Lost Plague Of Cyclists Blocking Pharaoh’s Morning Commute

From the Babylon Bee.

Two Versions of the Decalogue

Marty Lockshin talks here about how rabbinic tradoition handles the differences between the two versions of the Decalogue in Exodus and Deuteronomy.

The Burning Bush

Rachel Adelman has an interesting take here on the site of the burning bush (Exod 3).

The Tenth Commandment

I have been teaching through the Decalogue at my church. As many are aware there are two "versions" in the Bible, one in Exodus and the other in Deuteronomy. I use a software analogy and call them version 1.0 and version 2.0. While there are mostly similar, they are not identical. One difference can be seen in the final (in the order that I am following) commandment. Here Exodus uses the word "covet" twice and Deuteronomy uses "covet" and a related word, "desire." Also  "neighbor's house" is listed first in Exodus but "neighbor's house is listed second, after "neighbor's wife" in Deuteronomy. Deuteronomy has a reference to a neighbor's "field" but this is not found in Exodus. Even with these differences, there is little, if any, real difference between the two commands. Here is a simple table that I created (the English translation is the ESV).

Exodus 20:17	Deuteronomy 5:21
“Covet” (ḥmd) 2x	“Covet” (ḥmd) and “desire” (ʾwh)
neighbor’s house	neighbor’s wife
neighbor’s wife	neighbor’s house
	his field
his male servant	his male servant
his female servant	his female servant
his ox	his ox
his donkey	his donkey
anything that is your neighbor’s	anything that is your neighbor’s

The Curtains and Screens of the Tabernacle

Gary Anderson has an interesting post here related to how the curtains and screens of the Tabernacle are described.

Slavery in Egypt

Mark Janzen has a good article on slavery in Egypt here.

The Decalogue

Marc Zvi Brettler has a good discussion here concerning the best way to translate and understand and translate what is popularly called the "Ten Commandments."

Lex Talionis (Eye for an Eye) in the Old Testament

Wayne Horowitz has an interesting post on the origins and contemporary significance of the Lex Talionic laws in the Bible here.

The Plagues in Exodus and Ancient Egyptian Contexts

Gary Rendsburg discusses some of the possible Egyptian background for some of the plagues in Exodus here.

The "Mixed Multitude" in Exodus 12:38

Very interesting discussion here on the identity of the "mixed multitude" in Exodus 12:38.

The Ten Plagues

 Marty Lockshin has a fascinating discussion here of the "Ten Plagues" in Exodus 7–12.

The Historicity of the Exodus

Titus Kennedy posts here on some textual clues that support the historicity of the Exodus.

Exodus Commentaries

Carmen Imes gives her recommendations here.

New Exodus Resource

The newest BiblePlaces newsletter (subscribe for free here) has announced the release of Exodus, the latest volume of the Photo Companion to the Bible Series. As a preacher and teacher, I have found that Exodus is a biblical book that can really benefit from visuals, and I am aware of no better resource for doing this than the Photo Companions. Not only do you have a carefully curated collection of relevant high resolution photos but also Bible-encyclopedia like commentary that is outstanding in its own right. And this resource seems to anticipate what photos would be the most helpful. I highly recommend it and Exodus and its 6,000 photos is currently on sale for only $69 for a DVD+download or download-only.

Exodus Humor

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Reading the Old Testament Through Ancient Egyptian Eyes

Check out Carmen Imes' Christianity Today article here.

Why Pharaoh Went to the Nile

Here is an interesting discussion on why Pharaoh may have gone to the Nile as recorded in Exodus 7:15.

The Egyptian Sojourn

David Gatt-Gilad discusses here the various chronological issues associated with the length of Israel's sojourn in Egypt from a Jewish perspective.

Numbering the Ten Commandments

Nothing really new here but Jason DeRouchie gives a good explanation of the three major ways the Decalogue has been enumerated.

Steve Walton on Exodus 14:5-22

You can access his presentation slides here.