Commentary on Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Deuteronomy 34 recounts a major transitional period in biblical Israel’s [...]
Alternate First Reading
Commentary on Exodus 32:1-14
The book of Exodus follows the journey of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt to [...]
Commentary on Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20
What does it mean to belong to a community? Does [...]
Commentary on Exodus 3:1-15
Exodus 3 is simultaneously one of the best-known and most theologically confusing passages in all [...]
Commentary on Exodus 12:1-14
These verses detail how and when to hold the sacrificial meal popularly known as “Passover.” [...]
Commentary on Exodus 14:19-31
This text describes one of the Bible’s strangest military engagements. To the fight, Pharaoh brings [...]
Commentary on Exodus 16:2-15
Exodus 16 is the second stage of Israel’s wilderness journey, following the dramatic defeat of [...]
Commentary on Exodus 17:1-7
Road trips are never easy. This is something that Moses learned the hard way while journeying [...]
Commentary on Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28
This week’s passage highlights a timeless theme of family dysfunction. [...]
Commentary on Genesis 45:1-15
“And he wept so loudly” (Genesis 45:2). Joseph had done plenty of crying in preceding [...]