the people in Moses’ absence); Exodus 31:2 (Bezalel the grandson of Hur); 1 Kings 7:21, Zechariah 4 (correspondence to Aaron and Hur as pillars). 
Deuteronomy 19:15 (witnesses testing words); Genesis 4:23-24 (Lamech’s seventy times seven vengeance); Daniel 9:24ff. (seventy weeks of years leading to restoration). 
 
Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/). 
 
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Water from the rock and fighting the Amalekites. Forgiving brothers.

Some passages referenced:
Deuteronomy 6:16, Psalm 78:17-20, 81:7, 95:9 (Massah and Meribah as sites of testing); Numbers 14:22 (testing God ten times); Numbers 20 (another Meribah); Deuteronomy 32 (God as Rock); Deuteronomy 25:17-19 (Amalek’s sin); Genesis 36:12, 16 (Amalek’s ancestry); Genesis 32-33 (meeting Esau after the water crossing); Exodus 24:14 (Aaron and Hur judging the people in Moses’ absence); Exodus 31:2 (Bezalel the grandson of Hur); 1 Kings 7:21, Zechariah 4 (correspondence to Aaron and Hur as pillars).
Deuteronomy 19:15 (witnesses testing words); Genesis 4:23-24 (Lamech’s seventy times seven vengeance); Daniel 9:24ff. (seventy weeks of years leading to restoration).

Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/).

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March 10th: Exodus 17 & Matthew 18:15-35

Manna in the wilderness. Causing little ones to stumble. 
 
Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/). 
 
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Manna in the wilderness. Causing little ones to stumble.

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March 9th: Exodus 16 & Matthew 17:24—18:14

The Song of the Sea. The Mount of Transfiguration. 
 
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The Song of the Sea. The Mount of Transfiguration.

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March 8th: Exodus 15 & Matthew 17:1-23

The Red Sea Crossing. Peter's confession. 
 
Some passages referenced: 
Exodus 9:16 (God gaining honour through Pharaoh and the Egyptians); Genesis 50:9 (chariots and horsemen accompanying the body of Jacob); Genesis 6:15 (the dimensions of the ark); Psalm 66:6 (Red Sea and Jordan crossing combined); Psalm 74:13-14 (defeat of the sea monster); Isaiah 63:10-14 (Moses the shepherd through the waters); Hebrews 13:20 (Christ the great shepherd like Moses in Isaiah 63). 
Jeremiah 11:19 (Jeremiah like a lamb to the slaughter); John 1:42 (renamed Peter); Isaiah 51:1-2 (Abraham the rock); Matthew 3:9 (children for Abraham from the stones); Jeremiah 12:16; 18:9; 31:4; 33:7; 42:10 (building of a people); Jeremiah 1 (call of Jeremiah); Galatians 1:11-16, 2:7-9 (parallels between Paul’s unique redemptive historical calling and Peter’s and between them both and Jeremiah); 2 Samuel 7:4-16, 1 Chronicles 17:3-15 (Davidic covenant); Isaiah 22:22; Revelation 3:7 (the keys of the house of David); Matthew 18:18-20 (the church and binding and loosing); Matthew 23:13 (closing the kingdom through false teaching); 2 Samuel 19:21-22 (parallels between Peter and the ‘adversary’ Abishai); Isaiah 8:14 (stumbling stone); Matthew 4:10 (Satan’s temptation). 
 
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The Red Sea Crossing. Peter's confession.

Some passages referenced:
Exodus 9:16 (God gaining honour through Pharaoh and the Egyptians); Genesis 50:9 (chariots and horsemen accompanying the body of Jacob); Genesis 6:15 (the dimensions of the ark); Psalm 66:6 (Red Sea and Jordan crossing combined); Psalm 74:13-14 (defeat of the sea monster); Isaiah 63:10-14 (Moses the shepherd through the waters); Hebrews 13:20 (Christ the great shepherd like Moses in Isaiah 63).
Jeremiah 11:19 (Jeremiah like a lamb to the slaughter); John 1:42 (renamed Peter); Isaiah 51:1-2 (Abraham the rock); Matthew 3:9 (children for Abraham from the stones); Jeremiah 12:16; 18:9; 31:4; 33:7; 42:10 (building of a people); Jeremiah 1 (call of Jeremiah); Galatians 1:11-16, 2:7-9 (parallels between Paul’s unique redemptive historical calling and Peter’s and between them both and Jeremiah); 2 Samuel 7:4-16, 1 Chronicles 17:3-15 (Davidic covenant); Isaiah 22:22; Revelation 3:7 (the keys of the house of David); Matthew 18:

March 7th: Exodus 14 & Matthew 16:13-28

The firstborn and the departure from Egypt. The feeding of the four thousand and the leaven of the Pharisees. 
 
Some passages referenced: 
Deuteronomy 15:19 (eating the firstborn sacrifice); Numbers 18:16, Leviticus 27:6 (principles for redemption); Numbers 3:40-49 (the firstborn males and the Levites’ substitution for them); Genesis 49:3, Deuteronomy 21:17 (the meaning of the firstborn). 
Isaiah 29:13-14 (multiplied wonders not being perceived); Deuteronomy 32:5, 20-22 (an evil and adulterous generation provoked to jealousy); Acts 2:41 (three thousand on the Day of Pentecost). 
 
Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/). 
 
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The firstborn and the departure from Egypt. The feeding of the four thousand and the leaven of the Pharisees.

Some passages referenced:
Deuteronomy 15:19 (eating the firstborn sacrifice); Numbers 18:16, Leviticus 27:6 (principles for redemption); Numbers 3:40-49 (the firstborn males and the Levites’ substitution for them); Genesis 49:3, Deuteronomy 21:17 (the meaning of the firstborn).
Isaiah 29:13-14 (multiplied wonders not being perceived); Deuteronomy 32:5, 20-22 (an evil and adulterous generation provoked to jealousy); Acts 2:41 (three thousand on the Day of Pentecost).

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March 6th: Exodus 13 & Matthew 15:29—16:12

The Passover. Nullifying God’s commandment for tradition; the faith of a Canaanite woman. 
 
Exodus 4:22-23 (the initial threat to the firstborn); Genesis 19 (the destruction of Sodom); Genesis 33:17 (Succoth in Jacob’s journeys). 
Exodus 21:17 (judgment upon those dishonouring father or mother); Isaiah 29:13 (draw near with mouths, but hearts far from me); Matthew 10:5-6 (the lost sheep of the house of Israel); Matthew 8:5-13 (the faith of the centurion praised). 
 
Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/). 
 
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The Passover. Nullifying God's commandment for tradition; the faith of a Canaanite woman. Exodus 4:22-23 (the initial threat to ...

March 5th: Exodus 12 &amp; Matthew 15:1-28

Locusts and darkness. Treasure, Pearl, and Dragnet. 
 
Genesis 22:17 (locusts punning on multiplying); Genesis 41:23 (the east wind); Exodus 14:28 (not one of the Egyptians left). 
Habakkuk 1:14-17, Ezekiel 32:3, 47:10 (dragnets and fishing). 
 
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Locusts and darkness. Treasure, Pearl, and Dragnet.

Genesis 22:17 (locusts punning on multiplying); Genesis 41:23 (the east wind); Exodus 14:28 (not one of the Egyptians left).
Habakkuk 1:14-17, Ezekiel 32:3, 47:10 (dragnets and fishing).

Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/).

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March 3rd: Exodus 10 & Matthew 13:44-58

Pestilence, boils, and hail. The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds. 
 
Leviticus 13 (the plague of leprosy); Deuteronomy 28:27, 35 (the boils of Egypt); Exodus 4:6-8 (the sign of leprosy). 
Matthew 9:37-38 (fields white for harvest); Psalm 78 (the psalm Matthew references); Ezekiel 17 (the parable of the eagles and the cedar); Daniel 4:10-12 (Nebuchadnezzar as a tree); Daniel 2:35 (the stone growing to become a mountain that filled the earth). 
 
Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/). 
 
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Pestilence, boils, and hail. The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds. Leviticus 13 (the plague of leprosy); Deuteronomy 28:27, ...

March 2nd: Exodus 9 &amp; Matthew 13:24-43

Plagues of frogs, lice/gnats, and swarms. The Parable of the Sower and teaching in parables. 
 
Some passages referenced: 
Exodus 1:7 (Israel teeming and filling the land); Exodus 5:21 (Israel stinking); Exodus 7:18, 21 (the Nile stinking); Exodus 14:30 (piles of dead bodies beside the waters); Psalm 78:45 (the plague of swarms); Exodus 10:19 (not one of the locusts remained); Exodus 14:28 (not one of the Egyptians remained). 
Hosea 2:21-23, Isaiah 55:10-13, Jeremiah 31:27-28 (God sowing his people); Hebrews 6:7-8 (the fate of land rejecting all cultivation); Isaiah 6:9-13 (the primary Old Testament intertext). 
 
Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/). 
 
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Plagues of frogs, lice/gnats, and swarms. The Parable of the Sower and teaching in parables.

Some passages referenced:
Exodus 1:7 (Israel teeming and filling the land); Exodus 5:21 (Israel stinking); Exodus 7:18, 21 (the Nile stinking); Exodus 14:30 (piles of dead bodies beside the waters); Psalm 78:45 (the plague of swarms); Exodus 10:19 (not one of the locusts remained); Exodus 14:28 (not one of the Egyptians remained).
Hosea 2:21-23, Isaiah 55:10-13, Jeremiah 31:27-28 (God sowing his people); Hebrews 6:7-8 (the fate of land rejecting all cultivation); Isaiah 6:9-13 (the primary Old Testament intertext).

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March 1st: Exodus 8 & Matthew 13:1-23

Elijah is taken up to heaven. Jesus commissions his disciples and ascends to heaven. 
 
Some passages referenced: 
1 Kings 19:19-21 (the call of Elisha); Joshua 1-8 (Joshua’s itinerary in the initial stage of the conquest); 2 Kings 13:14 (‘the chariot of Israel and its horseman’); Exodus 14-15, Joshua 3 (earlier water crossings); Deuteronomy 34:5-6 (the death and burial of Moses); Numbers 27:18-23, Deuteronomy 34:9, Numbers 13:16 (the father-son relationship between Moses and Joshua); Deuteronomy 21:17 (double portion for the firstborn son); 2 Kings 10:14 (Jehu kills forty-two relatives of Ahaziah of Judah). 
Genesis 48-50, Deuteronomy 31-34, Joshua 24 (blessing and departure ending books); Isaiah 49:6 (light to the Gentiles); Acts 2:14-41 (Peter develops Jesus’ statement at his departure in his Pentecost sermon); 2 Kings 2:12-14 (clothed with the mantle of the departing prophet); 1 Samuel 10:2-7, 16:20-23 (three signs of the kingdom); Luke 19:28-35, 22:7-13, 28-30, 24:49 (signs of and promise of the kingdom); Luke 19:29 (triumphal entry beginning at Bethany); Luke 1:8-10 (prayer at the temple at the hour of incense); Luke 1:35 (the promise of the Holy Spirit coming upon Mary); Luke 2:22-38 (Anna and Simeon); Luke 2:20 (the shepherds return); Acts 1:8 (Jesus’ farewell statement in Acts). 
 
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Elijah is taken up to heaven. Jesus commissions his disciples and ascends to heaven.

Some passages referenced:
1 Kings 19:19-21 (the call of Elisha); Joshua 1-8 (Joshua’s itinerary in the initial stage of the conquest); 2 Kings 13:14 (‘the chariot of Israel and its horseman’); Exodus 14-15, Joshua 3 (earlier water crossings); Deuteronomy 34:5-6 (the death and burial of Moses); Numbers 27:18-23, Deuteronomy 34:9, Numbers 13:16 (the father-son relationship between Moses and Joshua); Deuteronomy 21:17 (double portion for the firstborn son); 2 Kings 10:14 (Jehu kills forty-two relatives of Ahaziah of Judah).
Genesis 48-50, Deuteronomy 31-34, Joshua 24 (blessing and departure ending books); Isaiah 49:6 (light to the Gentiles); Acts 2:14-41 (Peter develops Jesus’ statement at his departure in his Pentecost sermon); 2 Kings 2:12-14 (clothed with the mantle of the departing prophet); 1 Samuel 10:2-7, 16:20-23 (three signs of the kingdom); Luke 19:28-35, 22:7-13, 28-30, 24:49 (signs of and pro

February 29th: 2 Kings 2 & Luke 24:44-53

The beginning of the Ten Plagues. Casting out Satan and Christ's true family. 
 
Some passages referenced: 
Exodus 15:12 (the earth ‘swallowing’ the Egyptians at the Red Sea); Psalm 74:14, Ezekiel 29:3-5 (the Egyptians and the sea monster); Ezekiel 32:2-6 (the blood of the sea monster filling the land). 
Luke 11:20, Exodus 8:19 (the finger of God); Acts 7 (Stephen’s speech); Deuteronomy 32:5, 20 (an evil and adulterous generation); Luke 1:45 (blessed is she who believed). 
 
Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/). 
 
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The beginning of the Ten Plagues. Casting out Satan and Christ's true family.

Some passages referenced:
Exodus 15:12 (the earth ‘swallowing’ the Egyptians at the Red Sea); Psalm 74:14, Ezekiel 29:3-5 (the Egyptians and the sea monster); Ezekiel 32:2-6 (the blood of the sea monster filling the land).
Luke 11:20, Exodus 8:19 (the finger of God); Acts 7 (Stephen’s speech); Deuteronomy 32:5, 20 (an evil and adulterous generation); Luke 1:45 (blessed is she who believed).

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February 28th: Exodus 7 & Matthew 12:22-50

YHWH reassures Moses and the genealogy of Moses and Aaron. The Son of Man is the Lord of the Sabbath. 
 
Some passages referenced: 
Exodus 3:6-8, 14-15/6:2-8; 4:10/6:12b; 4:16/7:1; 3:19f./6:7, 7:4f. (parallels between Moses’ initial call and its reconfirmation); Genesis 15:16 (returning in the fourth generation). 
Exodus 31:12-17 (Sabbath as the great sign of the covenant at Sinai); 1 Samuel 21:1-7 (David and his men eating the shewbread); Hosea 6:6 (mercy not sacrifice); 1 Kings 13:4-6 (Jeroboam’s withered hand); Isaiah 42:1-3 (the prophecy of the gentle Servant); Ezekiel 34:11-24 (YHWH coming to the rescue of his sheep). 
 
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YHWH reassures Moses and the genealogy of Moses and Aaron. The Son of Man is the Lord of the Sabbath.

Some passages referenced:
Exodus 3:6-8, 14-15/6:2-8; 4:10/6:12b; 4:16/7:1; 3:19f./6:7, 7:4f. (parallels between Moses’ initial call and its reconfirmation); Genesis 15:16 (returning in the fourth generation).
Exodus 31:12-17 (Sabbath as the great sign of the covenant at Sinai); 1 Samuel 21:1-7 (David and his men eating the shewbread); Hosea 6:6 (mercy not sacrifice); 1 Kings 13:4-6 (Jeroboam’s withered hand); Isaiah 42:1-3 (the prophecy of the gentle Servant); Ezekiel 34:11-24 (YHWH coming to the rescue of his sheep).

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February 27th: Exodus 6 & Matthew 12:1-21

Moses returns to Egypt. Take up your cross and follow me. 
 
Genesis 37 (Joseph sold into slavery); Genesis 27-33 (Jacob's flight to Paddan Aram and return); Psalm 74 (Egypt as the sea serpent); Leviticus 13-14 (laws concerning leprosy); Exodus 2:5, 7:15, 8:20 (washing in the Nile); Exodus 15:20 (Miriam as the sister of Aaron). 
 
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Moses returns to Egypt. Take up your cross and follow me.

Genesis 37 (Joseph sold into slavery); Genesis 27-33 (Jacob's flight to Paddan Aram and return); Psalm 74 (Egypt as the sea serpent); Leviticus 13-14 (laws concerning leprosy); Exodus 2:5, 7:15, 8:20 (washing in the Nile); Exodus 15:20 (Miriam as the sister of Aaron).

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February 25th: Exodus 4 & Matthew 10:24-42

The choice of Matthias as replacement for Judas. Jesus sends out the Twelve. 
 
Psalm 69:25, 109:8 (Scriptures fulfilled in Judas); John 13:18, Psalm 41:9, 2 Samuel 15:12 (the familiar friend who betrays); 2 Samuel 15:23, 16:1-14, Luke 22:39-46, Matthew 26:47, John 18:1-11 (Jesus follows the same route as David); 2 Samuel 17:23, Matthew 27:3-10 (Ahithophel and Judas hang themselves); 2 Samuel 18:6-15 (Absalom, the rebellious son of David, hung on a tree); 2 Samuel 20:8-12 (Joab's treacherous assassination of Amasa); 1 Kings 2:28-35 (the removal of Joab from office); Acts 15:7-9 (the choice of the Spirit). 
1 Kings 22:17 (sheep without shepherds); Number 27:16-18 (the appointment of Joshua); Ezekiel 34:2-6, 11-16 (God judging and replacing the wicked shepherds); Matthew 4:23 (Jesus' own pattern of ministry); Mark 3:16-18, Luke 6:14-16, Acts 1:13 (other lists of the Twelve); Numbers 13 (spies sent into Canaan); Joshua 2 (Rahab shelters the spies); Genesis 18—19 (Abraham's hospitality and Sodom's inhospitality); Matthew 25:31-46 (the Sheep and the Goats). 
 
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The choice of Matthias as replacement for Judas. Jesus sends out the Twelve.

Psalm 69:25, 109:8 (Scriptures fulfilled in Judas); John 13:18, Psalm 41:9, 2 Samuel 15:12 (the familiar friend who betrays); 2 Samuel 15:23, 16:1-14, Luke 22:39-46, Matthew 26:47, John 18:1-11 (Jesus follows the same route as David); 2 Samuel 17:23, Matthew 27:3-10 (Ahithophel and Judas hang themselves); 2 Samuel 18:6-15 (Absalom, the rebellious son of David, hung on a tree); 2 Samuel 20:8-12 (Joab's treacherous assassination of Amasa); 1 Kings 2:28-35 (the removal of Joab from office); Acts 15:7-9 (the choice of the Spirit).
1 Kings 22:17 (sheep without shepherds); Number 27:16-18 (the appointment of Joshua); Ezekiel 34:2-6, 11-16 (God judging and replacing the wicked shepherds); Matthew 4:23 (Jesus' own pattern of ministry); Mark 3:16-18, Luke 6:14-16, Acts 1:13 (other lists of the Twelve); Numbers 13 (spies sent into Canaan); Joshua 2 (Rahab shelters the spies); Genesis 18—19 (Abraham's hospitality and So

February 24th: Acts 1:15-26 & Matthew 9:35—10:23

Theophany at the burning bush. Raising the dead daughter, healing the woman with the issue of blood. 
 
Some passages referenced: 
Deuteronomy 33:16 (reference to the burning bush); Numbers 12:3 (Moses' humility); Genesis 32:30, Judges 13:6, 17-19 (other requests for the divine name); Joseph's prophecy (Genesis 50:24); Genesis 22 (sacrificing at three days' journey). 
Numbers 15:37-41 (tassels of the garment); Matthew 11:16-17 (not dancing at the flutes). 
 
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Theophany at the burning bush. Raising the dead daughter, healing the woman with the issue of blood.

Some passages referenced:
Deuteronomy 33:16 (reference to the burning bush); Numbers 12:3 (Moses' humility); Genesis 32:30, Judges 13:6, 17-19 (other requests for the divine name); Joseph's prophecy (Genesis 50:24); Genesis 22 (sacrificing at three days' journey).
Numbers 15:37-41 (tassels of the garment); Matthew 11:16-17 (not dancing at the flutes).

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February 23rd: Exodus 3 & Matthew 9:18-34

Moses delivered from the water and settling in Midian. Jesus forgives sins and eats with tax collectors and sinners. 
 
Some passages referenced: 
Genesis 6:14-16 (the building of the ark); Genesis 11 (the story of Babel); Exodus 14-15 (the Red Sea crossing). 
Matthew 4:13 (Jesus living in Capernaum); Hosea 6:6 (mercy not sacrifice); Matthew 5:7, 12:7, 23:23 (the primacy of mercy). 
 
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Moses delivered from the water and settling in Midian. Jesus forgives sins and eats with tax collectors and sinners.

Some passages referenced:
Genesis 6:14-16 (the building of the ark); Genesis 11 (the story of Babel); Exodus 14-15 (the Red Sea crossing).
Matthew 4:13 (Jesus living in Capernaum); Hosea 6:6 (mercy not sacrifice); Matthew 5:7, 12:7, 23:23 (the primacy of mercy).

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February 22nd: Exodus 2 & Matthew 9:1-17

The children of Israel multiply and Pharaoh's response. Calming the waves and delivering the Gadarene demoniacs. 
 
Some passages referenced: 
Genesis 46 (the list of those descending into Egypt); Genesis 35:23-26 (the order of the sons); Genesis 35:10-12 (the blessing of fruitfulness and multiplication given to Isaac); Exodus 15:27 (twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees at Elim); Genesis 1:28 (the blessing of fruitfulness and multiplication); Genesis 15:13 (God's statement to Abram that his descendants would be afflicted and enslaved). 
Luke 13:32 (Herod the fox); Daniel 7 (Son of Man in Daniel); Matthew 27:51-52, 28:2 (earthquakes in Matthew); Matthew 9:27, 20:29-34, 21:1-7 (Matthew's pairings). 
 
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The children of Israel multiply and Pharaoh's response. Calming the waves and delivering the Gadarene demoniacs.

February 21st: Exodus 1 &amp; Matthew 8:18-34

Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseh. Money and worry. 
 
Some passages referenced: 
Hebrews 11:21 (Jacob's faith in blessing the sons of Joseph); 1 Chronicles 5:1 (Reuben, Joseph, and Judah and the firstborn portion); Joshua 24:32 (Joseph's portion in the land); Genesis 33:18-20 (Jacob's plot near Shechem) 
Matthew 20:15 ('good eye' and generosity) 
 
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Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseh. Money and worry.

Some passages referenced:
Hebrews 11:21 (Jacob's faith in blessing the sons of Joseph); 1 Chronicles 5:1 (Reuben, Joseph, and Judah and the firstborn portion); Joshua 24:32 (Joseph's portion in the land); Genesis 33:18-20 (Jacob's plot near Shechem)
Matthew 20:15 ('good eye' and generosity)

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