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The Exodus

The Exodus. Chapter 7. Pharaohs command. Israelites are living in Goshen in Egypt Pharaoh wants to deal harshly with the Israelites cuz there are too many of them They were first enslaved by Pharaoh Exodus 1:22 - He will kill all the male children but the let the girls live

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The Exodus

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  1. The Exodus Chapter 7

  2. Pharaohs command • Israelites are living in Goshen in Egypt • Pharaoh wants to deal harshly with the Israelites cuz there are too many of them • They were first enslaved by Pharaoh • Exodus 1:22 - He will kill all the male children but the let the girls live • Why not the Girls? • Because they would grow up and marry the Egyptians, thus surrendering all the good land into Egyptian hands 1

  3. Moses’ Birth • Moses was hidden by his mother and set in the river to be found by Pharaoh’s daughter • She named him Moses • Moses means “Brought up out of the water” 2

  4. Moses Grows up • Moses grows up in privilege • His own mother is his nurse and taught him the faith of his ancestors • He knows that he is a Hebrew boy 3

  5. Moses’ Crime • Moses kills an Egyptian for beating a Hebrew slave • P.S. Not an accident! • Moses runs away to the land of Midian • Midianites are descendants of Abraham 4

  6. Moses meets Zipporah • He meets her at a well • He defended Zipporah and her sisters from some shepherds and watered their flock • Zipporoah’s father Jethro invited him to live with them • He married Zipporah and gave birth to Gershom 5

  7. The Burning Bush • God reveals himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob • This narrows Him down to the God of those enslaved in Egypt • Ex 3:14 God calls himself “I AM” • Often in the NT Christ calls himself “I AM” and many become angry because they believe him to be blaspheming. 6

  8. Message to Pharaoh • Exodus 5:1 “Thus says the Lord, Let my people go, that they may celebrate a feast to me in the desert” • They needed to go for 3 days to offer sacrifice • Important cultural note: • Egypt worshipped god’s that were depicted as animals • Israel had also fallen into idol worship 7

  9. Message to Pharaoh • Why would they need to go 3 days? • Because the sacrifices they were going to do would have been offensive to the Egyptians • Israel was to be a royal/priestly nation, the ‘first-born’ son, and example to other nations 8

  10. Pharaoh will not listen • Exodus 4:21 - “I will make him obstinate”/ “I will harden his heart” • This means that God will let pharaoh have his way. • Pharaoh refuses and makes their work harder

  11. 10 Plagues The Plagues and what they mean [See Handout]

  12. Exodus 7:14-24 - 1st Plague • Water to Blood • Hapi - the god of the Nile • Symbolic death of Hapi

  13. Ex 7:25-8:11- 2nd Plague • Plague of Frogs • Heket - the goddess of fertility • “they will swarm all over…” • This is a mockery of their goddess of fertility

  14. Ex 8:12-15 - 3rd Plague • Plague of gnats or lice • This is strike at their vanity

  15. Ex 8:16-28 - 4th Plague • Plague of flies/bugs • Khepra god of resurrection • Goshen did not suffer the plague (the Israelites lived there)

  16. Ex 9:1-7 - 5th Plague • Plague on the cattle • They had many god’s that were represented by livestock (cows, goats, etc)

  17. Ex 9:8-12 - 6th Plague • Boils • In Egypt, ashes were like holy water. They blessed themselves with it, but now, this ritural would cause pain and give them boils.

  18. Ex 9:13-35 - 7th Plague • Plague of hail • The gods Nut, Shu, Tefnut are being mocked here • They are the gods who made the weather good for agriculture

  19. Ex 10:1-20 - 8th Plague • Plague of locusts • Crop god that protected their crops • This god is obviously being mocked

  20. Ex 10:21-28 - 9th Plague • Plague of Darkness • Amon-Re is the head god, the chief god • The god of the Sun • When the sun went down it meant that he had gone to the realm of the dead and in rising again he ‘conquered’ death. • This plague shows he had been conquered

  21. Ex 11:1ff - 10th plague • Death of the first-born sons of children and cattle • Pharaoh was warned this would happen in Ex 4:23 • He didn’t listen!

  22. 10th plague is unique • The first plague to require Israel to do anything • 1st born sons are ransomed by the blood of the lamb • The 1st born son’s of each Israelite family are to be the priests of this “priestly nation” 10

  23. Understanding Passover Exodus 12

  24. Passover Instructions • 12:5- Unblemished male lamb • 12:7 - Apply the blood over door post • 12:8 - Eat lamb and unleavened bread • 12:9 - lamb must be roasted (not raw or boiled) • 12:10 -None may be left in the morning • 12:11 - Eat meal in traveling clothes 11

  25. Passover Instructions • One of the most important instructions • 12:14 - all generations to come will celebrate • A perpetual institution • 12:17 - • 12:24 - you must observe this when you arrive in the land God shows you 12

  26. Passover Lamb as a “Type” of Christ • Christ was an unblemished male whom we now call the Lamb of God • Jn 20:32-36 none of Christ’s bones were broken on the Cross • Blood of both lambs saves from death • The sacrifice of the Lamb brings the people out of slavery 13

  27. What this means for us! • We also will participate in it forever • This Passover is to be celebrated still • How do we do this? • In the Eucharist • “This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, happy are those who come…” 14

  28. Passover as a “Type” of the Eucharist

  29. Escape from Egypt • Ex 12:31-36 - Pharaoh sends them away • “Leave my people at once…Go and worship the Lord as you said. Take your flocks and your herds too…” • They are being guided by a pillar of fire at night/cloud by day 15

  30. Pharaoh pursues them • Pharaoh changed his mind about them leaving and gathered an army to go chase them down. • Israelites have set up camp near the Red sea 16

  31. Israel Panics • Ex 14:11 • “Where there no burial places in Egypt….Leave us alone. Let us serve the Egyptians.” • God tells him to lift his staff and the sea will split • The Israelites pass through the Water 17

  32. Egypt Defeated • The greatest empire is defeated by the Israelites with the help of God • It was God’s victory! 18

  33. A Type of Baptism • Crossing the Red Sea was a type of Baptism • Why? Because through the water of the Red Sea God saved the people from death. 19

  34. Almost a Nation • Exodus means “going out” • Though they are free they are not quite a nation yet. • No land • No government except what God tells them through Moses 20

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