Exodus 3:1-7:7 The Commissiong Of Moses Flashcards
Explain the plan or play on words that occurs when Moses makes the mistake of tending to his sheep too close to the mountain of God later known as Mount Sinai
The burning bush or Seneh is close to Mount Sinai. Seneh it sounds like Mount Sinai.
List two of the ways in which Moses had a good life in the land of Midian before he encounters the Burning bush
- he has a wife and the family
2. He has a job and a chance to inherit his father-in-law’s land.
Does God force Moses to pay attention to the burning bush? Explain.
He allows Moses to turn aside from his flock and approach the bush before speaking to him. God gives Moses a chance to ignore the bush.
The angel peers out of the Burningbush is referred to in Exodus 3:2 as mal’ak.what three meanings can this term have?
Human messenger, messenger of God, God himself
Most takes off his shoes in front of the burning bush. What would readers of Exodus have been reminded of by this action?
It reminds them of priests and Levites taking their shoes off before going into a temple.
What are the three things that Moses find out about God at the Burningbush in Exodus 3:7 and 3:8?
God isn’t a mere God, God is not a mere nature being, God is the maker of all things.
The divine name is Yahweh. What two things does this name emphasize?
God’s ministry, what God will do for Moses to give that name meaning.
What is the significance of the message, “Yahweh our God has met with us,” which Moses is to deliver to Pharaoh?
The word “salah” means both “stretch out”(as in stretch out a mighty hand)and “let go or send out.” God will “salah” The divine had and pharaoh will have to “salah” the people of Israel.
What are three ways in which the story of Moses is a model, or paradigm, or other stories in the Bible in which God calls people to obedience?
The people are confronted with God’s holiness, people feel uncomfortable and uneasy was what they’re experiencing or the person is afraid of the experience, God gives the person confident and tells him or her to serve.
In the Bible a single verse can be packed with emotion. Explain how the statement might be true with reference to exitus 4:18.
Moses wants to visit family and eat it but he also is leaving family.
Read Exodus 4:19. In what way does God bless Moses journey?
He gives Moses protection by telling the people who wanted Moses dead.
Why does exodus 4:20 make reference to “the staff of God?”
It reminds us that Moses was going to confront Fehr and perform miracles.
When Moses asked Pharaoh to allow the Israelites a three-day journey into the wilderness to worship God, Moses uses the word weya’abdeni forward to it. What is another meaning for weya’abdeni? Why is this meeting important?
This word means serve or worship. The Israelites will worship God instead of Pharaoh.
When Moses and Aaron first met pharaoh in Exodus 5:1-5, They say, “thus says the Lord.” Pharaoh begins his response by saying “thus says Pharaoh.” what is the significance to this little exchange
Sarah wants to be the one who says what’s going on. Pharaoh wants to play God by by stating “thus says.”
List three of the harsh actions Pharaoh takes against the Israelites after his first encounter with Moses.
Pharaoh reduces the amount of brick making straw, pharaoh makes the people get their own strong, pharaoh insists on the same number of bricks.
