Today's episode dives into the mystical works of God, and what our approach should be for explaining them in the natural world, as we read from Exodus 17-18, Leviticus 12, and Psalm 73. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.
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Hi, my name is Fr. Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of Scripture. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. Using the Great Adventure Bible Timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today.
This is day 37, so let's keep on rolling along. We're going to be reading today from the book of Exodus, continuing with our journey through Exodus, chapter 17 and 18, both of those chapters, as well as the book of Leviticus, chapter 12, which is a short chapter, but also, you know, kind of important, I guess. Sorry, that was bad. I guess. Are you kidding me? It's the whole thing's important.
as well as we're going to pray Psalm 73. So again, Exodus 17 and 18, Leviticus 12, and Psalm 73. As always, I'm reading from the Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition, specifically speaking, the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to get that Bible, you can go to ascensionpress.com.
You can also at ascensionpress.com download for free your Bible in a Year reading plan by going to ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a Year. You can also subscribe. You're invited, encouraged, asked. I don't know. It'd be nice if you subscribe to this podcast by just clicking subscribe. It's relatively simple. Today, once again, we are reading from Exodus chapter 17 and 18.
Exodus chapter 17 and 18. All the congregation of the sons of Israel moved on from the wilderness of sin by stages, according to the commandment of the Lord, and camped at Rephidim. But there was no water for the people to drink. Therefore the people found fault with Moses and said, give us water to drink. And Moses said to them, why do you find fault with me? Why do you put the Lord to the test?
But the people thirsted there for water. And the people murmured against Moses and said, Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? So Moses cried to the Lord, What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.
And the Lord said to Moses, Pass on before the people, taking with you some of the elders of Israel, and take in your hand the rod with which you struck the Nile and go. behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb and you shall strike the rock and water shall come out of it that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah because of the fault finding of the sons of Israel. And because they put the Lord to the test by saying, is the Lord among us or not? Then came Amalek and fought with Israel at Rephidim. And Moses said to Joshua, choose for us men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.
So Joshua did as Moses told him and fought with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, but whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed.
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