God sends swarms of flying insects to torment only the Egyptians.

We dive into the third plague which happens a little differently than the first two.

Resources used:

Victor Harold Matthews, Mark W. Chavalas, and John H. Walton, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament, electronic ed. (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000), Ex 8:16–19.

“ A Commentary, Critical, Experimental, and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments: Genesis–Deuteronomy, vol. I”

David Brown, A. R. Fausset, and Robert Jamieson, A Commentary, Critical, Experimental, and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments: Genesis–Deuteronomy, vol. I (London; Glasgow: William Collins, Sons, & Company, Limited, n.d.), 299–300.

Egypt is overrun by frogs.

Resources Used:

David Brown, A. R. Fausset, and Robert Jamieson, A Commentary, Critical, Experimental, and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments: Genesis–Deuteronomy, vol. I (London; Glasgow: William Collins, Sons, & Company, Limited, n.d.), 297–299.

The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament, electronic ed. (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000), Ex 8:1–11.

John D. Barry et al., Faithlife Study Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012, 2016), Ex 8.

Exploring the context of the first plague against Egypt.

Resources used:

1. Alan Cole, Exodus: An Introduction and Commentary, vol. 2, Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1973), 96–98.

Examining a strange passage about money in Ecclesiastes.

Exploring the very different profile of Melchizedek in the New Testament as compared to the Old.

Resources Used:

Robert Hinckley, "Adam, Aaron, and the Garden Sanctuary." Logia: A Journal of Lutheran Theology, XXII/4 (2013): 5-12.more. by Robert Hinckley.

Commentary Critical & Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The Lexam Bible Dictionary

Naked Bible Podcast 170

Who is this mysterious Priest/King of Salem? Who does he worship?

Resources used:

The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament

The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures

Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible (DDD)

Naked Bible 166: Melchizedek Part 1a

Ezekiel gives us an extreme example of a sign act.

Resources used:

Faithlife Study Bible

Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible

Victor Harold Matthews, Mark W. Chavalas, and John H. Walton, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament, electronic ed. (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000), Eze 4:1–3.

Sign Acts: The Weird, Wonderful World of Prophetic Communication Visual Aids for an Ancient Audienceby Whitney Woollard – Sep 12, 2018 bibleproject.com

Lamar Eugene Cooper, Ezekiel, vol. 17, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1994).