Ep 367 | Exodus 14-18, Come Follow Me 2026 (April 13-19)
Talking Scripture
Mike Day & Bryce Dunford
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🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 87 minutes
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(00:00) A brief overview of these chapters.
(02:16) The children of Israel murmur and complain in the wilderness. As a comparison, Nephi’s trust in God blesses his wilderness experience.
(08:42) The Book of Mormon gives added insight as to why murmuring is such a problem. The key to happiness is to remember the greatness of God in both pain and prosperity.
(19:07) A possible location of Sinai is discussed as evidence of historicity in the book of Exodus. Revelation came to Moses “when he was on the move.”
(23:26) The night crossing of the Red Sea can represent Jesus conquering chaos in our lives. Psalm 74 also addresses these themes.
(29:00) The children of Israel sing the Song of the Sea and rejoice in their deliverance.
(36:40) The beginning and end of the Exodus story has women standing as witnesses to the miraculous. Miriam is there at Moses’ birth and at the Song of the Sea.
(42:46) Some approaches to Biblical scholarship may be helpful in understanding why the Bible has some traditions that cast Miriam in a bad light.
(46:58) Miriam dies at Kadesh and the water dries up. Miriam as a symbol of the women in the New Testament named Mary who witnessed Jesus’ birth, death, and resurrection.
(51:07) The bitter water is sweetened with a tree. The Savior heals us too.
(54:59) The Lord rains manna from heaven and sends quail for meat to feed the children of Israel for 40 years. God will take care of us in the deserts of our lives.
(1:02:07) Moses smites a rock and water gushes forth. Jewish theologians over the years had a tradition that the rock at the beginning and at the end of Exodus was the same rock. Paul worked this tradition into his discussion of Christ, and so to him, the rock was Jesus.
(1:07:27) Amalek battles with the Israelites and Moses’ hands are held up so that Israel may be victorious. We sustain the prophet and our local leaders, and by so doing, we hold up their hands that hang down.
(1:10:22) An invitation to remember what God has done for us.
(1:13:23) Jethro counsels Moses to delegate certain tasks. Delegation gives opportunities for growth.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, welcome to Talking Scripture, a podcast where we illustrate relevance and application |
| 0:08.0 | of the scriptures in Come Follow Me. We also dive into the history and cultures of the text. |
| 0:13.4 | Thanks for taking the time to share and subscribe to this podcast. For show notes, head over to our website, |
| 0:18.6 | talking scripture.org. |
| 0:26.0 | Welcome to Talking Scripture. I'm Mike. |
| 0:26.9 | And I'm Bryce. |
| 0:30.0 | And today we are going to be in Exodus 14 through 18. |
| 0:33.9 | The children of Israel have left Egypt, but they have not yet crossed the Red Sea. |
| 0:39.9 | And so in the 14th chapter, they're crossing the Red Sea. Chapter 15, they sing the song of Moses, or we sometimes call it the song of the sea because it's the rejoicing that |
| 0:45.4 | happens after the parting of the Red Sea. And then Israel murmurs. They complain over the bitterness |
| 0:53.4 | of the only water that they have to drink. And the Lord |
| 0:56.4 | quickly shows them a solution and they solve the problem. And then in chapter 16, they're crying |
| 1:01.7 | because they don't have bread. But they're also crying because in Egypt they had better food. |
| 1:06.6 | And so the Lord's going to give him this stuff called manna. He's going to send some quail. |
| 1:12.1 | And there's some rules given. Hey, this is when you gather it. This is when you don't. And there's some modern |
| 1:17.0 | application there. Then in 17, they murmur again because they lack water. So as soon as the Lord |
| 1:22.9 | feeds them with bread, they complain because they have no water. So the Lord shows Moses what to do. He strikes a rock. |
| 1:30.8 | And then they face their first enemy, a battle. Amalek shows up to contend with them, and Moses |
| 1:37.4 | sends Joshua out with a force, and then he stands up on the hill, and he holds his hands up. |
| 1:42.5 | And as long as Moses is holding his hands up, they prevail. |
| 1:46.0 | And when he drops his hands, they start to lose the battle. |
| 1:49.5 | And so Aaron and her kind of hold up the prophet's hands. |
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