Exodus

Question 1

Author of Exodus

Answer 1

Moses

not directly stated, but there is evidence from Ex 34:27 and Mark 12:26

Question 2

OT evidence from Exodus that Moses is author of Exodus

And the Lord said to Moses, “___ these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a ___ with you and with Israel.”

Answer 2

Exodus 34:27

And the Lord said to Moses, “Write these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”

Question 3

NT evidence that Moses is the author of Exodus

Words of Jesus:
And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the ___ of ___, in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

Answer 3

Mark 12:26

And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

Question 4

Date of Exodus

Answer 4

~mid-1400 BC

- similar to Genesis - time of Moses!

Question 5

Exodus in 10 words or less

Answer 5

God delivers His people, the Israelites, from slavery in Egypt

Tally:
Genesis: God creates, man sins, God chooses

Exodus, God delivers

Question 6

What is the family lineage in relationship to God’s chosen people as Israelites and how does this tie in w/Genesis?

Answer 6

In Genesis, God chooses Abram as patriarch of the Israelites (specially blessed and chosen people of God - setting up the story of redemption)

Abram has a son Isaac, a grandson Jacob –> Jacob has a son Joseph (Abram’s great grandson)

(Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph)

Joseph (via miraculous chain of events) in the end of Genesis, becomes second in command of Egypt

Israelites prosper in Egypt via Joseph’s leadership (who entered the country as a slave and rose to second in command)

Joseph later dies, a new pharoah sees the flourishing family of Joseph as a threat –> makes the Israelites his slave…on to the next card

Question 7

Exodus: Joseph dies, new pharaoah sees his flourishing family as a threat, makes them his slaves…

Israelites cry out to God…God hears their cry, remembering “His ___ with ___, Isaac, and ___ (Exodus 2:24)

Answer 7

“His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

Question 8

God hears the cry of the Israelites and raises up ___ as his leader to deliver ___ from Egypt by speaking through the ___ bush

Answer 8

Moses, Israel; burning

Question 9

How does God break pharoah’s will?

Answer 9

sends ten plagues on Egypt, ending with the death of every firstborn child, except those of the Israelites

Question 10

How were the first born of Israelite children saved from death in Exodus?

Answer 10

placing sacrificial blood on their doorposts, causing the angel of death to “pass over” their homes (Exodus 12:13)

Question 11

pharoah finally allows the Israelites to leave the country (“the ___”) and God parts the ___ ___

Answer 11

“The Exodus”

“Red Sea”

Question 12

What does God deliver at Mount Sinai?

These are the ___ for worship and ___ to change the family into a ___

Answer 12

The Ten Commandments

rules for worship and laws to change the family into a nation

Question 13

What happens when Moses delays on the Mount of Sinai during the reception of The Ten Commandments? And what does this result in?

Answer 13

people begin worshipping a golden calf, bringing a plague upon themselves

Question 14

Moses delays on the mountain, people worship the golden calf, bring a plague on themselves…

then Moses comes down, restores order, and Exodus ends with the people continuing their journey to the __ __ of Canaan, following God’s “pillar of ___” by day, and “pillar of ___” by night

Answer 14

journey to the “promised land” of Canaan

pillar of cloud by day

pillar of fire by night

Question 15

where is the promised land?

Answer 15

Canaan

Question 16

Exodus 3:14 says

God said to Moses, “I ___ who I ___.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I ___ has sent me to you.’

Answer 16

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.’

Question 17

What verse tells of God saying, “Let my people go”?

Answer 17

Then the Lord said to Moses, Ex 8:1

“Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Question 18

Thou shall have no other ___ before ___

and name the verse

Answer 18

gods; me

Exodus 20:3

Question 19

Unique and unusual about Exodus:

The “___”

God told the Israelites to celebrate the ___ w/a special meal of ___ made sans ___

3000 yrs later, Jewish people still commemorate the event

Answer 19

The Passover

celebrate with bread made sans yeast

Question 20

So what? of Exodus

and how does this relate to Jesus, giving a specific Scripture that points to it

Answer 20

Story of Redemption
- God rescues His people from their slavery in Egypt

In the same way, Jesus breaks our bonds of sin (Hebrews 2:14-15)