Relevant Verses: Exod. 20, Deut. 26:1-11

Leading Question: How does the divine example help move us toward caring for the needy?

Comment: Israel had been slaves for some 400 years when God “finally” came to their rescue. Exod. 2:21, the last verse in the second chapter of Exodus, reads very simply in the original Hebrew: “God looked upon the Israelites, and God knew.” In Exodus 3:7, the text reads, “I have heard their cry.” And when Israel recognized all this, Exod. 4:31 reports, “When they heard that the LORD had given heed to the Israelites and that he had seen their ...