Summary

The Israelites grew in number in Egypt until they became so many the new pharaoh, who did not remember Joseph, was scared they may join an enemy attack and escape. Although he forced them to work extremely hard and told their midwives to kill any baby boys, the Israelites kept growing in number until the pharaoh commanded every baby boy be thrown into the Nile River.

When a Levite family had a baby boy, they hid him as long as they could. Once they could hide him no longer, they put in him a basket in the Nile River. Pharaoh's daughter found the baby, named him Moses, asked his mother care for him, then brought him to the palace, and raised him as a son of pharaoh. When Moses of 40 years old, he fled from Egypt after killing an Egyptian for beating an Israelite.

The Isrealites, now slaves, cried out for help - four hundred years after God told Abraham his family would possess the Promised Land. God sent Moses back to Egypt after living as a shepherd in the desert for 40 years. Through a series of 10 plagues which culminated in the death of all the firstborn on the Egyptians, God proved himself more powerful than the most powerful nation on the earth at the time. The Israelites escaped the final plague because they had painted the blood of a lamb on their doorposts and over their doors as God had commanded. They still celebrate Passover to commemorate the night the death angel passed over their homes on that dreadful night.

The pharaoh who had refused God's command to let His people go through the course of the 10 plagues that ravaged his people finally relented and told them to leave. As they left, the Egyptians gave them gold, silver, clothing and more, so they plundered them as God had said would happen. Nevertheless, the pharaoh changed his mind and set out to bring the Israelites back. Once again, God proved Himself more powerful as he protected His people by splitting the waters of the Red Sea and allowing His people to walk through on dry land. When Pharaoh's army followed, the waters returned to their place and drowned the whole army.

The people praised God and set out on a journey to worship Him at the very same mountain from He which had called Moses to rescue them. It would be at this mountain where God would tell them what it means to be His people.

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The Facts

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Exodus 1-15 - ESV - KJV - NIV

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Important People

God, Moses, Aaron, Pharaoh, Hebrew people

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Major Events/Accounts

The plagues, the Passover

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Key Words/Repeated Phrases

I AM WHO I AM
Go tell Pharaoh
Then the Lord said to Moses
Thus says the Lord
Let my people go

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Feasts

Passover

God told the Israelites to bring a perfect one-year-old male lamb (or goat) into their homes on the 10th day of the first month of the year. They sacrificed the lamb at twilight on the 14th day and put it's blood put on the doorposts and over the top of the door of their homes to stop the death angel from entering their homes on the night of the final plague in Egypt - the death of the first born. None of those who had the blood over their door had a death in their family while the firstborn of all those without the blood died. Passover was to remind them of this event.

Scripture: Exodus 12:1-28, Leviticus 23:4-5

Date Observed: 14 Nisan - first month of Jewish calendar (March or April)

Purpose: God told Moses, "You shall tell your son on that day, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ 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. You shall therefore keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year." (Exodus 13:8-10 - ESV)

Prophesy:Psalm 22, Isaiah 5

Fullfillment: Jesus was the ultimate perfect Passover Lamb sacrificed once and for all.

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Feast of Unleaved Bread

Scripture: Exodus 12:15-20, Leviticus 23:6-8

God established the Feast of Unleavened Bread to remind the Israelites how they had to quickly leave Egypt on the night of the Passover. They cooked the bread without yeast becasue they had to cook it quickly and be ready to leave.

Date Observed: 15-21 Nisan - first month of Jewish calendar (March or April)

Purpose: God told Moses, "And you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt." (Exodus 12:17 - ESV)

Prophesy: Isaiah 53

Fulfillment: Unleavenedd bread called matzah is the only type of bread eaten during this feast. It is made without yeast to remember how the Hebrews had to leave Egypt quickly - without leavening symbolizes without sin...just like Jesus. It is pierced while cooked and has stripes on it when baked - pierced and striped...just like Jesus.

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Names of God

I AM WHO I AM
Exodus 3:14 God told Moses to tell the Israelites I AM sent him to bring them out of Egypt. Jesus also refers to himself in a similar form in the Gospels, especially John, saying "I am he" - the same name used for God in Isaiah 41:4, 43:10, 13, 46:4, 48:12, and 52:6.

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Jehovah-rapha: The God who Heals
used at the waters of Marah after the Red Sea crossing
Exodus 15:26 (22-27) - 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. (ESV)

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Hide the Word in Your Heart

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Verses from the Account

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.

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Exodus 5:1

And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

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Exodus 14:13-14

And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

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Verses to Share the Truths Taught through the Account

John 8: 32

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

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Ephesians 2:8

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.

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Jesus in the Account

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Jesus is the One perfect, final Passover Lamb (John 1:29, Rev 5:6).

The perfect lamb sacrificed on Passover foreshadowed the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.

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Jesus is the sinless one pierced and striped (beaten) for our salvation.

The unleavened bread represents sinlessness - just like Jesus. The piercing and stripes foreshadow His treatment before He was crucified.

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Did You Know?

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The 10 plagues show God's power over the gods of the Egyptians.

Each of the plagues show God's power over a different god of the Egyptians. From the Nile (turned to blood) to the frog goddess Heqet to Re the sun god (darkness) and to the pharaoh himself (the god of Egypt), God showed Himself superior. Check out a list of other gods here.

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The stick or staff Pharaoh always has in his hands represents his power and authority.

Moses staff represented the power and authority of God and proved stronger than the staff of the pharaoh.

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The Egyptian magicians recognized the power of God - by the third plague.

After the plague of gnats, the magicians said "this if the finger of God" (Exodus 8:19). The finger!!

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The Israelites consecrate the firstborn of "man and beast" to the Lord because He saved their firstborn at Passover.

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David's song when they bring the Ark to Jerusalem resembles part of the Song of Moses.

Check out the similarities among Moses' song in Exodus 15, David's song in 1 Chronicles 16, and Psalms 96, 105 and 106.

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The Israelites were grumblings after only three days in the wilderness.

Exodus 15:22-27

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Discuss It

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1. What is the most interesting thing or something new you learned from reading and studying this account?
2. Summarize the account and its message in your own words.
3. What did you learn about God from reading and studying this account?
4. How does this account point to God's plan to redeem this world through the sacrifice and obedience of Jesus?
5. How can you apply the truth of what you learned from reading and studying this account in your own life?

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