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From shame to a new name: Power to achieve God’s high expectations (Exodus 30–34)
In the Torah reading כי תשא Ki Tisa (“when you take,” Ex. 30:11–34:35), we learn that God expects His people to live to a higher standard than the world.
* God expects His people to be “stiff-necked” by living differently than the nations around them. * God expects His people to treat people equally, not playing favorites with the rich or the poor. * God expects His people to be self-disciplined and self-controlled, not drunken and negligent.* God wants His people to intercede in prayer for others, not by complaining about the actions of others, but by calling on God to extend mercy and kindness to others. * God expects His people to be faithful to Him and not to worship other gods or to worship Him in the ways that others worship false gods. * God comes down hard on the children of Israel when they act like heathens.
In this study
‘You are a stiff-necked people’All people are created equal (Exodus 30) Do your prayers smell pleasant like perfume or unpleasant like death? Lack of self-control leads to sin: Lessons from the golden calfWhat can the prayers of a righteous man do? Parallel punishments for golden calf worshippers and adulterous wifeRepentance leads to restorationKey lessons from Ki Tisa
‘You are a stiff-necked people’
Although God frequently calls ancient Israel “stiff-necked,” and it didn’t seem like a complement. We should be grateful that they were “stiff-necked” enough to scrupulously copy the text of the TaNaK1 very accurately from generation to generation, over the course of 3,000-plus years, which has been a blessing to all the generations since Moses to now. This mission of spreading the sanctity of Torah has united Jews through all the generations.
God told Abraham that the reason He chose Abraham is that it was in his character to teach his children all of God’s ways. Abraham was “stiff-necked” in his insistence on teaching his children how to follow God. Abraham was stiff-necked in his refusal to live his life the way the people around him lived. He was also “stiff-necked” when he asked God repeatedly if He would kill the inhabitants of Sodom if there were 10 righteous people living in the city. His descendants inherited this tenacity.
However, when ancient Israel became “stiff-necked” against God rather than in relation to the nations around them, God rightly called them out and punished them when they backslid away from Him and their calling.
All people are created equal (Exodus 30)
The census was set up in such a way that the people themselves were not directly counted. Each Israelite man, who was 20 or older, was called upon to bring a half-shekel to the Tabernacle for counting. By counting the coins rather than the people, it equalizes the population in the census.
The rich and the poor are counted equally. That is why each man had to bring the same value coin. It teaches us that rich and poor are equal in the eyes of God and should be equal ...
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By Hallel FellowshipIn the Torah reading כי תשא Ki Tisa (“when you take,” Ex. 30:11–34:35), we learn that God expects His people to live to a higher standard than the world.
* God expects His people to be “stiff-necked” by living differently than the nations around them. * God expects His people to treat people equally, not playing favorites with the rich or the poor. * God expects His people to be self-disciplined and self-controlled, not drunken and negligent.* God wants His people to intercede in prayer for others, not by complaining about the actions of others, but by calling on God to extend mercy and kindness to others. * God expects His people to be faithful to Him and not to worship other gods or to worship Him in the ways that others worship false gods. * God comes down hard on the children of Israel when they act like heathens.
In this study
‘You are a stiff-necked people’All people are created equal (Exodus 30) Do your prayers smell pleasant like perfume or unpleasant like death? Lack of self-control leads to sin: Lessons from the golden calfWhat can the prayers of a righteous man do? Parallel punishments for golden calf worshippers and adulterous wifeRepentance leads to restorationKey lessons from Ki Tisa
‘You are a stiff-necked people’
Although God frequently calls ancient Israel “stiff-necked,” and it didn’t seem like a complement. We should be grateful that they were “stiff-necked” enough to scrupulously copy the text of the TaNaK1 very accurately from generation to generation, over the course of 3,000-plus years, which has been a blessing to all the generations since Moses to now. This mission of spreading the sanctity of Torah has united Jews through all the generations.
God told Abraham that the reason He chose Abraham is that it was in his character to teach his children all of God’s ways. Abraham was “stiff-necked” in his insistence on teaching his children how to follow God. Abraham was stiff-necked in his refusal to live his life the way the people around him lived. He was also “stiff-necked” when he asked God repeatedly if He would kill the inhabitants of Sodom if there were 10 righteous people living in the city. His descendants inherited this tenacity.
However, when ancient Israel became “stiff-necked” against God rather than in relation to the nations around them, God rightly called them out and punished them when they backslid away from Him and their calling.
All people are created equal (Exodus 30)
The census was set up in such a way that the people themselves were not directly counted. Each Israelite man, who was 20 or older, was called upon to bring a half-shekel to the Tabernacle for counting. By counting the coins rather than the people, it equalizes the population in the census.
The rich and the poor are counted equally. That is why each man had to bring the same value coin. It teaches us that rich and poor are equal in the eyes of God and should be equal ...