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• Why not the Girls?• Because they would grow up and marry the

Egyptians, thus surrendering all the good land into Egyptian hands 1

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”

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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

10 Plagues

The Plagues and what they mean

[See Handout]

Exodus 7:14-24 - 1st Plague

• Water to Blood• Hapi - the god of

the Nile • Symbolic death of

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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

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Ex 8:12-15 - 3rd Plague• Plague of gnats or

lice• This is strike at

their vanity

Ex 8:16-28 - 4th Plague• Plague of

flies/bugs • Khepra god of

resurrection• Goshen did not

suffer the plague (the Israelites lived there)



Ex 9:1-7 - 5th Plague• Plague on the

cattle• They had many

god’s that were represented by livestock (cows, goats, etc)



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.



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

Ex 10:1-20 - 8th Plague



• Plague of locusts• Crop god that

protected their crops

• This god is obviously being mocked



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



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!



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”

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Understanding Passover

Exodus 12

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

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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 you12

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

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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

Passover as a “Type” of the Eucharist



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

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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

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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



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Egypt Defeated• The greatest empire is defeated by

the Israelites with the help of God• It was God’s victory!

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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

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

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The Exodus

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