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Thanks Dr. Imes, solid meat as always and thank you for the pastoral / self care / reality check at the end 👍 very useful as I can often get a wrong view of my place in life. Hope you have a great evening 👍👍

The word giver receives a word. I love that insight. That will preach.

Just needed this❤ thank you!!

I definitely needed to hear that.

I think Exo 18:3 is the fulfilment of the promis from Exo 3:12 “Assuredly I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall [fn]worship God at this mountain.”

So right on. Thank you!

one of my favorite online teachers of the word..... Thanks for what you do.

Really good lessons learned from this passage, thank you!

A bargin 40% off. When does that deal finish?

You are very humble. Tha k you for your teachings!😊

I loved your practical application from this week's passage. It reminded me again of when I had the pleasure of meeting you at Jubilee a couple of years ago and you inviting me to join you on lunch with Lisa. At some point, you mentioned that you were trying to help me connect with others doing similar work. Last week, while I was on vacation, I was writing a blog about Christian celebrity and used the story there as well. I will run it by you before I publish it to make sure you're okay in me mentioning you. In the meantime, great reflections today with this passage.

We have to learn to delegate tasks that humanly one person cannot perform. Excess stress causes anxiety and depression due to excessive workload. Let's avoid taking anxiolytics and antidepressants. Let's not be arrogant, believing that we can do everything, otherwise we will hit an insurmountable wall.

This is so good. I am getting so much revelation and practical application for my life. Thank you for your perseverance with Torah Tuesday xxx

Thank you, Carmen, for this TH-cam series. I just discovered it last week and binged out on it till I arrived at the last video. I look forward to following along with you for the remainder of the series. Thank you for what you do, and God bless. ❤

May I ask you a question? What Bible translation do you recommend for study that shows respect for an accurate egalitarian perspective without just feminizing all masculine references? I know you were a part of the NLT Women's Bible (which is awesome), but is there one closer to the essentially literal/word for word side of the translation chart you'd recommend? Thanks.

"A woman should learn in silence with full submission. I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; instead, *_she is to be silent_* . For Adam was created first, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and transgressed. " (1Tim 2:11-14) "God is not a God of disorder but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints, the *_women should be silent in the churches_* , for they are not permitted to speak, but should be submissive, as the law also says. And if they want to learn something, they should ask their own husbands at home, for *_it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church meeting_* . Did the word of God originate from you, or did it come to you only? *_If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, he should recognize that what I write to you is the Lord’s command_* . " (1Cor 14:33-37)

Moses has no problem bowing down to another man of God. Carmen, is the Hebrew word for bowing down the same for bowing down before God? before holy objects consecrated to God? before strange gods/idols? Ex 34:8, Ps99:5, Ex 20:5

Always interesting seeing how scripture in the Old testament shows God's heart towards the Nations.

There is one mistake. "Shalah" is used in Deuteronomy 22:19, not 22:9. But it's another great episode :) Thank you :)

This is such a rich teaching, I appreciate your diligence. It’s not the kind of information typically heard from the pulpit, but it speaks to me on a subject from the text “the fear of the Lord“ Thank you, Carmen

Quality as always, delightful insights. Thank you 👍👍🎉

It is interesting to analyze the prophetic books with the Torah because they give an understanding of Hebrew thought that perhaps the Torah does not mention. I congratulate you Carmen for your correct decision.

Thanks once again Dr. Imes. I wanted to ask this last video, but figured I’d wait until you covered the next few verses. What would Jethro have been priest of? If we link him back with Melchizedek, Melchizedek worshipped El Elyon, which could be associated as Yahweh. However, I believe I read the Midianites worshipped Baal. Based on this episode, it kind of appears Jethro converts like some other characters in the OT. Would Jethro have been priest of Baal or perhaps the most high God? Or maybe we can’t know?

Another great episode! Thank you for sharing your insights with us. I was wondering after the video, do you think the god most high that Jethro is Priest of and YHWH are different in the text? The way you ended the video left me with that impression.

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Thank you so much for doing this series! The point in which the Jethro character states “Now I know that YHWH is greater…”. In the Ancient Near East culture can it imply that the tribe or lineage of Jethro recognize this as almost an oath? This may be a a stretch but thought I’d ask😊. Thank you again! Your work really helps and I’m very grateful to listen to your commentary!

Are Muslims waiting for a messiah?

So Joshua took Jericho , but the Israelites did not get Jerusalem until King David 400 years later? I knew it would have taken a long time to get the whole land of Caanan, but I didn't know it took that long.

Chapter 12 is one of my favorite chapters in the whole BIBle. Because it speaks of Christ and points to him 😮😮

Thanks Dr. Imes, now i have another week of researching!😊 I'll let you know what i discover.

So it seems ambiguous whether Moses was divorced? Perhaps it was just a return from a visit with family, or a separation for a time (with reconciliation), or even a divorce (with reconciliation?)? Any ideas why it would be somewhat ambiguous?

Another hit!

I was literally wondering about Melchizedek as you were talking about Jethro! You KNOW I love this! SO fascinating!

regarding zipporah, could it just be too, that for the author, wasn't a point of emphasis so she wasn't mentioned not as a slight but simply there was something else the author wanted to communicate?

In thinking about your comments that the language at the time of Moses would have been proto-Semitic, it raises a question about the detailed word associations that you often make linking one passage with another passage of Scripture within the Torah. These word-specific connections, it would seem, are the work of later authors who had both to translate written material and oral traditions into Hebrew (probably hundreds of years later) and also to construct the context/background of the events reported in the Torah. From this I am led to conclude that what is definitive for our study of the Torah is the broad overview of the events being reported, not the specific words attributed to Moses and others nor the exact words used to describe events.

Hey Dr. Imes. I just signed up for your class on BT and it's fantastic. I just wanted to say thanks.

Dr. Imes I have loved your videos and your bible project class. I am no Hebrew student or scholar so my question is out of curiosity. With Nega meaning to afflict or strike is there any particular reason not to carry the theme of "striking" from earlier in Exodus over to this moment and the other moments going forward?

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Another possible insight may be from Matthew when Jesus addresses the divorce issue...Moses allowed divorce because of the hardness of your heart....Seems if we are speculating then by inference it would seem Moses was against divorce as he saw it as a compromise recognizing the reality of the hearts of men but that it wasn't the norm nor the way of YHWH. The other thing that would need research, what was the customs of the day. In many , especially Eastern, if you are divorced the children are the property of the husband. I would lean to this being very likely in Moses time too and so the fact that the boys went with their mother would then be more indicative of a visit and not a divorce. Just a possible avenue to explore. 😊

I had no idea so much controversy swirled around Zipporah! Fascinating. I like hearing about those kinds of discussions and points of view. Thanks!

Your presentation style is refreshing - no drama, no fluff, just clear teaching. Thank you!

Thank you for this ministry! Another brilliant episode. The Bible is so beautiful. Speaking of Mordecai being a descendant of Kish, I had a Bible teacher once who saw a connection between David’s forbearance of executing Shimei as he cursed David while he was fleeing Jerusalem. Perhaps that delayed judgment was part of Mordecai’s existence since Shimei is listed in his lineage. Even if that isn’t strictly true, the relationship to God’s providence is striking.

Great stuff! Thanks!!! I will share some of your insights with my students in class.

Great episode, some really good life / ministry application in this one!

That priest and king illustration of Aaron and Hur actually made me smile. God is so creatively intentional about what He does. And the team effort with the 3 of them, ugh soo good. thanks for pointing that out. They mirror the triune nature of God in thy way too. As always a great lesson by you, Dr Imes🔥👏🏿👏🏿

I've wondered about something before. Since Aaron was a Levite, does that make Moses a Levite too, being his brother?

But couldn't that just be it? I mean couldn't Moses have written the Torah in the old language and then generations later, another Israelite translated it into Hebrew, then either discarded or lost Moses's original writings? It doesn't matter to me who wrote it. Just speculating.