the signs and works He did in Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt and all his land; He performed His signs and wondersThis phrase highlights the divine intervention and miraculous acts that God executed to demonstrate His power and authority. The Hebrew word for "signs" is "אוֹת" (oth), which often refers to a visible token or miracle that serves as evidence of God's presence and action. "Wonders" is translated from "מוֹפֵת" (mopheth), indicating extraordinary events that inspire awe and reveal divine power. These acts were not just random miracles but were purposeful demonstrations of God's sovereignty and His commitment to His covenant people. Historically, these signs and wonders were pivotal in the narrative of the Exodus, serving as a testament to God's ability to deliver His people from bondage. in Egypt
Egypt, in the biblical context, is often symbolic of oppression and idolatry. It was a powerful and advanced civilization, yet it was also a place where the Israelites experienced severe bondage. The mention of Egypt here is significant as it sets the stage for God's redemptive power. Archaeologically, Egypt was known for its grandeur and might, making God's triumph over it even more remarkable. The plagues and miracles performed in Egypt were direct challenges to the Egyptian gods, showcasing the supremacy of the God of Israel. against Pharaoh king of Egypt
Pharaoh, the ruler of Egypt, is a central figure in the Exodus narrative. He is often seen as the embodiment of resistance against God's will. The Hebrew term "פַּרְעֹה" (Par'oh) is used for Pharaoh, and he is depicted as a stubborn leader whose heart was hardened against the Israelites. Historically, Pharaohs were considered divine or semi-divine figures, making God's acts against him a direct confrontation with the perceived divine authority of Egypt. This phrase underscores the personal nature of God's intervention, targeting the highest authority in Egypt to liberate His people. and all his land
This phrase emphasizes the comprehensive nature of God's actions. It was not just Pharaoh who experienced God's power, but the entire land of Egypt. The Hebrew word for "land" is "אֶרֶץ" (eretz), which can refer to a country, territory, or even the earth itself. God's signs and wonders affected the whole nation, demonstrating that His power was not limited to a single individual but extended over all creation. This serves as a reminder of God's omnipotence and His ability to influence entire nations for the sake of His people. Persons / Places / Events 1. MosesThe leader of the Israelites who is recounting God's mighty acts to the people. 2. PharaohThe king of Egypt who opposed the release of the Israelites, experiencing God's signs and wonders. 3. EgyptThe land where the Israelites were enslaved and where God performed miraculous signs. 4. IsraelitesThe people of God who witnessed His power and deliverance from Egypt. 5. Signs and WondersMiraculous acts performed by God to demonstrate His power and authority over Egypt. Teaching Points God's Sovereignty and PowerThe signs and wonders in Egypt demonstrate God's supreme authority over all nations and rulers. Remembrance of God's FaithfulnessRecalling God's past deeds strengthens faith and trust in His continued faithfulness and provision. Obedience and TrustThe Israelites were called to remember these acts as a basis for their obedience to God's commands. God's DeliveranceJust as God delivered Israel from Egypt, He delivers us from sin and bondage through Christ. Witness to the NationsGod's acts in Egypt served as a testimony to His power and were meant to draw others to recognize Him as the true God. Bible Study Questions 1. How do the signs and wonders performed in Egypt reveal God's character and attributes? 2. In what ways can remembering God's past faithfulness impact our current faith and obedience? 3. How do the events in Egypt foreshadow the deliverance we receive through Jesus Christ? 4. What are some "signs and wonders" in your own life that remind you of God's power and presence? 5. How can we use the testimony of God's works in our lives to witness to others about His greatness? Connections to Other Scriptures Exodus 7-12These chapters detail the plagues and wonders God performed in Egypt, providing a fuller context for the signs mentioned in Deuteronomy 11:3. Psalm 78:43-51This passage recounts the wonders God performed in Egypt, emphasizing His power and faithfulness. Acts 7:36Stephen's speech references the wonders and signs in Egypt, connecting them to God's deliverance and faithfulness. Hebrews 11:29This verse highlights the faith of the Israelites as they passed through the Red Sea, a direct result of God's wonders in Egypt. People Abiram, Canaanites, Dathan, Eliab, Moses, Pharaoh, ReubenPlaces Arabah, Beth-baal-peor, Egypt, Euphrates River, Gilgal, Jordan River, Lebanon, Moreh, Mount Ebal, Mount Gerizim, Red SeaTopics Acts, Deeds, Doings, Egypt, Heart, Midst, Miracles, Performed, Pharaoh, Signs, Wonders, WorksDictionary of Bible Themes Deuteronomy 11:3 5014 heart, human Deuteronomy 11:2-3 1090 God, majesty of Deuteronomy 11:2-7 5854 experience, of God
8231 discipline, divine Library Canaan on Earth
Many of you, my dear hearers, are really come out of Egypt; but you are still wandering about in the wilderness. "We that have believed do enter into rest;" but you, though you have eaten of Jesus, have not so believed on him as to have entered into the Canaan of rest. You are the Lord's people, but you have not come into the Canaan of assured faith, confidence, and hope, where we wrestle no longer with flesh and blood, but with principalities and powers in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus--when …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 2: 1856The God of the Rain
(Fifth Sunday after Easter.) DEUT. xi. 11, 12. The land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven. A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year, even unto the end of the year. I told you, when I spoke of the earthquakes of the Holy Land, that it seems as if God had meant specially to train that strange people the Jews, by putting them into a country where they …
Charles Kingsley—The Gospel of the Pentateuch Gilgal, in Deuteronomy 11:30 what the Place Was.
That which is said by Moses, that "Gerizim and Ebal were over-against Gilgal," Deuteronomy 11:30, is so obscure, that it is rendered into contrary significations by interpreters. Some take it in that sense, as if it were near to Gilgal: some far off from Gilgal: the Targumists read, "before Gilgal": while, as I think, they do not touch the difficulty; which lies not so much in the signification of the word Mul, as in the ambiguity of the word Gilgal. These do all seem to understand that Gilgal which …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Josiah, a Pattern for the Ignorant.
"Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before Me; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord. Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place."--2 Kings …
John Henry Newman—Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII The Blessings of Noah Upon Shem and Japheth. (Gen. Ix. 18-27. )
Ver. 20. "And Noah began and became an husbandman, and planted vineyards."--This does not imply that Noah was the first who began to till the ground, and, more especially, to cultivate the vine; for Cain, too, was a tiller of the ground, Gen. iv. 2. The sense rather is, that Noah, after the flood, again took up this calling. Moreover, the remark has not an independent import; it serves only to prepare the way for the communication of the subsequent account of Noah's drunkenness. By this remark, …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament Subjects of Study. Home Education in Israel; Female Education. Elementary Schools, Schoolmasters, and School Arrangements.
If a faithful picture of society in ancient Greece or Rome were to be presented to view, it is not easy to believe that even they who now most oppose the Bible could wish their aims success. For this, at any rate, may be asserted, without fear of gainsaying, that no other religion than that of the Bible has proved competent to control an advanced, or even an advancing, state of civilisation. Every other bound has been successively passed and submerged by the rising tide; how deep only the student …
Alfred Edersheim—Sketches of Jewish Social Life In the Fifteenth Year of Tiberius Cæsar and under the Pontificate of Annas and Caiaphas - a Voice in the Wilderness
THERE is something grand, even awful, in the almost absolute silence which lies upon the thirty years between the Birth and the first Messianic Manifestation of Jesus. In a narrative like that of the Gospels, this must have been designed; and, if so, affords presumptive evidence of the authenticity of what follows, and is intended to teach, that what had preceded concerned only the inner History of Jesus, and the preparation of the Christ. At last that solemn silence was broken by an appearance, …
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah The Worship of the Synagogue
One of the most difficult questions in Jewish history is that connected with the existence of a synagogue within the Temple. That such a "synagogue" existed, and that its meeting-place was in "the hall of hewn stones," at the south-eastern angle of the court of the priest, cannot be called in question, in face of the clear testimony of contemporary witnesses. Considering that "the hall of hew stones" was also the meeting-place for the great Sanhedrim, and that not only legal decisions, but lectures …
Alfred Edersheim—Sketches of Jewish Social Life Among the People, and with the Pharisees
It would have been difficult to proceed far either in Galilee or in Judaea without coming into contact with an altogether peculiar and striking individuality, differing from all around, and which would at once arrest attention. This was the Pharisee. Courted or feared, shunned or flattered, reverently looked up to or laughed at, he was equally a power everywhere, both ecclesiastically and politically, as belonging to the most influential, the most zealous, and the most closely-connected religions …
Alfred Edersheim—Sketches of Jewish Social Life Covenanting Confers Obligation.
As it has been shown that all duty, and that alone, ought to be vowed to God in covenant, it is manifest that what is lawfully engaged to in swearing by the name of God is enjoined in the moral law, and, because of the authority of that law, ought to be performed as a duty. But it is now to be proved that what is promised to God by vow or oath, ought to be performed also because of the act of Covenanting. The performance of that exercise is commanded, and the same law which enjoins that the duties …
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting The Old Testament Canon from Its Beginning to Its Close.
The first important part of the Old Testament put together as a whole was the Pentateuch, or rather, the five books of Moses and Joshua. This was preceded by smaller documents, which one or more redactors embodied in it. The earliest things committed to writing were probably the ten words proceeding from Moses himself, afterwards enlarged into the ten commandments which exist at present in two recensions (Exod. xx., Deut. v.) It is true that we have the oldest form of the decalogue from the Jehovist …
Samuel Davidson—The Canon of the Bible Deuteronomy
Owing to the comparatively loose nature of the connection between consecutive passages in the legislative section, it is difficult to present an adequate summary of the book of Deuteronomy. In the first section, i.-iv. 40, Moses, after reviewing the recent history of the people, and showing how it reveals Jehovah's love for Israel, earnestly urges upon them the duty of keeping His laws, reminding them of His spirituality and absoluteness. Then follows the appointment, iv. 41-43--here irrelevant (cf. …
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