The Pentateuch

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The Pentateuch

• Genesis, Ex, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

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How to Earn a BIn Mr. Elliss Class

• If you already know the Pentateuch well
• Pay attention in class and take notes on what is
  new to you.
• Review before the test.
• If you are less familiar with the Pentateuch
• Read assigned texts before class.
• Take notes during class lectures.
• Between classes, review notes for 20 minutes,
  using PowerPoint and Bible.
• Study for test for 1½ to 2 hours on the day
  before the test.

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Selected Readings In Ex

• Chapters you can skim or skip for journals or
  reading before class
• Ex 25 Otabernacle offerings furnishings
• Ex 26 Curtains and walls for the Tabernacle
• Ex 27 Sacrificial Altar and its surroundings
• Ex 28 Priestly garments
• Ex 29 Priestly consecration
• Ex 30 Incense
• Ex 31 Tabernacle workers and Sabbath
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Moses and Pharaoh

• Moses in the house of Pharaoh 1-2
• 18-14 A new king who did not know Joseph -
  Harsh bitter labor
• 115-22 Pharaoh attempts mass infanticide of
  Hebrew boys
• 21-10 Baby Moses in the basket
• See Acts 720-22
• 211-22 Murder and escape to Midian

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Moses and Pharaoh

• Called back to Pharaoh Ex 2-3
• 223-25 The cry of the sons of Israel
• 31-3 The burning bush
• 34-9 Announcing relief for Israelites
• 310 The Lord sends Moses back to Pharaoh

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Moses and Pharaoh

• Trying to Avoid Pharaoh Ex 3-4
• 311-12 Excuse 1
• Who am I to challenge Pharaoh?
• I, the Lord will be with you.
• 313-15 Excuse 2
• They will say I dont even know your name.
• I am that I am - YHWH
• 316 Specific Commission
• Tell the Israelites I am delivering them to a
  land flowing with milk and honey
• Tell Pharaoh to let the people go out and worship
  me.
• I will persuade Pharaoh through miracles.
• The people will not leave empty-handed.

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Moses and Pharaoh

• (Trying to Avoid Pharaoh Ex. 3-4)
• 41-9 Excuse 3
• What if they people dont believe me?
• I will perform miracles to prove I set you.
• 410-12 Excuse 4
• I am not a good speaker.
• I will make you my speaker.
• 413-17 Excuse 5
• There must be someone else you can send.
• Aaron can go with you as a speaker.

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Moses and Pharaoh

• Heading back to Pharaoh Ex 4
• 418-26 Accepting the call
• 18-20 Its safe to return to Egypt now.
• 20-23 Summary of the mission
• Perform miracles for Pharaoh
• Demand he let my firstborn (Israel) go.
• Answer his hard heart with the loss of his son.
• 24-26 A strange interlude
• As they leave, the Lord is about to kill Moses
• Zipporah circumcises Moses son.
• 427-28 Joining forces with Aaron
• 429-31 Calling the Israelites together

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Moses and Pharaoh

• Confronting Pharaoh Ex 5
• 51-2 Let my people go
• 56-9 Increased labor
• 520-21 Odious in Pharaohs sight
• 522-23 You have not delivered Your people at
  all. - Moses

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Moses and Pharaoh

• Convincing Pharaoh Ex 7-11
• 71-7 I will make you as God to Pharaoh
• 78-13 Rod-to-snake - Pharaoh hardens.
• Plagues
• 714-25 Nile-to-blood - Pharaoh hardens.
• 81-15 Frogs - Pharaoh relents, then hardens.
• 816-32 Gnats (or lice) - Pharaoh hardens.
• 820-32 Flies Pharaoh negotiates, then hardens
• 91-7 Dead cattle - Pharaoh hardens.
• 98-17 Boils - The Lord hardens Pharaoh.
• 918-35 Fire/hail - Pharaoh relents, then
  hardens.
• 101-20 Locusts - Ph. relents the Lord hardens
  him.
• 1021-29 Darkness Pharaoh says, Go!
• 111-10 Death of all firstborn Egyptians.(The
  Lord hardens Pharaoh he refuses again.)

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THE FIRST PASSOVER

• 121-8, 11-13 The Passover established
• The time, the meal, the dress
• (April 20, 2008)
• 1222-23 The meaning of Passover
• 1224-28 The Memorial
• Annual repetition and explanation
• 1230-41 The Lord forces Pharaoh to let the
  people go.
• Good riddance from Egyptians
• The mixed multitude with them
• The end of 430 years in Egypt

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THE Ex

• 1317-22 The beginning of the Ex
• Wilderness to Red Sea, not highway
• Bones of Joseph
• Pillars of cloud and fire
• 141-31 Parting of the Red Sea
• The reason for the miracle 1-4
• Fear of the Egyptians 9-12
• Be still and see the salvation of the Lord
  13-19
• The Israelites pass through on dry ground and the
  Egyptians drown. 20-31