Exodus Flashcards
What is the outline for the Book of Exodus?
1-2: Egypt Oppresses Israel and Moses Escapes
3-4: Moses is Sent to save Israel
5-12: The 10 Plagues of Egypt
13-19: Israel Escapes Egypt and meets God at Mt. Sinai
20-24: God’s Law Given
25-31: God’s Plans for the Tabernacle
32-34: Israel Breaks God’s Law
35-40: Israel Builds the Tabernacle
What is one explanation for how Joseph could have gone from vice-regent in Egypt with prominence of Israelites in Egypt to a generation later not having his name on any records or monuments of Egypt and Israelites becoming enslaved?
Many scholars speculate that Joseph came to power in Egypt while the nation was under domination of the Hyksos people. The Hyksos were Semitic people from lands north and east of Egypt. When Hyksos were overthrown and driven from Egypt the Israelites would fall out of favor and Joseph’s memory purged from all records and monuments.
What happened to Israelites after generation of Joseph died in Egypt?
They were enslaved by a new Pharoah who didn’t know Joseph.
How did the Israelites multiply despite intention of Pharoah to kill all newborn males?
The midwives commanded to kill them did not listen or kill the male born children.
What did the Midwives tell Pharaoh as to why they didn’t kill the men children?
Hebrew women deliver before they get to them.
Which tribe was Moses from?
Levi.
How did Moses come to be raised by the daughter of Pharaoh?
He was put in the river by his original mother to save him.
How did Moses’ mother send him to Pharoah’s Daughter? Significance?
In an ark of bulrushes.
The same word used as Noah’s Ark. Moses being sent to save the world.
Why did Moses kill an egyptian?
Because the Egyptian was smiting a Hebrew
What are the three things Moses did before being called by God?
Killed the Egyptian
Spoke up when the Hebrews disagreed
Stood up to the bully Shephards at the well
Where did Moses go to get away from Pharoah after he killed the Egyptian?
He went to Midian
Who did Moses marry in Midian?
Zipporah.
What was the name of Moses’s Son with Zipporah?
Gershom
Exodus 3:14
And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
Who was the father in Midian whose daughter Moses married? His other name?
His geneology to Abraham?
Reuel. Also known as Jethro
Descendant of Midian who was a son of Abraham and Keturah
How long after Moses left Egypt and had a son until the Pharaoh died?
40 years.
What was Moses’ job in Midian?
He was the keeper of the flocks of Jethro
What mountain did the burning bush with moses occur?
Mount Horeb or mount Sinai
Significance of taking off shoes at burning bush?
No shoes represent no claim to own land you walk on.
Call to humility
A return to Eden. expose nakedness or our weakness to God
Symbolism of burning bush that is not consumed?
Burn away parts of you that need to be destroyed and keep you there.
What are the Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Book of Revelations translations of I am that I am?
Hebrew: I will be what I will be
Greek: I am the Being
Latin: I am who I am
Book of Revelation: I am the existing one
Who will get all the gold from the Egyptians when it is time to leave Egypt?
Women shall ask for it.
What are the three signs that the Lord gives to Moses before going back to Egypt that he will use there to convince Pharoah?
Symbolism:
His staff becoming a serpent
His hand becoming Leprous and back to normal again when his hand is put into his bosom
River to become blood
Up and down for Rod. Order up, Chaos down on ground snakes.
Center vs periphery: Center is whole hand, periphery is the illness.
Connection to Power vs disconnection: From Gods source of river to Dry land of Pharoah
Who was chosen as a spokesman for Moses?
Aaron
What tribe is Moses’ brother Aaron from?
Levi
In the JST why did the Lord almost kill him?
Because he had not circumcised his son.
Who circumcized Moses’s son?
Zipporah
What was Pharoah’s response to Moses asking him to let his people go the first time?
He gave no more straw for the Hebrews to make bricks so they would have to gather straw themselves. Also they would still have to be able to produce the same number of bricks.
What were the two things Moses wanted to do with the people when leaving Pharaoh for 3 days?
Feast and Sacrifice
Who were the 3 sons of Levi?
Gershon, Kohath, and Merari
Who were the parents of Aaron and Moses?
Amram (Son of Kohath) and Jochebed (His Aunt, so one of Levi’s Daughters)
How old was Aaron when he and Moses went to Egypt and spoke to Pharaoh?
Aaron was 83 years old.
How are Moses and Aaron related
Brothers. Great grandsons of Levi
What were the 10 plagues of Egypt?
- Waters turned to blood
- Frogs
- Lice
- Flies
- Cattle Die
- Boils
- Hailfire
- Locusts
- Darkness for 3 days
- Death of the Firstborn
What miracle did Moses do before the 10 plagues?
Turned Staff into Serpent
Which plagues did pharaoh get no warning for?
3,6,9. Every third time.
Which plague could the Magicians of Egypt not replicate for Pharoah?
Lice
Who does the killing in the last plague of Egypt?
God Does
When is the Passover instituted?
Just before the last plague of Egypt
What is leaven bread?
Leavening agent - substance causing expansion of doughs and batters by the release of gases within such mixtures, producing baked products with porous structure. Agents such as air, steam, yeast, baking powder, and baking soda.
What does the unleaven bread represent?
leaven symbolizes impurity because it can quickly spoil and mold. So unleavened bread won’t spoil or mold as fast
Unleavened bread represented the haste in leaving Egypt and not having time to allow their bread to rise.
Also a representation of the rejection of Egypt
How many days of unleavened bread?
7 days
What do the bitter herbs represent as part of passover?
represented the bitterness of bondage and slavery.
What does wine as part of passover feast represent?
symbol of joy and redemption.
Where did the children of Israel first go when leaving Egypt?
From Rameses to Succoth
How many israelites left Egypt with Moses?
600,000 on foot that were men, besides children.
What important artifact did Moses bring from Egypt with him?
The bones of Joseph
After leaving Succoth where did the Israelites go when leaving Egypt?
To Etham
What chapter in Exodus is about Moses parting the Red Sea?
Exodus 14
What is the name of the location that Moses crossed the red sea?
Pi-hahiroth
How many chariots did Pharaoh take to pursue the children of Israel?
600
Where did the Israelites go after crossing the red sea?
3 days into the wilderness of Shur to Marah.
What does the word Marah mean?
bitterness
How did Moses make the waters of Marah drinkable?
by casting in a tree into the waters.
Where did the Israelites go after Marah?
To Elim.
What was at Elim?
twelve wells of water and 70 palm trees.
Where did the Israelites go after leaving Elim?
To the Wilderness of Sin
What did God do for the Israelites hunger in the Wilderness of Sin?
The Lord sent manna and quail to feed them.
What were the Israelites suppossed to do on Saturday to prepare for Sunday when in the wildnerness of sin?
Gather 2x the amount of manna and prepare it so they could rest on the Sabbath.
What did Aaron do with the manna in the wilderness of sin to remember what the Lord did for them?
Put an omer of manna in a pot. It was eventually put into the ark of the covenant.
How many years did the israelites eat manna?
40 years.
Where did the Israelites go after leaving the wilderness of Sin?
To Rephidim.
What did Moses do for water in Rephidim?
The Lord had him use his rod to smite a rock in Horeb after which water came out of it.
What is the name of the place where Moses smote the rock for water?
Massah and Meribah
Who fought Israel in Rephidim?
Amalek
What resulted in the Israelites winning or losing in battle against Amalek in Rephidim?
When moses held up his hand Israel prevailed and when he let his hand down Amalek prevailed.
Who held up Moses’ hands in the battle against Amalek in Rephidim?
Aaron and Hur
Who went to battle Amalek while Moses held up his hands on the mountain in Rephidim?
Joshua
Who might the Amalekites have been that fought with Moses and the Israelites?
Descendants of Esau
What was the name of Moses’ 2nd son? Meaning?
Eliezer
God is my Helper
What is the name of Moses’s 1st son? Meaning?
Gershom
Resident Alien
Where did Moses go after fighting Amalek in Rephidim?
Mt. Sinai to Jethro.
What counsel did Jethro give Moses after his battle with Amalek?
That he should appoint judges so he didn’t have to judge between all disputes amongst the Israelites.
4 qualities for leaders of the people according to Jethro?
- Able Men
- Fear God
- Men of Truth
- Hating Covetousness
Exodus 19:5-6
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
What did Moses do to prepare the people for the Lord to come to Mount Sinai?
Sancitified them for 2 days so they would be ready on the third day.
What would happen to the Israelites if they came up the mountain when Moses was communing with God on Mount Sinai before the trumpet sounded?
They would be put to death.
Exodus 20:3-17
3) Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4) Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
5) Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6) And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7) Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
8) Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9) Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10) But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11) For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12) Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
13) Thou shalt not kill.
14) Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15) Thou shalt not steal.
16) Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
What are the ten commandments revealed to Moses?
- Thou shalt have no other gods before me
- Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image
- Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain
- Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy
- Honour thy father and thy mother
- Thou shalt not kill
- Thou shalt not commit adultery
- Thou shalt not steal
- Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor
- Thou shalt not covet
What is unique about how the alter of stone was to be made?
Unhewn stones.
Perhaps since breaking up stones with tools by man it would be manmade. Also tool here also may mean sword which is designed to shorten life.
Exodus 21:24
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
When Moses went to get the stone tablets from the Lord on Mount Sinai how many days was he up there?
40 days and 40 nights.
With what money was the Tabernacle built in Moses’s time?
Donations from all the people
Holy Priest’s Garments?
What was placed in the breastplate for the priest in tabernacle as Moses was instructed when on mount Sinai?
Two stones with israel’s names on them.
The Urim and Thummim
How often was an atonement made in the tabernacle?
Once a year by the high Priest, Aaron.
Penalty under Moses’ law for not keeping the sabbath day holy?
Death Penalty
Who was not down with the people when they make the Golden Calf?
Moses and Joshua
What did Moses do with the tablets after seeing the Golden Calf?
He cast the tablets and “brake them beneath the mount”
What did Moses make the people do after breaking the tablets?
He had them burn the calf, put the powder into water, and then drink the water.
Who created the golden calf for the israelites?
Aaron
What tribe answered Moses when asking for those on the Lord’s side to come unto him after he broke the stone tablets in anger for the people worshiping a golden calf?
The tribe of Levi
How many people were killed after the Golden Calf? How did this happen?
3,000 killed. God had the people kill those who weren’t on Moses/Lord’s side.
After the people of Moses Sinned by making the golden calf what did Moses do to the tabernacle? What was it called?
Called the tabernacle of the congregation.
It was moved afar off from the camp.
Why not cook a young goat in its mothers milk?
The milk is meant to feed the young Goat. To kill the goat in the thing that is supposed to give it life is to conflate the two. It must be separated and not confused or set apart.
Why did Moses put a vail on his face the 2nd time coming down with the stone tablets?
His face shone.
Punishment for working on the Sabbath at Moses time?
Death
What does God say about lighting a fire on the sabbath?
Do not light fire. Likely because it represents creating since it is something coming out of nothing.
In Exodus 38 is the first Census. How many people in Israel?
603,550 men over 20023
Map of the Tabernacle?
Parts of the Ark of the Covenant?
