Sublime

their leaders are supposed to make decisions by consulting with God.

The song has three important themes we’ll see demonstrated as we keep reading: God values humility and opposes pride, God is at work among His people despite all the chaos around them, and God will anoint and strengthen a future king.

25 Thus says the Lord GOD: When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and manifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they shall settle on their own soil that I gave to my servant Jacob. 26They shall live in safety in it, and shall build houses and plant vineyards. They shall live in safety,

Mishael means who is like God?

Moses’s actions on behalf of the Midianites are described with the same word as God’s actions on behalf of the Israelites. The point is subtle but unmistakable: in siding with the oppressed and resisting injustice, we emulate God.

You must not sacrifice to the Lord your God an ox or a sheep that has a defect, anything seriously wrong; for that is abhorrent to the Lord your God.

Moses.” 9Manasseh misled Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did more evil than the nations whom the LORD had destroyed before the people of Israel. 10 The LORD spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they gave no heed. 11Therefore the LORD brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh c