January 29 (Exodus 2–3; Psalm 26; Mark 5)

Summary

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Episode Overview

Podcast: Through the ESV Bible in a Year with Jackie Hill Perry
Episode: January 29 (Exodus 2–3; Psalm 26; Mark 5)
Main Theme:
This episode continues the journey through the ESV Bible with readings from Exodus (the birth and calling of Moses), Psalm 26 (a prayer for vindication and faithfulness), and Mark 5 (Jesus’ miracles of deliverance and healing). The selections highlight God’s compassionate intervention, the faith of His servants, and the power of Jesus’ ministry.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Exodus 2–3: The Birth and Call of Moses

(00:01–06:54)

• Moses’ Early Life and Rescue

  • Moses is born to Levite parents, hidden for three months, then placed in a basket among the reeds. Pharaoh’s daughter discovers him and adopts him, naming him Moses:

    “She named him Moses because she said, I drew him out of the water.” — Narrator (01:36)

• Moses Flees to Midian

  • Moses kills an Egyptian who was beating a Hebrew and, when discovered, flees to Midian. He protects the daughters of Reuel (Jethro) and marries Zipporah, with whom he has a son named Gershom, saying:

    “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.” — Moses (02:41)

• God’s Response to Israel’s Suffering

  • The Israelites cry out under Egyptian oppression, and God hears, remembers His covenant, and prepares to act.

    “God saw the people of Israel, and God knew.” — Narrator (02:55)

• The Burning Bush and Divine Commission

  • God appears to Moses in a burning bush at Horeb, declaring the ground holy, revealing Himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He calls Moses to deliver His people:

    “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt...and I have come down to deliver them.” — God (03:59)

    • Moses expresses doubt about his calling, but God assures him of His presence:

      “But I will be with you.” — God (04:38)

  • God reveals His divine name:

    “I AM WHO I AM...Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” — God (05:04)

  • God promises deliverance and instructs Moses:

    “I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all the wonders that I will do...After that, he will let you go.” — God (06:21)

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2. Psalm 26: Prayer for Vindication and Faithfulness

(06:54–07:45)

• David’s Appeal to God

  • David seeks vindication, declaring his integrity and reliance on God’s steadfast love:

    “Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.” — David (06:54)

• Commitment to God’s Ways

  • He distances himself from the wicked, proclaims thanksgiving, and delights in God’s dwelling:

    “O Lord, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells.” — David (07:18)

• Praise and Confidence

  • David displays confidence in God’s redemption and closes with praise:

    “My foot stands on level ground; in the great assembly I will bless the Lord.” — David (07:45)

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3. Mark 5: Jesus’ Power Over Evil and Suffering

(07:53–12:00 end)

• Healing the Gerasene Demoniac

  • Jesus meets a man possessed by many demons (“Legion”). The demons recognize Jesus as the “Son of the Most High God.” Jesus casts them into pigs, which then drown.

    “‘What is your name?’ He replied, ‘My name is Legion, for we are many.’” — Jesus and the Demoniac (08:42)

    • The delivered man is transformed, and Jesus instructs him:

      “Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” — Jesus (09:43)

• Jairus’ Daughter and the Bleeding Woman

  • Jairus pleads for his dying daughter. On the way, a woman with chronic bleeding touches Jesus’ garment in faith and is healed:

    “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace and be healed of your disease.” — Jesus (11:08)

  • News arrives of Jairus’ daughter’s death, but Jesus encourages belief:

    “Do not fear, only believe.” — Jesus (11:25)

  • Jesus raises the girl, demonstrating His authority over death:

    “Little girl, I say to you, arise.” — Jesus (11:57)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• God’s Assurance of Presence (Exodus):

  “But I will be with you.” — God to Moses (04:38)

• The Divine Name Revealed:

  “I AM WHO I AM...‘I AM has sent me to you.’” — God (05:04)

• David’s Declaration:

  “Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.” — David (06:54)

• Jesus’ Healing Power:

  “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace and be healed of your disease.” — Jesus (11:08)

• Command over Death:

  “Little girl, I say to you, arise.” — Jesus (11:57)

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Important Timestamps

• 00:01–06:54: Exodus 2–3: Moses’ birth, exile, call, and God’s promises
• 06:54–07:45: Psalm 26: David’s prayer and proclamation of faith
• 07:53–09:44: Mark 5:1–20: Jesus heals the Gerasene demoniac
• 09:44–12:00: Mark 5:21–43: Jairus’ daughter and the woman with a bleeding issue

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Summary

This episode powerfully weaves together stories of God’s faithfulness and intervention in the lives of His people—from Moses’ unlikely rise as a deliverer, to David’s heartfelt prayer for integrity, to Jesus’ miraculous power over demons, disease, and death. Through each reading, listeners are reminded of God’s compassion, His commitment to His promises, and the transformative effect of faith.

Transcript

[Narrator]

A reading from the book of Exodus. Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. The woman conceived and bore a son. And when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months. When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the riverbank. And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him. Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river. While her young women walked beside the river, she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her servant woman. And she took it. When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby was crying. She took pity on him and said, this is one of the Hebrews children. Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, shall I go and call you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you? And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, go. So the girl went and called the child's mother, And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages. So the woman took the child and nursed him. When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses because she said, I drew him out of the water. One day when Moses had grown up Pharaoh, he went out to his people and looked on their burdens. And he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people. He looked this way and that, and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. When he went out the next day, behold, two Hebrews were struggling together. And he said to the man in the wrong, why do you strike your companion? He answered, who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian? Then Moses was afraid and thought, surely the thing is known. When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed.

[Reader]

In the land of Midian.

[Narrator]

And he sat down by a well. Now, the priest of Midian had seven daughters. And they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. The shepherds came and drove them away. But Moses stood up and saved them and watered their flock. When they came home to their father, Reuel, he said, how is it that you have come home so soon today? They said, an Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and even drew water for us and watered the flock. He said to his daughters, then where is he? Why have you left the man? Call him that he may eat bread. And Moses was content to dwell with the man. And he gave Moses his daughter, Zipporah. She gave birth to a son. And he called his name Gershom. For he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land. During those many days.

[Reader]

The king of Egypt died.

[Narrator]

And the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. And God heard their groaning. And God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. God saw the people of Israel, and God knew. Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father in law, Jethro, the priest of Midian. And he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush he looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. And Moses said, I will turn aside to see this great sight. Why the bush is not burned. When the Lord saw that, he turned aside to see. God called to him out of the bush. Moses, Moses. And he said, here I am. Then he said, do not come near. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground. And he said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he.

[Reader]

Was afraid to look at God.

[Narrator]

Then the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to.

[Reader]

Bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to.

[Narrator]

The place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me. And I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppressed them. Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt. But Moses said to God, who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt? He said, but I will be with you. And this shall be the sign for you that I have sent you. When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain. Then Moses said to God, if I come to the people of Israel and say to them, the God of your fathers has sent me to you. And they asked me, what is his name? What shall I say to them? God said to Moses, I am who I am. And he said, say this to the people of Israel. I am has sent me to you. God also said to Moses, say this to the people of Israel. The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob has sent me to you. This is my name forever. And thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations. Go and gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, the Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob has appeared to me saying, I have observed you and what has been done to you in Egypt? And I promise that I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites.

[Reader]

A land flowing with milk and honey.

[Narrator]

And they will listen to your voice. And you and the elders of Israel shall go to the king of Egypt and say to him, the Lord, the God of the Hebrews has met with us. And now please let us go a three days journey into the wilderness and that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God. But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless compelled by a mighty hand. So I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all the wonders that I will do in it. After that he will let you go. And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. And when you go, you shall not go empty. But each woman shall ask of her neighbor and any woman who lives in her house, for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing, you shall put them on your sons and on your daughters, so you shall plunder the Egyptians. A reading from the Book of Psalms of David. Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have.

[Reader]

Walked in my integrity and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering. Prove me, O Lord, and try me. Test my heart and my mind, for.

[Narrator]

Your steadfast love is before my eyes.

[Reader]

And I walk in your faithfulness.

[Narrator]

I do not sit with men of falsehood, nor do I consort with hypocrites. I hate the assembly of evildoers, and.

[Reader]

I will not sit with the wicked.

[Narrator]

I wash my hands in innocence and.

[Reader]

Go around your altar, O Lord, proclaiming.

[Narrator]

Thanksgiving aloud and telling all your wondrous deeds. O Lord, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells.

[Reader]

Do not sweep my soul away with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men, and whose hands are evil devices, and.

[Narrator]

Whose right hands are full of bribes.

[Reader]

But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity, redeem me, and be gracious to me. My foot stands on level ground in the great assembly.

[Narrator]

I will bless the Lord. A Reading of the Gospel According to Mark they came to the other side.

[Reader]

Of the sea, to the country of the and when Jesus had stepped out of the boat, and immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit. He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him any more, not even with a chain, for he had often been bound with shackles and chains. But he wrenched the chains apart, and he broke the shackles in pieces. No one had the strength to subdue him. Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains, he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones. And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and fell down before him.

[Narrator]

And crying out with a loud voice.

[Reader]

He said, what have you to do with me, Jesus, son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me. For he was saying to him, come out of the man, you unclean spirit.

[Narrator]

And Jesus asked him, what is your name?

[Reader]

He replied, my name is Legion, for we are many. And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the country. Now a great herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and and they begged him, saying, send us to the pigs, let us enter them. So he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs, and the herd, numbering about 2,000, rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the sea. The herdsmen fled and told it in the city and in the country, and people came to see what it was that had happened. And they came to Jesus and saw the demon possessed man, the one who had had the legion, and sitting there clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid. And those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon possessed man and to the pigs. And they began to beg Jesus to depart from their region. As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with him. And he did not permit him, but said to him, go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how.

[Narrator]

He has had mercy on you.

[Reader]

And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And everyone marveled. And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him. And he was beside the sea. Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name. And seeing him, he fell at his feet and implored him earnestly, saying, my little daughters, at the point of death.

[Narrator]

Come and lay your hands on her.

[Reader]

So that she may be made well and live. And he went with him, and a great crowd followed him and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for 12 years. And who had suffered much under many physicians and had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse.

[Narrator]

She had heard the reports about Jesus.

[Reader]

And came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said, if I touch even his garments, I will be made well. And immediately the flow of blood dried up. And she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him immediately, turned about in the crowd and said, who touched my garments? And his disciples said to him, you see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, who touched me? And he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. And he said to her, daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace and be healed of your disease. While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler's house some who said.

[Narrator]

You, daughter is dead.

[Reader]

Why trouble the teacher any further? But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, do not fear, only believe. And he allowed no one to follow him except Peter and James and John the brother of James. They came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue. And Jesus saw a commotion, People weeping and wailing loudly. And when he had entered, he said to them, why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but sleeping. And they laughed at him. But he put them all outside and took the child's father and mother and those who were with him and went in where the child was taking her by the hand. He said to her, talitha kumi, which means, little girl, I say to you, arise. And immediately the girl got up and began walking. For she was 12 years of age. And they were immediately overcome with amazement, and he strictly charged them that no one should know this and told them to give her something to eat.