Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your…

Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.Today, if you hear his voice, do…

When the LORD gives rest to your kindred, as to you, and they too have occupied the land that the LORD your God is giving them beyond the Jordan, then each of you may return to the property that I have given to…

Therefore, I will now persuade her,and bring her into the wilderness,and speak tenderly to her.From there I will give her her vineyards,and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope.There she shall respond as in the days of her…

From the days of the Exodus out of Egypt the people of God have treasured this redemption story and reread it as their own. Each time they ate the Passover meal they personalized it and told their children about their…

Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night. And all the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron; the whole congregation said to them,“Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would…

At the end of forty days they returned from spying out the land. And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the Israelites in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and…

At the third new moon after the Israelites had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that very day, they came into the wilderness of Sinai. They had journeyed from Rephidim, entered the wilderness of Sinai, and camped in the…

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying: “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘Thus you shall bless the Israelites: You shall say to them, The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious…

From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. The people quarrelled with Moses, and said, “Give us…