Exodus Flashcards
Israel increases greatly in Egypt
Exodus 1
Sons of Jacob
1 - Reuben
2 - Simeon
3 - Levi
4 - Judah
DNGA
5 - Dan
6 - Nephtali
7 - Gad
8 - Asher
IZ (JB)
9 - Issachar
10 - Zebulun
11 - (Joseph)
12 - Benjamin
How many descendents of Jacob were there when Joseph died?
70
“But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.”
Exodus 1:7
Pharaoh oppresses Israel
Exodus 1
2 store cities Pharaoh has the Israelite slaves build
Pithom and Raamses
Hebrew midwives
Shiphrah and Puah
Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. 9 And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.
Exodus 1:8
But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And the Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel.
Exodus 1:12
But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.
Exodus 1:17
Pharaoh gives the command to cast every son born to the Hebrews to be cast into the Nile
Exodus 1
Birth of Moses
Exodus 2
Moses’ parents
Man from the house of Levi and his wife, who was a Levite woman
How long did Moses’ mom hide him?
3 months
What was the basket made of?
“Basket made of bulrushes and daubed with bitumen and pitch”
What does Moses mean?
“I drew him out of the water”
Moses flees to Midian
Exodus 2
How many daughters did Jethro have?
7 daughters
What was Moses’ father-in-law named?
Reuel, Jethro
Moses’ wife
Zipporah
Moses’ first son
Gershom - “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land”
God hears Israel’s groaning
Exodus 2
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.
Exodus 2:24-25
Summary of events in Exodus 2
- Birth of Moses (hidden for 3 months, found by Pharaoh’s daughter)
- Moses goes to see his people’s burdens, kills the Egyptian
- The next day, intercedes between the 2 Hebrews & flees to Midian
- Saves Reuel’s daughters, marries, has Gershom
- God hears the Israelites’ cries
How long did Moses’ mother nurse him for Pharaoh’s daughter
Until “when the child grew older”
Burning Bush
Exodus 3
What did Moses’ father-in-law do as an occupation?
Priest of Midian
Where did God appear to Moses as a burning bush?
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.
Exodus 3:2
According to God in Exodus 3, who lived in the promised land?
CHAP-HJ
- Canaanites
- Hittites
- Amorites
- Perizzites
- Hivites
- Jebusites”
How did God call Moses from the burning bush?
“Moses, Moses!”
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 bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey..
Exodus 3:7-8a
“Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”
Exodus 3:10
What are Moses’ objections to God’s call to send him?
“1 - Who am I? (3:11)
2 - What is your name? (3:13)
3 - Israel won’t believe (““The Lord didn’t appear to you””) (4:1)
4 - ““I am not eloquent”” (4:10)
5 - ““Please send someone else”” (4:13)
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What is the first sign that God gives Moses in chapter 3?
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.” (3:12)
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.
Exodus 3:14-15
What was the first request God told Moses to make of Pharaoh?
Go on a 3 day’s journey into the wilderness that they might sacrifice to God (3:18)
When does God first predict that Pharaoh will not relent and foreshadow the plagues and plundering of Egypt?
Exodus 3:19-22
What signs does God gives Moses to convince the Israelite elders?
”- Staff turning into a serpent (4:3)
- Hand becoming leprous (4:6)
- Pour out water from the Nile to the ground and it turns to blood (4:9)”
“Then the LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.”
Exodus 4:11-12
When does Moses return to Egypt?
Exodus 4
How did Moses explain to Jethro why he wanted to go back to Egypt?
Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Please let me go back to my brothers in Egypt to see whether they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”
What did Moses bring with him to Egypt?
His wife, sons, a donkey, the staff of God
What assurance did God give Moses when he left Midian?
“Go back to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead.”
When does God first call Israel his firstborn son?
21 And the LORD said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the miracles that I have put in your power. But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go. 22 Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the LORD, Israel is my firstborn son, 23 and I say to you, “Let my son go that he may serve me.” If you refuse to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son.’” (Exodus 4)
When does God send Aaron to Moses?
Exodus 4
And the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD had visited the people of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped.
Exodus 4:31
Moses given powerful signs
Exodus 4
Moses returns to Egypt
Exodus 4
Why did the Lord want to put Moses to death at the lodging place from Midian to Egypt?
Moses’ son was not circumcised - “Bridegroom of blood”, Exodus 4
Making bricks without straw
Exodus 5
What was Moses’ initial request to Pharaoh?
Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.” (5:3)
What was Pharaoh’s response to Moses’ initial request?
Make the people make the same number of bricks but without giving them straw, so that they would “pay no regard to lying words”
Who was blamed in Exodus 5?
Moses and Aaron (by the foremen) and God (by Moses)
God promises deliverance (in the midst of discouragement)
Exodus 6
God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the LORD. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I did not make myself known to them.
Exodus 6:2-3
Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery.
Exodus 6:9
Geneaology fo Moses and Aaron
Exodus 6
Who were Moses’ parents?
Amram and Jochebed (of Levi)
Who was Aaron’s wife?
Elisheba
How many sons did Aaron have?
4 (Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar)
Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh
Exodus 7
How old were Moses and Aaron when they first appeared before Pharaoh (the staff)?
Moses was 80, Aaron was 83
But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and bring my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment. The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring out the people of Israel from among them.
Exodus 7:3-5
Who does God say will know him when he delivers Israel?
The Egyptians (7:5)
What does Aaron’s staff do?
Becomes a serpent and swallows up the other staffs
First plague
Water turned to blood, Exodus 7
What water was turned to blood?
The Nile, and also any water in vessels of wood or stone
How much time was between the first and second plagues?
7 days
Which plagues were the magicians able to reproduce?
”- Staff turning to a serpent
- Water to blood
- Producing frogs”
Order of the plagues
”- Water to blood (Exodus 7)
- Frogs (Exodus 8)
- Gnats (Exodus 8)
- Flies (Exodus 8)
- Livestock die (Exodus 9)
- Boils (Exodus 9)
- Hail (Exodus 9)
- Locusts (Exodus 10)
- Darkness (Exodus 10)
- Death of Firstborn (Exodus 12)”
Second Plague
Frogs, Exodus 8
What was the first plague Pharaoh pleaded for a break?
Plague of frogs (Exodus 8)
When does Pharaoh request that the frogs be removed?
Tomorrow
But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the LORD had said.
Exodus 8:15
Third Plague
Gnats, Exodus 8
Which Plagues did Moses give no warning over?
”- Gnats (Exodus 8)
- Boils (Exodus 9)
- Darkness (Exodus 10)”
The magicians tried by their secret arts to produce gnats, but they could not. So there were gnats on man and beast. Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the LORD had said.
Exodus 8:18-19
Fourth Plague
Flies, Exodus 8
Which plagues did God draw a distinction between Israel and Egypt?
”- Flies (Exodus 8)
- Livestock die (Exodus 9)
- (Boils?)
- Hail (Exodus 9)
- Darkness (Exodus 10)”
But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people dwell, so that no swarms of flies shall be there, that you may know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. Thus I will put a division between my people and your people.
Exodus 8:22-23
What was Pharaoh’s negotiation after the flies?
”- Worship within the land (Exodus 8)
- Worship in the wilderness, but don’t go very far away (Exodus 8)”
Fifth Plague
Livestock die, Exodus 9
Sixth Plague
Boils, Exodus 9
Seventh Plague
Hail, Exodus 9
And Pharaoh sent, and behold, not one of the livestock of Israel was dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
Exodus 9:7
How did God initiate the sixth plague?
And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from the kiln, and let Moses throw them in the air in the sight of Pharaoh. It shall become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and become boils breaking out in sores on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt.”
For by now I could have put out my hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth. But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth. You are still exalting yourself against my people and will not let them go.
Exodus 9:15-17 (Before the Hail)
Eighth Plague
Locusts, Exodus 10
Ninth Plague
Darkness, Exodus 10
Then Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God. Do you not yet understand that Egypt is ruined?”
Exodus 10 (Before the Plague of the Locusts)
Then Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me; take care never to see my face again, for on the day you see my face you shall die.”
Exodus 10 (After the Plague of Darkness)
Final Plague Threatened
Exodus 11
And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants and in the sight of the people.
Exodus 11
The Passover
Exodus 12
Tenth Plague
Death of the Firstborn, Exodus 12
Exodus
Exodus 12
Institution of the Passover
Exodus 12
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you.
Exodus 12
How were the Israelites to dress during the Passover?
In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the LORD’S Passover.
What was another name for the Passover?
Feast of Unleavened Bread (Exodus 12:17)
And when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ you shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’S Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.’” And the people bowed their heads and worshiped.
Exodus 12
The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.”
Exodus 12:33
How many Israelites left during the Exodus?
“600,000 men on foot, besides women and children
““A mixed multitude also went up with them, and very much lifestock, both flocks and herds.”” Exodus 12:37-38”
How long did Israel live in Egypt?
430 years, to the day
It was a night of watching by the LORD, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; so this same night is a night of watching kept to the LORD by all the people of Israel throughout their generations.
Exodus 12:42
Who could eat the Passover?
“And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it, 44 but every slave that is bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him. 45 No foreigner or hired worker may eat of it. (Exodus 12:43-45)…
If a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the Passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised. Then he may come near and keep it; he shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.”
Consecration of the Firstborn
Exodus 13
The LORD said to Moses, “Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine.”
Exodus 13
Feast of Unleavened Bread
Exodus 13
Which month did the Israelites leave Egypt?
Abib
And it shall be to you as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the LORD has brought you out of Egypt.
Exodus 13
Declaration of the firstborn
Exodus 13
Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. Every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem. And when in time to come your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall say to him, By a strong hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
Exodus 13:13-14
Pillars of Cloud and Fire
Exodus 13
Why didn’t God lead the Israelites through the land of the Philistines?
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, “Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt.” (Exodus 13:17)
What did Moses bring with him when they left Egypt?
The bones of Joseph (Exodus 13)
Where did the Israelites camp after they left Egypt?
Succoth, to Etham, at the edge of the wilderness
How did God direct the Israelites?
By a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night
Crossing the Read Sea
Exodus 14
Why did God have the Israelites move around before the Red Sea?
For Pharaoh will say of the people of Israel, ‘They are wandering in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’ 4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, and the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD.” And they did so. (Exodus 14)
5 When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, the mind of Pharaoh and his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”
Exodus 14
How many chariots did Pharaoh bring?
600 chosen chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt
What did the Israelites say when they saw the chariots?
“Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us in bringing us out of Egypt? 12 Is not this what we said to you in Egypt: ‘Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.” (Exodus 14)
What did Moses say to the Israelites before they crossed the Red Sea?
“Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again. 14 The LORD will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.” (Exodus 14)
How did God split the Red Sea?
A strong east wind all night
And the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from before Israel, for the LORD fights for them against the Egyptians.”
Exodus 14
Israel saw the great power that the LORD used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in his servant Moses.
Exodus 14
Song of Moses
Exodus 15
What did Miriam sing?
““Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously;
the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.””
Bitter Water made sweet
Exodus 15
Where did Israel go after they crossed the Red Sea?
Wilderness of Shur
How long did they go without finding water?
3 days
Where was the water bitter?
Marah
How did Moses make the bitter water sweet?
He threw a log into the water that the Lord had shown him
There the LORD made for them a statute and a rule, and there he tested them, 26 saying, “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, your healer.”
Exodus 15
When did God call himself their Healer?
After he made the bitter waters sweet at Marah
Where were the 12 springs of water and 70 palm trees?
Elim
Bread from Heaven
Exodus 16
Where did the people grumble about not having food?
Wilderness of Sin (between Elim and Sinai)
“Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
Exodus 16
How is the manna described?
And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on the ground.
How much manna were they to gather?
An omer, according to the number of persons they had in their tent
What was Moses to store before the Lord?
A jar with an omer of manna
How long did the manna last?
For 40 years, until they came to a habitable land (came to the border of the land of Canaan)
Water from the Rock
Exodus 17
Where did the people quarrel with Moses about not having water?
Massah and Meribah
When were the people ready to stone Moses?
When there was no water (Exodus 17)
How did Moses provide water at Massah?
He struck the rock with his staff
Israel defeats Amalek
Exodus 17
Where did Amalek attack Israel?
Rephidim
Who held Moses’ arms up?
Aaron and Hur
Jethro’s Advice
Exodus 18
What was the name of Moses’ second son?
Eliezer (The God of my father was my help, and he delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh)
When did Jethro bring Moses’ family to him?
Exodus 18
What was Jethro’s response to all that God had done?
He rejoiced, and brought a burn offering and sacrifices to God
Israel at Mount Sinai
Exodus 19
When does God refer to Israel as his treasured possession?
Exodus 19
4 ‘You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. 5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; 6 and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”
Exodus 19
God calls on Israel to consecrate themselves
Exodus 19
What was the warning God gave Israel before he appeared and gave them the commandments?
Whoever touched the mountain was to be put to death - shot
What happened when God descended on the mountain?
There was thunder, lightning, a tick cloud, and a very loud trumpet blast
Ten Commandments
Exodus 20
What are the 10 Commandments?
”- No other gods
- No idols
- Not use the Lord’s name in vain
- Keep the Sabbath
- Honor your parents
- Do no murder
- Do not commit adultery
- Do not steal
- Do not lie
- Do not covet”
What does God say before giving them the 10 commandments?
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Laws about Altars
Exodus 20
