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Exodus 7 - God Provides for His People

Published: Feb. 1, 2014, 6:01 a.m.

The Hebrews have passed the Red Sea but they need water. When they\xa0happen upon a watering place, the water is bitter, and the people\xa0murmur. God shows Moses a tree, much as God shows the people the law,\xa0and the water becomes sweet. God uses this to test the people to see\xa0if they will now walk in His ways.

Later, the people are hungry and murmur again. This time God provides\xa0them with mana and quail, but instructs the people to take only what\xa0they need for that day because God will provide. Those who stored up\xa0more than they needed for that day found that their food spoiled. Paul\xa0comments on this in 2 Corinthians\xa08:14.

The people murmured again desiring water, and Moses, fearing for his\xa0life, sought out the Lord, who told Moses to strike a rock with his\xa0rod in the presence of the elders, to bring forth water.

The Hebrews encounter the Amalekites, and fight them. Moses raises his\xa0hands in persistent prayer and the people help him to hold his hands\xa0up. Because of this, the Hebrews win in battle. God promises to blot\xa0out the Amalekites, and the people are called to remember this in\xa0Deuteronomy 25:17-19. This is further recalled in 1 Sam 15, and in\xa0Esther, Haman, the descendant of King Agag of the Amalekites plots\xa0against the Jews.