Exodus
This chapter’s focus is on the life of Moses up until the giving of the commandments and ordinances in the wilderness by way of the Israelite escape from Egypt.
- Exodus 1: The Hebrews are enslaved and Pharaoh commands his people to kill their sons at birth.
- [Addition: In search of Exodus, looking for the historicity of the Bible.]
- Exodus 2: Baby Moses is saved, murders an Egyptian, and flees to Midian.
- [Addition: On the similarities between Moses and Sargon of Akkad.]
- Exodus 3: God calls on Moses to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt.
- Exodus 4: God’s call continued. Also, God tries to murder Moses. Aaron is on board as Moses’ spokesperson.
- [Addition: On the similarities between Moses and Abraham.]
- Exodus 5: Moses and Aaron have their first meeting with Pharaoh. It doesn’t go well.
- Exodus 6: God gives Moses a pep talk and we get another genealogy.
- Exodus 7: Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, so Aaron turns his rod into a snake and unleashes the first plague (blood).
- [Addition: Why is Aaron the principle actor in the plagues narrative?]
- Exodus 8: The second plague (frogs), third plague (gnats), and fourth plague (flies).
- Exodus 9: The fifth (cattle death), sixth (boils), and seventh (hail) plagues.
- Exodus 10: Plagues eight (locusts) and nine (darkness).
- Exodus 11: The final plague is announced.
- Exodus 12: God gives some cooking tips and then commits genocide.
- Exodus 13: God hints at child sacrifice, then sends the Israelites out into the wilderness.
- Exodus 14: Moses parts the Red Sea, Pharaoh is drowned.
- Exodus 15: Miriam leads the Israelites in singing praises to God. Then God provides water.
- Exodus 16: God feeds the Hebrews for 40 years with manna.
- Exodus 17: Moses draws water from a stone and Joshua fights the Amalekites.
- [Addition: What’s the deal with Joshua?]
- Exodus 18: Moses’ father-in-law, Jethro, comes to visit.
- Exodus 19: God appears to the Israelites at Mount Sinai.
- Exodus 20: God delivers ten commandments, plus a few more.
- [Addition: The politics of the ten commandments.]
- [Addition: The origins of the ten commandments and the Egyptian Book of the Dead.]
- Exodus 21: Some additional rules about slavery and murder.
- Exodus 22: More rules, covering property, social, and cultic concerns.
- Exodus 23: More rules, the setting of the cultic calendar, and the appointment of a guardian angel.
- Exodus 24: Hebrews agree to follow the rules and the Covenant is made.
- [Addition: Why is Moses sometimes depicted with horns?]
- Exodus 25: Instructions for the construction of the Ark.
- Exodus 26: Instructions for building the tent of the tabernacle.
- Exodus 27: Instructions for building the altar and the court of the Ark.
- Exodus 28: Instructions for the making of priestly robes.
- Exodus 29: Instructions for the ordination of priests.
- [Addition: What are the ephod and teraphim?]
- Exodus 30: Moses is asked to take a census and receives more instructions for the priests.
- Exodus 31: The appointing of the craftsmen and reminder to keep the Sabbath.
- Exodus 32: The Golden Calf.
- [Addition: What’s the meaning of Aaron’s involvement in the making of the Golden Calf.]
- Exodus 33: God sends the Hebrews onward towards the Promised Land.
- Exodus 34: God dictates the new Ten Commandments.
- Exodus 35: Collecting materials for the tent of meeting.
- Exodus 36: Bezalel and Oholiab begin construction.
- Exodus 37: Construction continues.
- Exodus 38: Construction continues.
- Exodus 39: Construction continues.
- Exodus 40: Aaron is appointed high priest and the Hebrews depart from Sinai/Horeb.
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