| › Introduction - Devotional Hours with the Bible J. R. Miller, 1910 Volume 2. From the Exodus--through the Life of David This eight volume set was published ...read |
| › Chapter 1 - The Giving of Manna - Exodus 16, Numbers 11 The people of Israel had now entered upon their forty years of discipline. Daring this period they were to be made into a nat ...read |
| › Chapter 2 - The Ten Commandments - Exodus 20 Mount Sinai became the meeting-place of God and the people of Israel. The Lord met Moses on the mountain and told him that He would revea ...read |
| › Chapter 3 - Worshiping the Golden Calf - Exodus 32 Moses continued long in the Mount receiving instructions from God concerning the institutions of religion which were to be established in ...read |
| › Chapter 4 - The Tabernacle - Exodus 40 The tabernacle was not built after the plans of any human architect. Moses did not design it himself. It was made according to the patter ...read |
| › Chapter 5 - Nadab and Abihu - Leviticus 10:1-11 "Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense; and they offered strange fire before the L ...read |
| › Chapter 6 - Journeying Towards Canaan - Numbers 9-10 The stay at Sinai was ending. The time had come for the beginning of the march towards the promised land. Pauses in life are necessary ...read |
| › Chapter 7 - Report of the Spies - Numbers 13-14 "The LORD now said to Moses--Send men to explore the land of Canaan, the land I am giving to Israel. Send one leader from each of th ...read |
| › Chapter 8 - The Brazen Serpent - Numbers 21:1-9 "They began to murmur against God and Moses. "Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die here in the wilderness?" they complained. ...read |
| › Chapter 9 - Moses' Death and Burial - Deuteronomy 34 "Moses the servant of the Lord died." The death of Moses was a sore disappointment to him. He wanted to live longer. He thought his ...read |
| › Chapter 10 - Joshua Encouraged - Joshua 1:1-9 The work of Moses was done--and he was laid to rest. Now Joshua is called to take up the unfinished task. We need not fret and vex our ...read |
| › Chapter 11 - Crossing the Jordan - Joshua 3 Before crossing the river, Joshua sent spies to enter Jericho secretly and learn all they could learn about the city. The Divine promise t ...read |
| › Chapter 12 - The Fall of Jericho - Joshua 6 The city of Jericho was at the entrance to the promised land. The people had now crossed the river--but Jericho stood as a great iron gate ...read |
| › Chapter 13 - Joshua and Caleb - Joshua 14 The story of Caleb is interesting. He was a man of the heroic type. He was one of the twelve men sent by Moses to spy out the land of Can ...read |
| › Chapter 14 - Cities of Refuge - Joshua 20:1-9 There has always been need for mercy in this world. There has also been need always for law--for the protection of men from wrong and ...read |
| › Chapter 15 - Joshua's Parting Advice - Joshua 24:14-28 It is a good thing to get safely to the end of one's life, to have done its work well, to have been victorious in its battles, and ...read |
| › Chapter 16 - The Curse of Meroz - Judges 5:1-23 It was in the days of the judges. The Israelites were suffering sore oppression under their ancient enemies, the Canaanites. Deborah ...read |
| › Chapter 17 - Gideon and the Three Hundred - Judges 7 Gideon is one of the most interesting characters of his time. The days were troublous for the people of Israel. It was their own fault, to ...read |
| › Chapter 18 - Ruth and Naomi - Ruth 1 The Book of Ruth is one of the most delightful pastorals ever written. It is full of charm and beauty. It is related, whether on indisputab ...read |
| › Chapter 19 - Samuel the Judge - 1 Samuel 7 Samuel grew up from very young childhood in the House of the Lord. The atmosphere was good in a way, although we cannot think of Eli as ...read |
| › Chapter 20 - Israel Asking for a King - 1 Samuel 8 It was when Samuel was old, that the people began to talk about wanting to have a king. It takes a great deal of grace to grow old sweet ...read |
| › Chapter 21 - Saul Chosen King - 1 Samuel 9-10 It had been decided that Israel should have a king. How was he to be found? The story is graphically told in the Scriptures. There wa ...read |
| › Chapter 22 - Samuel's Farewell Address - 1 Samuel 12 In all the narrative of Saul's election and coronation as king, the character of Samuel shines out brightly. Though himself set aside b ...read |
| › Chapter 23 - Saul Rejected as King - 1 Samuel 15 Saul began his reign with enthusiasm. He had a splendid coadjutor in his son Jonathan. Jonathan was brave and popular with the people. ...read |
| › Chapter 24 - Samuel Anoints David - 1 Samuel 16 Saul had failed because he would not accept God's way for his life--but insisted upon having his own way. The result was that he wrecke ...read |
| › Chapter 25 - David and Goliath - 1 Samuel 17 The story of David and Goliath is one with which every reader of the Bible is familiar. It is full of interest. It reveals much of Davi ...read |
| › Chapter 26 - David and Jonathan - 1 Samuel 18 The story of the friendship of Jonathan and David is a Bible classic. As such, it takes rank with the finest friendship stories in any ...read |
| › Chapter 27 - Saul Tries to Kill David - 1 Samuel 18 At first Saul was strongly attracted to David. David's valor that day in the conflict with Goliath, which won the friendship of Jonatha ...read |
| › Chapter 28 - David Spares Saul - 1 Samuel 26 Twice at least David had Saul in his power and might have killed him--but each time he magnanimously spared him. On the former occasion ...read |
| › Chapter 29 - Death of Saul and Jonathan - 1 Samuel 31 The story of the last days of Saul's life is very sad. God had departed from him, and he had no heavenly guidance. He was drifting like ...read |
| › Chapter 30 - David Becomes King - 2 Samuel 2:1-10 Saul was dead. David was out of the country when the fatal battle on Mount Gilboa was fought. Indeed, he was with the Philistines w ...read |
| › Chapter 31 - David Brings up the Ark - 2 Samuel 6; 1 Chronicles 13 The continuance of Ish-Bosheth's reign was brief. It had no moral strength from the beginning, and was kept in existenc ...read |
| › Chapter 32 - God's Covenant with David - 2 Samuel 7:1-16 The ark was in its place, and the worship of the Lord had begun. David had prospered greatly. He was living now in a palace of ceda ...read |
| › Chapter 33 - David and Absalom - 2 Samuel 15:1-12; 18:24-33 The narrative of the rebellion of Absalom is one of the saddest stories in the Bible. The flight of David from his home, ...read |
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