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Dr Clifford Denton. Ki Tisa: Exodus 30:11-34:35 2nd March 2024/22 Adar1 You shall make an altar to burn incense on; you shall make it of acacia wood. (Exodus 30:1) Picture by Helen McNeill The seeming silence of God can be a testing time for anyone. In Israel’s case, Moses was away so long without bringing God’s…

Dr Clifford Denton. Tetzaveh: Exodus 27:20-30:10. 24th February 2024/15 Adar1 And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. (Exodus 28:2) Picture by Helen McNeill Last week we suggested a family project based on the construction of the Tabernacle. It is a project that can take place over several weeks…

Dr Clifford Denton. Terumah: Exodus 25:1-27:19 17th February 2024/8 Adar1 Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring Me an offering. From everyone who gives it willingly with his heart you shall take My offering. (Exodus 25:2) Picture by Helen McNeill We are with Moses on the mountain, reading the clear instructions for the building of…

Dr Clifford Denton. Mishpatim: Exodus 21:1-24:18 10th February 2024/1 Adar1 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you tablets of stone, and the law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them. (Exodus 24:12) Picture by Helen McNeill The Ten Commandments set the…

Dr Clifford Denton. Yitro: Exodus 18:1-20:26 3rd February 2024/Sh’vat 24 All the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking (Exodus 20:18) Picture by Helen McNeill Let us consider the similarities between events in this week’s portion and our lives as believers today. In many ways we are in…

Dr Clifford Denton. Beshalach: Exodus 13:17-17:16. 27th January 2024/Sh’vat 17. So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. (Exodus 14:22) Picture by Helen McNeill I will sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously sang…

Dr Clifford Denton. Bo: Exodus 10:1-13:16. 20th January 2024/Sh’vat 10 And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it. (Exodus 12:7) Picture by Helen McNeill Our theme of family is clear in this week’s portion. When the Lord struck the firstborn of…

Dr Clifford Denton. Va’era: Exodus 6:2-9:35. 13th January 2024/Sh’vat 3 So he lifted up the rod and struck the waters that were in the river. (Exodus 7:20) Picture by Helen McNeill To gain perspective on the momentous days when Israel was in Egypt, let’s continue to consider what it was like for individual families. The…

Dr Clifford Denton. Shemot: Exodus 1:1-6:1. 6th January 2024/Tevet 25 And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. Exodus 3:2 Picture by Helen McNeill 400 years passed between the events at the end of Genesis and those at the beginning of Exodus. This is according…

Dr Clifford Denton. Vayechi: Genesis 47:28-50:26. 30th December 2023/Tevet 18 And Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days.” Genesis 49:1 Picture by Helen McNeill This week, we come to the end of Genesis. The Hebrew Bible appropriately calls this foundational book of all…