Commentary on Exodus 14:19-31
Three steps forward … two steps back … After the tenth and final plague — [...]
Alternate First Reading
Commentary on Exodus 14:19-31
A cloud holds water, promise of rain and sustenance. It presages storm. It can obscure [...]
Commentary on Exodus 16:2-15
Christians are often eager to follow John’s Gospel in typologically linking the “bread from heaven” [...]
Commentary on Exodus 16:2-15
The narrative of Exodus 16:2-15 is powerful and rich with homiletical possibilities. Divine testing, the [...]
Commentary on Exodus 17:1-7
“Is the Lord among us or not?” (Exodus 17:7). What proof and signs can persuade [...]
Commentary on Exodus 17:1-7
Exodus 17:1-7 is a narrative that shares much in common with the complaint narratives that [...]
Commentary on Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20
The words of the Decalogue are for many so familiar [...]
Commentary on Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20
The dramatic scene at Mt. Sinai signals the fulfillment of [...]
Commentary on Exodus 32:1-14
The people behold the statue Aaron has poured and shaped from molten metal and declare, [...]
Commentary on Exodus 32:1-14
The people’s idolatry in Exodus 32:1-14 is difficult to read just a week after the [...]