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BOOK OF EXODUSAND MOSES
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• Exodus picks up where Genesis left off Joseph
  brings Hebrews to Egypt to live in safety from
  the famine.
• Then two things happened (Ex. 1 8-14)
• New pharaoh who did not know Joseph
• Hebrews increased in number and were perceived as
  a threat/opportunity

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• LITERARY STRUCTURE OF EXODUS
• 11-1236 Israelites in Egypt
• 1237-1827 Israelites in the wilderness
• 191- 4030 At Mt. Sinai the covenant
• Book of Exodus chronicles the making of Israel
  the people into Gods Chosen people.
• Like Creation epic, Exodus is referred to often
  throughout Israelite literature, theology and
  culture

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MOSES

• Next to God, the main character in the Exodus
  story
• Humble beginnings (like a lot of Old Testament
  characters). A Hebrew raised in an Egyptian
  home.
• Early salvation was by the very hands that were
  persecuting his people Moses struggled with
  this conflicted identity

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MOSES

• Ex. 31 - 417
• Theophany of the burning bush. God appears to
  Moses calls him to tell Pharaoh to let Gods
  people go. Moses offers four excuses.
• 314 I AM WHO I AM
• God shares Gods personal name with Moses.
• In Hebrew, YHWH (Hebrew has no vowels).
• Was never spoken out loud in Hebrew circles out
  of reverence.

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THE PLAGUES (Ex. 78-1110)

• Plagues were Gods way of forcing Pharaohs hand.
• First six plagues could be associated with annual
  flooding of Nile River. A chain reaction of
  natural events interpreted through the eyes of
  faith.
• 1 Nile changes to blood (714-24). Possibly a
  blood-red algae.
• 2 Frogs (725-815) common event when the
  Nile flooded - frogs died and carcasses rotted.

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THE PLAGUES (Ex. 78-1110)

• 3 Gnats/Mosquitoes (816-19) probably bred
  in the stagnant pools of flooded water
• 4 Flies (820-24) more than likely attracted
  to rotting frogs.
• Pharaoh relented a bit here, promised Gods
  people freedom, but later recanted.
• 5 Livestock disease (91-12) Grazing
  probably took place where dead frogs were.
• 6 Human boils (911) From flies

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THE PLAGUES (Ex. 78-1110)

• 7 - Hailstorm and lightning (913-26). Rare but
  it can happen.
• Pharaoh tries to compromise here, saying that
  only the men could leave.
• 8 Locusts (1012-20) a variety of
  grasshopper that plagued Africa and the Eastern
  countries.
• 9 Darkness (1021-29) probably a severe
  sandstorm blocking the sunlight.
• 10 Death of the first born Egyptian children
  (111-10)

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THE PASSOVER (Ex. 121-32)

• Celebrated by Hebrews during 10th plague.
  Lambs blood on doorpost signified Death to.
  pass over the house.
• Vss. 1-11 Instructions for Passover preparation
• Vss. 14-20 Instructions for continuing Passover
  celebration into the future
• Vss. 21-28 Moses relays instructions to people
• Vss. 29-33 Pharaoh finally relents
• Purpose of Passover was/is to re-live Exodus
  events from one generation to the next. A family
  festival intended to be celebrated within the
  community.

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THE EXODUS
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• Exodus 12 29-42 The journey begins! Hebrews
  mobilize pretty fast.
• How many? Ex. 1237. 3 million too large a
  number. Translation of thousands can mean
  other things probably closer to 25,000 -
  30,000.
• Exodus would last 40 -/ years an entire
  generation.
• Searching for the Promised Land
• So where did they go?

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PARTING OF THE RED SEA

• Not only are Gods people delivered across
  waters, but the receding waters vanquished their
  enemies.
• A root experience.
• Some question as to what actual body of water was
  crossed.
• Red Sea too far.
• Yam Suph in Hebrew
• Better translation Reed Sea, a reference to
  marshy waters at north end of Gulf of Suez (Lake
  Manzaleh).

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AROUND HERE ??
PROBABLY ?? NOT HERE
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PARTING OF THE RED SEA

• Two accounts
• 1. Narrative (Chpt. 14)?
• 2. Poetry (Chpt. 15)?
• Note complaints in 1411ff would become common
  throughout Exodus narrative
• 1522-26 Brackish water
• 162-3 Longing for fleshpots in Egypt
• 172-7 No water

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• GOD PROVIDES
• NO FOOD (16 1-36)?
• People complain (vss. 2-3)?
• God provides manna quail (vss. 13ff.)?
• Manna a white flaky substance. We dont know
  what it was (bug secretion, sap from tree?)
• Hebrew word means What is it?
• NO WATER (17 1-7)?
• People complain (vs. 3)?
• God commands Moses to strike a rock with his
  staff water comes out of the rock.

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COVENANT AT MOUNT SINAI TEN COMMANDMENTS

• God established covenant with Israelites
• If you will obey my voice and keep my covenant,
  you shall be a treasured possession out of all
  peoples. (195)?
• A holy nation (19 5-6) - meant they were set
  apart for a specific divine purpose.

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• TEN COMMANDMENTS
• No other gods (202)?
• No idols (204)?
• Dont take the Lords name in vain (207)?
• Remember the Sabbath (208)?
• Honor father and mother (2012)?
• You shall not murder (2013)?
• You shall not commit adultery (2014)?
• You shall not steal (2015)?
• No false witness (2016)?
• Dont covet anything that belongs to your
  neighbor (2017)?

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• The Covenant Code (Ex. 2022-2333)
• Laws designed for agricultural society.
• The Priestly Code (Leviticus)
• Concerned with proper worship.
• Ark of the Covenant, where Ten Commandment
  tablets were stored.
• Outlined Tabernacle and Holy of Holies, where
  Ark was kept.
• Deuteronomic Code (Deuteronomy)
• Discovered during reign of King Josiah.
• A restatement of the law modernizing of the
  law to fit reflect a changed situation.

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• EXODUS 32 THE COVENANT BROKEN
• Moses up on Sinai, the people make a golden calf.
  Moses is so upset when he returns, he throws two
  tablets down breaks the ten commandments!
• Moses prayer of intercession (vs. 7-14). Talks
  God out of destroying Gods people evokes the
  covenant God made (vss. 13ff)!!
• Reflects a common theme throughout Israels
  history the temptation to dilute the religion
  of Yahweh with the popular religions of the time.

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• IN CLOSING