Analysis of EXODUS "THE REDEMPTION OF THE COVENANT NATION" The LORD said, "I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and have given heed to their cry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings. {8} "So I have come down to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite. Exodus 3:7-8 Analysis of EXODUS Prepared by James T. Bartsch April, 1993 WordExplain.com P. O. Box 527 Cottonwood Falls, Kansas 66845 Email Contact: jbartsch@wordexplain.com Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE, Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by the Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. (www.lockman.org)
EXODUS "THE REDEMPTION OF THE COVENANT NATION" The LORD said, "I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and have given heed to their cry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings. {8} "So I have come down to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite. Exodus 3:7-8 A1 GOD'S REDEMPTION OF HIS FIRSTBORN, ISRAEL, FROM EGYPT AT THE COST OF THE FIRSTBORN 1-18 B1 The Subjection of the Sons of Israel to Slave Labor 1 C1 The growth of the sons of Israel in Egypt 1:1-7 D1 The names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with their families 1:1-4 D2 The number of the people: 70 1:5 The death of the first generation 1:6 D4 The tremendous increase of the clan 1:7 C2 The oppression of the sons of Israel in Egypt 1:8-14 D1 The rise of a king who did not know Joseph 1:8 D2 His fear of the Israelis 1:9 D4 His subjection of the Israelis to slave labor, building the storage cities of Pithom and Raamses 1:10-11 The continued multiplication of Israel, to the dread of the Egyptians 1:12 D5 The Egyptians' increased subjugation of the sons of Israel 1:13-14 D6 The attempted ethnic cleansing through infanticide 1:15-22
2 D7 D8 D9 The instructions of Egypt's king to the Hebrew midwives to preserve female infants but kill male infants 1:15-16 The civil disobedience of the Hebrew midwives as blessed by God 1:17-21 Pharaoh's command to the Egyptian populace to cooperate in the murder of Hebrew male infants 1:22 B2 The Raising up of Moses to be Israel's Deliverer 2-4 C1 The birth of Moses 2:1-2 C2 The upbringing of Moses in the courts of Pharaoh 2:3-10 C3 Moses' abortive attempt to deliver Israel 2:11-15 C4 The residence of Moses in Midian 2:16-22 C5 God's commissioning of Moses to deliver Israel 2:23-4:31 D1 D2 God's observance of Israel's cry for help in her bondage; His remembrance of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob 2:23-25 God's commissioning of Moses from amidst the burning bush 3:1-12 God's rebuttal of Moses' objections 3:13-4:17 E1 The question of the identity of the God authorizing Moses' leadership 3:13-22 E2 The question of Moses' credibility 4:1-9 E3 Moses' objection of ineloquence 4:10-12 E4 Moses' preference to decline the mission 4:13-17 E5 Moses' eventual obedience 4:18-31 E6 Moses' departure for Egypt with his family 4:18-23
E7 E8 God's attempt to kill Moses for failure to keep the sign of the covenant (circumcision) in his family 4:24-26 Moses' and Aaron's gaining of the confidence of the sons of Israel 4:27-31 3 B3 Moses' and Aaron's Sign-Fortified Requests of Pharaoh to Release the Sons of Israel: The Ten Plagues 5:1-12:36 C1 The first appearance of Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh 5:1-7:9 D1 Their request to permit a three days' journey in order to sacrifice 5:1-3 D2 Pharaoh's increasing of the work quota 5:4-14 The unhappy reactions of the leaders of Israel 5:15-21 D4 Moses before God 5:22-7:9 E1 Moses' complaint at God's harming Israel 5:22-23 E2 E3 God's promise to reveal Himself as Yahweh in mightily delivering Israel 6:1-9 Yahweh's renewed instructions to Moses and Aaron to request Israel's deliverance from Pharaoh 6:10-7:9 F1 The charge 6:10-13 F2 The heads of fathers' households 6:14-27 F3 Moses' objection of ineloquence 6:28-30 F4 God's provisions 7:1-9 G1 Of credibility and aid: Moses as God; Aaron as prophet 7:1-2 G2 Of repeated knowledge of the future 7:3-7 G3 Of the sign of the staff becoming a serpent 7:8-9
4 C2 The second appearance of Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh: the rod to serpent sign 7:10-13 C3 The third appearance, the first plague: Water to blood 7:14-25 C4 The fourth appearance, the second plague: frogs 8:1-15 C5 The fifth appearance, the third plague: Gnats (or lice); the first nonduplicatable miracle 8:16-19 C6 The sixth appearance, the fourth plague: Swarms of insects 8:20-32 C7 The seventh appearance, the fifth plague: Diseased livestock 9:1-7 C8 The eighth appearance, the sixth plague: Boils 9:8-12 C9 The ninth appearance, the seventh plague: Hail 9:13-35 C10 The tenth appearance, the eighth plague: Locusts 10:1-20 C11 The eleventh appearance, the ninth plague: Darkness 10:21-29 C12 The twelfth and final appearance, the tenth plague: The achievement of redemption through the death of the Egyptian firstborn 11:1-12:36 D1 Moses' prediction of the death of the Egyptian firstborn 11:1-10 D2 Yahweh's instructions to Israel to guarantee the passing over of the Israeli firstborn because of the blood of the slain lamb 12:1-13 The perpetuation of the Passover: The Feast of Unleavened Bread 12:14-20 D4 Moses' conveyance of the instructions to Israel 12:21-28 D5 The death of the Egyptian firstborn 12:29-30 D6 The Egyptians' urgent request for Israel to depart 12:31-36
5 B4 The Flight of Israel from Egypt 12:37-15:21 C1 The departure from Rameses to Succoth: Additional revelation concerning the Passover/Feast of Unleavened Bread 12:37-13:19 D1 The departure of 600,000 plus from Rameses to Succoth 12:37-42 D2 The ordinance of the Passover sacrifice 12:43-51 D4 D5 Yahweh's instructions to set apart all Israel's firstborn to Himself of both man and beast 13:1-2 The celebration of the Feast of Unleavened Bread in Canaan 13:3-10 Yahweh's instructions to redeem back from Himself in Canaan all essential firstborn 13:11-16 D6 The circuitous route through the wilderness 13:17-19 C2 The journey from Succoth to Etham, guided by Yahweh in the cloud and in the fire 13:19-22 C3 Yahweh's salvation of Israel from Egypt at the Red Sea 14:1-15:21 D1 Yahweh's instruction to encamp at the Red Sea 14:1-4 D2 Pharaoh's pursuit 14:5-9 Israel's terror 14:10-14 D4 Yahweh's promise of salvation 14:15-20 D5 The passage of the sons of Israel through the Red Sea 14:21-25 D6 The salvation of Israel through the drowning of the Egyptians 14:26-31 D7 The songs of salvation 15:1-21 B5 The Journey from the Red Sea to Mt. Sinai 15:22-18:27 C1 The Red Sea to Marah: Moses' sweetening of the bitter water 15:22-26 C2 Elim: Springs and date palms 15:27
6 C3 Elim to the wilderness of Sin: Yahweh's provision of food and rest -- quails, manna and sabbath observance 16:1-36 C4 Wilderness of Sin to Rephidim: 17:1-18:27 D1 D2 Moses' striking of the rock at Horeb to provide water for the grumblers 17:1-7 Israel's overwhelming of Amalek with Moses' upheld hands 17:8-16 Moses' encounter with his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian 18 E1 E2 The journey to visit Moses of Jethro, accompanied by Zipporah, Moses' wife, and their sons 18:1-12 Jethro's suggestion to Moses to select men to help him judge Israel 18:13-27 A2 GOD'S ESTABLISHMENT OF A COVENANT BETWEEN HIMSELF AND ISRAEL AS HIS HOLY NATION OF PRIESTS 19-40 B1 The Covenant between Yahweh and Israel 19-24 C1 Yahweh's offer of the covenant 19 D1 The encampment in front of the mountain in Sinai 19:1-2 D2 Yahweh's offer of the covenant to Moses 19:3-6 E1 The reminder of Yahweh's past providence 19:3-4 E2 The condition of obedience and covenant-keeping 19:5a E3 The result: Israel God's unique possession among the nations; God's kingdom of priests and a holy nation 19:5b-6 The peoples' willingness to perform the terms of the covenant 19:7-8
7 D4 The preparation for Yahweh's speech to the people 19:9-25 E1 E2 E3 Yahweh's promise to create in Israel profound trust in Moses 19:9 Yahweh's instructions for sanctification and boundary setting 19:10-15 Yahweh's descent upon Mt. Sinai amidst lightning, thunder, thick cloud, piercing trumpet, fire, smoke, and earthquake 19:16-25 C2 The terms of the covenant 20-23 D1 The "Ten Words" (Ten Commandments) 20 E1 The Commandments 20:1-17 F1 You shall have no other gods before Me. 20:3 F2 F3 You shall make no idol or likeness to worship or serve. 20:4-5 You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. 20:7 F4 Remember to keep the sabbath day holy. 20:8-11 F5 Honor your father and mother. 20:12 F6 You shall not murder. 20:13 F7 You shall not commit adultery. 20:14 F8 You shall not steal. 20:15 F9 F10 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 20:16 You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor. 20:17 E2 The terror of the people 20:18-21 E3 The amplification of Word #2 20:22-26
8 D2 The Judgments 21:1-23:19 E1 Regulating Hebrew slavery 21:1-11 E2 Assault, murder and kidnapping 21:12-27 E3 Livestock control 21:28-36 E4 Theft (of livestock) 22:1-4 E5 Property liability 22:5-6 E6 Breach of trust 22:7-15 E7 Premarital sex 22:16-17 E8 Sorcery 22:18 E9 Intercourse with animals 22:19 E10 Idolatry 22:20 E11 Abuse of minorities 22:21-24 E12 Lending 22:25-27 E13 Giving God His due 22:28-30 E14 Holy living 22:31-23:9 E15 Sabbaths 23:10-13 E16 Feasts 23:14-17 E17 Sacrifices and firstfruits 23:18-19 Yahweh's promised guidance, protection and blessing in Israel's conquest of Canaan conditioned on her obedience 23:20-33 C3 The ratification of the covenant 24 D1 The peoples' agreement to keep the words of Yahweh 24:1-3 D2 The sprinkling of blood on the book of the covenant and on the people: Ratification in Blood 24:4-8
9 D4 The eating of the Elders of Israel with the God of Israel: Ratification of Food 24:9-11 Moses' conference with Yahweh: The engraving of the commandments in stone; the issuance of further revelation 24:12-18 B2 Yahweh's Revelation of the Symbolism of the Covenant 25-31 C1 Yahweh's place of residence (Tabernacle) 25-27 D1 The financing: freewill contributions 25:1-9 D2 The furniture 25:10-40 E1 The ark of the testimony and the mercy seat 25:10-22 E2 The table for the bread of the Presence 25:23-30 E3 The lampstand 25:31-40 The residence 26 E1 The curtains for the tent covering 26:1-14 E2 The boards for the residence 26:15-30 E3 The veil 26:31-35 E4 The screen for the doorway 26:36-37 D4 The altar for burnt offerings 27:1-8 D5 The court of the residence 27:9-19 D6 The oil for the perpetually burning lamp 27:20-21 C2 The priesthood 28-29 D1 The garments of the priests 28 E1 The introduction 28:1-5 E2 The ephod 28:6-14
10 E3 The breastpiece of judgment 28:15-30 E4 The robe of the ephod 28:31-35 E5 The plate, turban, tunic and sash 28:36-39 E6 Clothing for Aaron's sons; breeches for all 28:40-43 D2 The consecration of the priests 29 E1 The clothing and anointing of the priests 29:1-9 E2 The sin offering of the bull 29:10-14 E3 The burnt offering of one ram 29:15-18 E4 E5 The sacrifice of the ram of ordination along with bread for a wave offering 29:19-28 The anointment and ordaining of future (chief) priests 29:29-30 E6 The eating of the ordination ram and the bread 29:31-34 E7 The sin offering of a bull seven consecutive days 29:35-37 E8 The morning and evening sacrifices of lambs 29:38-42 E9 The consecrating response of Yahweh 29:43-46 C3 Additional items for the residence 30 D1 The altar of incense 30:1-10 D2 Atonement money for census-taking 30:11-16 The laver 30:17-21 D4 The holy anointing oil 30:22-33 D5 The incense 30:34-38 C4 Yahweh's provision of skilled workmen 31:1-11 C5 The warning to observe the Sabbath 31:12-17
11 B3 Israel's Violation of the Covenant 32-33 C1 The violation 32 D1 Aaron's construction of a calf "god" at the peoples' request 32:1-6 D2 Yahweh's sparing of Israel at Moses' intercession 32:7-14 Moses' reactions to the crime 32:15-29 E1 His breaking of the tablets in anger 32:15-19 E2 His causing the people to drink the gold-polluted water 32:20 E3 His anger at Aaron 32:21-24 E4 His call for mass execution; the death of 3000 32:25-29 D4 Yahweh's smiting of the people in response to Moses' intercession 32:30-35 C2 The reconciliation 33 D1 D2 Yahweh's decision to substitute an angel for His own presence among the people 33:1-6 Yahweh's decision to go personally among the people at Moses' request 33:7-16 Yahweh's gracious display of His goodness and back view to Moses at the latter's request 33:7-16 B4 Yahweh's Renewal of the Covenant 34 C1 Yahweh's instruction to Moses to recut two stone tablets and join Him again on the mountain 34:1-4 C2 Yahweh's gracious display of Himself to Moses as promised 34:5-7 C3 Moses' plea for Yahweh to accompany Israel personally 34:8-9
12 C4 Yahweh's promise to proceed with the covenant and miraculously drive out the Canaanite nations 34:10-11 C5 Yahweh's summary covenantal instructions to Moses for Israel 34:12-28 C6 Moses' return to the camp with Yahweh's glory reflected in his face 34:29-35 B5 The Manufacture and Preparation of the Symbols of the Covenant 35-39 C1 The freewill contribution 35:1-29 C2 The skilled workmen 35:30-36:7 C3 The preparation of the curtains 36:8-19 C4 The preparation of the boards 36:20-34 C5 The preparation of the veil and doorway screen 36:35-38 C6 The construction of the ark and mercy seat 37:1-9 C7 The construction of the table 37:10-16 C8 The construction of the lampstand 37:17-24 C9 The construction of the altar of incense 37:25-29 C10 The construction of the altar of burnt offering 38:1-7 C11 The construction of the laver 38:8 C12 The construction of the court 38:9-20 C13 The summary of the workmen and materials 38:21-31 C14 The manufacture of the priestly garments 39:1-31 C15 The assembly of all the finished products 39:32-43
13 B6 The Erection of the Symbols of the Covenant 40 C1 The instructions of Yahweh 40:1-15 C2 The obedience of Moses and the people 40:16-33 C3 The filling of the residence with Yahweh's glory 40:34-38 Analysis of EXODUS Prepared by James T. Bartsch April, 1993 WordExplain.com P. O. Box 527 Cottonwood Falls, Kansas 66845 Email Contact: jbartsch@wordexplain.com Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE, Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by the Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. (www.lockman.org)