(1 Chronicles 13:5) it is written SHIHOR, as the south- west boundary of Palestine. In 1 Chronicles 13:5 5So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim. In Jeremiah 2:18 18And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? (Jeremiah 2:18) Israel is warned against seeking the waters of the Nile that is, trusting in Egypt instead of in God (compare Jer. 2:36 36Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. (Isaiah 23:3) the produce of the harvest of Egypt was brought to the sea by the river, and from thence was fetched by the Syrian merchants. In Joshua 13:3 3From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites also the Avites: (Joshua 13:3) it is “Sihor which is before Egypt.” In Isaiah 23:3 3And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue and she is a mart of nations. Job 41:20 and the verses surrounding references the Leviathans which some said to be a mystical sea creature, dragon, or just a crocodile.This refers to the river Nile. In Job 41 the Lord responds to Job and challenges him. Bildads theory was that God cannot be unjust, and God would not punish and injust man, therefore, Job must be unjust. Job 8:11 - Can reeds grow without water.? Here Bildad was upset that Job still claimed innocence while questioning God’s justice. Because God would destroy Assyria in time. Isaiah warned against an alliance with Egypt against Assyria. Isaiah 19:6-7 - streams of Egypt will stink with rotting reeds and rushes. Judah aligned with Egypt against Assyria. In the days of Isaiah, Ethiopia was a major world power, ruling Egypt and a chief rival to Assyria. Isaiah 18:2 - speaks to swift Papyrus boats down the river. Isaiah 58:5 - “bowing one’s head like a reed…” God warns against the wrong kind of fasting. You can also find the Bulrush referenced in the passages below. Do we trust God for his care and protection over it? We all have to give up something special at some point in our life. Our hope and prayer as you see the Bulrush is to be reminded to have faith and trust in the Lord. She might not have been the only mother to do this but she is our great example of trusting God with something so special for His protection and care. She strategically floated him in the river in a boat which insulated him from the weather and “camouflaged” him among the reeds. Trusting God she did exactly what Pharaoh said to do and “put her son in the river” but she did so with great care. This was a woman who knew what she was doing as Egyptian river boats were made with these same reeds and water proofed with tar. She crafted a small boat out of tar and papyrus reed or Bulrush. She gave birth during this time to a baby (Moses.) She tried to hide the baby for 3 months but she found that after 3 months she could no longer hide him, so out of faith she sacrificed her well-being and put her baby into the hands of God rather than kill him. In Exodus 2 we are introduced to a brave woman who we later find out is Amram. In Exodus 1:22 he gives the orders to throw every newborn Hebrew boy into the Nile River. He added to the brutality and had all the baby boys killed to stop the Israelites from growing in size. But slavery alone didn’t satisfy Pharaoh. It was because the Israelites were foreigners in the land of Egypt and lacked the same rights as Native Egyptians. I’ve often wondered how Pharaoh (the King) could easily do so. So he oppressed the Israelites and made them their slaves. He was afraid the Israelites were going to organize and join forces with Egypt’s enemies which would threaten his kingdom. In Exodus 2 we read about a new King that came into power who started to fear the Israelites for their sheer size in number for the Lord had blessed Israel greatly.
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