Bible Studies

We hope you find our 'Word in Time' Bible studies support you in recognising God in Scripture, and the world around you.

Each week’s studies are written by volunteers across the Connexion (you can read the author’s biography after each study). They follow the lectionary of the Methodist Prayer Handbook. You may additionally be interested in our Prayer of the Day, also from the Methodist Prayer Handbook.

If you would like to write for A Word in Time, please email wit@methodistchurch.org.uk

This week's theme: Wisdom and Mystery

That was for the Lord a night of vigil, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. That same night is a vigil to be kept for the Lord by all the Israelites throughout their generations. (v. 42)
Exodus 12:21-42
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"At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock." (v. 29)
Exodus 12:28-39
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"The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children. A mixed crowd also went up with them, and livestock in great numbers, both flocks and herds." (v.37-38)
Exodus 12:37-42
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"At the end of 430 years, on that very day, all the companies of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. That was for the Lord a night of vigil, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. That same night is a vigil to be kept for the Lord by all the Israelites throughout their generations." (vv. 41-42)
Exodus 12:40-51
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"Consecrate to me all the firstborn; whatever is the first to open the womb among the Israelites, of human beings and animals, is mine." (v. 2)
Exodus 13:1-2, 11-16
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"When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was nearer; for God thought, 'If the people face war, they may change their minds and return to Egypt.' So God led the people by the roundabout way of the wilderness towards the Red Sea. The Israelites went up out of the land of Egypt prepared for battle." (vv. 17-18)
Exodus 13:17 - 14:4
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"The Lord went in front of them in a pillar of cloud by day, to lead them along the way, and in a pillar of cloud by night, to give them light, so that they might travel by day and by night. Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people". (v.21-22)
Exodus 13:17-22
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"It shall serve for you as a sign on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead, so that the teaching of the Lord may be on your lips." (v. 9)
Exodus 13:3-10
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"Do not be afraid, stand firm, and see the deliverance that the LORD will accomplish for you today." (v.13)
Exodus 14:10-31
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"The Lord is my strength and my might and he has become my salvation." (15:2)
Exodus 14:21 – 15:6
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"But the Israelites walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left. Thus the LORD saved Israel that day from the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. Israel saw the great work the LORD did against the Egyptians. So the people feared the LORD and believed in the LORD and in his servant Moses." (v.29-31)
Exodus 14:21-30
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"The Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night." (v. 21)
Exodus 14:21-31
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