1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,080 Hello, this is Father Paul and I'm glad we're taking this journey together to read the Bible 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:08,160 in a year. 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:14,080 Yesterday we heard about the end of the ten plagues and how in the process of preparation 4 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:19,820 for the tenth plague, God institutes the Passover and tells Moses and Aaron to tell the people 5 00:00:19,820 --> 00:00:23,960 about the Passover lamb and about the sprinkling of the blood of the lamb on their lintels 6 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:29,820 and doorposts and how the destroyer would pass over and to keep this feast as a memorial, 7 00:00:29,820 --> 00:00:33,000 as an ordinance for all generations. 8 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:37,720 And we also heard that after the tenth plague Pharaoh finally relented and called Moses 9 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:42,380 and Aaron asking them to take the Israelites and leave and even he asked them to bless 10 00:00:42,380 --> 00:00:43,900 him before they leave. 11 00:00:43,900 --> 00:00:49,400 So God liberates the people and frees them from bondage after spending 430 years in Egypt 12 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:51,160 they're finally allowed to leave. 13 00:00:51,160 --> 00:00:56,720 Today we're going to hear about how after the Israelites leave Pharaoh changes his mind 14 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:02,160 and he tries to bring them back in only to encounter God and God stops him and at the 15 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:08,800 Red Sea the Israelites miraculously pass through and Pharaoh and his armies are destroyed. 16 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:13,600 And this incident is celebrated every day in the midnight praises in the first canticle. 17 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:19,500 Exodus 15 is the first canticle and we commemorate how God freed the Israelites and destroyed 18 00:01:19,500 --> 00:01:20,760 Pharaoh and his armies. 19 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:22,560 Alright, let's begin. 20 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:28,000 Today's reading is from Exodus 13, 14 and 15. 21 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,660 Chapter 13 22 00:01:29,660 --> 00:01:34,080 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Consecrate to me all the firstborn. 23 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:40,240 Whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and beast, it is mine. 24 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:44,600 And Moses said to the people, Remember this day in which you went out of Egypt, out of 25 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:49,800 the house of bondage, for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out of this place. 26 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:52,240 No leavened bread shall be eaten. 27 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:56,000 On this day you are going out, in the month Abib. 28 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:00,040 And it shall be when the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites 29 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:04,760 and the Amorites and the Hevites and the Jebusites, which He swore to your fathers to give you 30 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:10,080 a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep the service in this month. 31 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:14,960 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast 32 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:16,560 to the Lord. 33 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:21,040 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days, and no leavened bread shall be seen among 34 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:25,560 you, nor shall leaven be seen among you in all your quarters. 35 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:30,720 And you shall tell your son in that day, saying, This is done because of what the Lord did 36 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:33,480 for me when I came up from Egypt. 37 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:38,160 It shall be as a sign to you on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that 38 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:42,840 the Lord's law may be in your mouth, for with a strong hand the Lord has brought you 39 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:44,160 out of Egypt. 40 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:48,800 You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year. 41 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:52,920 And it shall be when the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as He swore to 42 00:02:52,920 --> 00:02:58,240 you and your fathers, and gives it to you, that you shall set apart to the Lord all that 43 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:03,960 open the womb, that is every firstborn that comes from an animal which you have, the males 44 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:05,720 shall be the Lord's. 45 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:09,600 But every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with the lamb, and if you will not 46 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,400 redeem it, then you shall break its neck. 47 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:16,200 And all the firstborn of men among your sons you shall redeem. 48 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:21,440 So it shall be when your son asks you in time to come saying, What is this? 49 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:25,640 That you shall say to him, By strength of hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out 50 00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:27,360 of the house of bondage. 51 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:31,760 And it came to pass when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the Lord killed 52 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:36,400 all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of 53 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:37,400 beast. 54 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:41,560 Therefore, I sacrifice to the Lord all males that open the womb. 55 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,500 But all the firstborn of my sons I redeem. 56 00:03:44,500 --> 00:03:49,500 It shall be as a sign on your hand and as frontlets between your eyes, for by strength 57 00:03:49,500 --> 00:03:52,540 of hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt. 58 00:03:52,540 --> 00:03:57,000 Then it came to pass when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them 59 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,900 by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. 60 00:04:00,900 --> 00:04:05,520 For God said, Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war and return to 61 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:06,520 Egypt. 62 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:11,040 So God led the people around by way of the wilderness of the Red Sea. 63 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:15,720 And the children of Israel went up in orderly ranks out of the land of Egypt. 64 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:20,240 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had placed the children of Israel under 65 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:25,440 solemn oath, saying, God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from 66 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:26,620 here with you. 67 00:04:26,620 --> 00:04:31,320 So they took their journey from Sukkot and camped in Etam at the edge of the wilderness. 68 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:35,540 And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night 69 00:04:35,540 --> 00:04:40,520 in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night. 70 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:44,680 He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night from before 71 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:46,600 the people. 72 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:49,960 Chapter 14 Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak 73 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:55,560 to the children of Israel, that they turn and camp before Pi Hachiroth, between Megdol 74 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:58,400 and the sea, opposite Baal Zephon. 75 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,700 You shall camp before it by the sea. 76 00:05:00,700 --> 00:05:04,920 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are bewildered by the land. 77 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:06,880 The wilderness has closed them in. 78 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:11,200 Then I will harden Pharaoh's heart, so that he will pursue them, and I will gain honor 79 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:16,520 over Pharaoh and over all his army, that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. 80 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:17,780 And they did so. 81 00:05:17,780 --> 00:05:21,320 Now it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled, and the heart of Pharaoh 82 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:25,840 and his servants were turned against the people, and he said, Why have we done this, that we 83 00:05:25,840 --> 00:05:28,580 have let Israel go from serving us? 84 00:05:28,580 --> 00:05:31,580 So he made ready his chariot and took his people with him. 85 00:05:31,580 --> 00:05:36,040 Also he took six hundred choice chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt with captains 86 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:37,800 over every one of them. 87 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:41,440 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children 88 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:45,080 of Israel, and the children of Israel went out with boldness. 89 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:49,400 So the Egyptians pursued them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and 90 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:55,880 his army, and overtook them camping by the sea beside Pi Hachiroth, before Baal Zephon. 91 00:05:55,880 --> 00:06:00,000 And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the 92 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,960 Egyptians marched after them. 93 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:05,660 So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to the Lord. 94 00:06:05,660 --> 00:06:09,920 Then they said to Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away 95 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:11,800 to die in the wilderness? 96 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:15,640 Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt? 97 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:20,540 Is this not the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the 98 00:06:20,540 --> 00:06:21,620 Egyptians? 99 00:06:21,620 --> 00:06:25,680 For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in 100 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:26,880 the wilderness. 101 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:32,680 And Moses said to the people, Do not be afraid, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, 102 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:34,840 which he will accomplish for you today. 103 00:06:34,840 --> 00:06:39,400 For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever. 104 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:43,160 The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace. 105 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:46,080 And the Lord said to Moses, Why do you cry to me? 106 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,920 Tell the children of Israel to go forward, but lift up your rod and stretch out your 107 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,000 hand over the sea and divide it. 108 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:56,020 And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. 109 00:06:56,020 --> 00:07:00,000 And I indeed will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them. 110 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:05,040 So I will gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, his chariots and his horsemen. 111 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:09,680 Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gained honor for myself 112 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:12,980 over Pharaoh, his chariots and his horsemen. 113 00:07:12,980 --> 00:07:17,800 And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them. 114 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:21,520 And a pillar of cloud went from before them and stood behind them. 115 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:25,280 So it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. 116 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:30,040 Thus it was a cloud and darkness to the one, and it gave light by night to the other, so 117 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:33,320 that the one did not come near the other all that night. 118 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:37,520 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord caused the sea to go back 119 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:42,720 by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters 120 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:44,020 were divided. 121 00:07:44,020 --> 00:07:49,320 So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters 122 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:53,560 were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. 123 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:58,400 And the Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's 124 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,440 horses, his chariots and his horsemen. 125 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:05,440 Now it came to pass in the morning watch that the Lord looked down upon the army of the 126 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:10,480 Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He troubled the army of the Egyptians, 127 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:15,040 and He took off their chariot wheels, so that they drove them with difficulty. 128 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:19,240 And the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the Lord fights for them 129 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:21,080 against the Egyptians. 130 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:25,120 Then the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come 131 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:29,480 back upon the Egyptians on their chariots and on their horsemen. 132 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:33,440 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and when the morning appeared, the sea 133 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:38,200 returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. 134 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:41,520 So the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 135 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:46,240 Then the waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that 136 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:48,840 came into the sea after them. 137 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:51,540 Not so much as one of them remained. 138 00:08:51,540 --> 00:08:56,280 But the children of Israel had walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters 139 00:08:56,280 --> 00:09:00,380 were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. 140 00:09:00,380 --> 00:09:04,600 So the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the 141 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:06,920 Egyptians dead on the seashore. 142 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:10,960 Thus Israel saw the great work which the Lord had done in Egypt. 143 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:16,720 So the people feared the Lord and believed the Lord and His servant Moses. 144 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:20,320 Chapter 15 Then Moses and the children of Israel sang 145 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:25,200 this song to the Lord and spoke saying, I will sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed 146 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:26,400 gloriously. 147 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,840 The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea. 148 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:33,760 The Lord is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation. 149 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:38,280 He is my God and I will praise Him, my Father's God and I will exalt Him. 150 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,680 The Lord is a man of war, the Lord is His name. 151 00:09:41,680 --> 00:09:46,840 Moses' chariots and His army He has cast into the sea, His chosen captains also are 152 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:48,720 drowned in the Red Sea. 153 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:52,620 The depths have covered them, they sank to the bottom as a stone. 154 00:09:52,620 --> 00:09:55,840 Your right hand, O Lord, has become glorious in power. 155 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:59,300 Your right hand, O Lord, has dashed the enemy in pieces. 156 00:09:59,300 --> 00:10:04,000 And in the greatness of Your excellence You have overthrown those who rose against You. 157 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,500 You sent forth Your wrath, it consumed them like stubble. 158 00:10:07,500 --> 00:10:11,120 And with the blast of Your nostrils the waters were gathered together. 159 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,240 The floods stood upright like a heap. 160 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:15,860 The depth congealed in the heart of the sea. 161 00:10:15,860 --> 00:10:20,240 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil. 162 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:22,440 My desire shall be satisfied on them. 163 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:25,600 I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. 164 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,240 You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them. 165 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:30,920 They sank like lead in the mighty waters. 166 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:32,840 Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods? 167 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:37,840 Who is like You, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? 168 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:41,300 You stretched out Your right hand, the earth swallowed them. 169 00:10:41,300 --> 00:10:45,000 You in Your mercy have let forth the people whom You have redeemed. 170 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:48,560 You have guided them in Your strength to Your holy habitation. 171 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:51,040 The people will hear and be afraid. 172 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:54,000 Sorrow will take hold of the inhabitants of Philistia. 173 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,680 Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed. 174 00:10:56,680 --> 00:10:59,920 The mighty men of Moab, trembling, will take hold of them. 175 00:10:59,920 --> 00:11:03,000 All the inhabitants of Canaan will melt away. 176 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:04,660 Fear and dread will fall on them. 177 00:11:04,660 --> 00:11:08,800 By the greatness of Your arm, they will be as still as a stone. 178 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:13,720 Till Your people pass over, O Lord, till Your people pass over, whom You have purchased, 179 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:17,760 You will bring them in and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance. 180 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:22,360 In the place, O Lord, which You have made for Your own dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, 181 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:27,400 which Your hands have established, the Lord shall reign forever and ever. 182 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:31,680 For the horses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord 183 00:11:31,680 --> 00:11:36,760 brought back the waters of the sea upon them, but the children of Israel went on dry land 184 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:38,800 in the midst of the sea. 185 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:43,320 Then Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand, and all 186 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:48,560 the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances, and Miriam answered them, 187 00:11:48,560 --> 00:11:51,500 Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously. 188 00:11:51,500 --> 00:11:54,720 The horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea. 189 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:57,400 So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea. 190 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:01,660 Then they went out into the wilderness of Shur, and they went three days in the wilderness 191 00:12:01,660 --> 00:12:03,340 and found no water. 192 00:12:03,340 --> 00:12:08,120 Now when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. 193 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:13,160 Therefore the name of it was called Marah, and the people complained against Moses, saying, 194 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:14,440 What shall we drink? 195 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:17,640 So he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. 196 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:21,440 When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet. 197 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:26,560 There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them and said, If 198 00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:31,800 you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in his sight, 199 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:36,200 give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases 200 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:41,080 on you which I have brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord who heals you. 201 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:46,360 Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees, so 202 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:53,280 they camped there by the waters. 203 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:56,920 I hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as I did, and I look forward to seeing you 204 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:59,240 again tomorrow to continue on our journey. 205 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:25,240 God bless you and have a great day.