Moses at Sinai, Exodus part 1

Most of my morning routine consisted of reading the word, mainly because I felt very physically lazy. ultimately its much more important than working out so that works out.

I read Exodus 21-25, which is a lot about the law, and establishing more specific laws about slaves, sinning against others and how that should be prosecuted and punished. Also measurements of things to be built includkng the ark of the covenant. There were some things that struck me in the practicality of the law, and i Guess the ark of the covenant is a interesting enough subject (although maybe not hearing it’s physical description.

i got a lot more from going back to reflect on the ten commandments. This Bema Episode on the preamble to Sinai and the commandments was good for learning several things i missed about the tests of the people on the way to Sinai

At the end Marty introduces what he calls the Jesus Shema, which is a reference of the Shema, a Jewish traditional prayer read before study or worship. It is contained in Deuteronomy 6. The Jesus Shema is found in Mark 12

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength

Marty reads it aloud slowly in Hebrew so it is easy to repeat. I do believe there is power in saying Ancient Hebrew out loud. I will have to check to see how to upload audio of myself saying it. That will be useful.