Overview of the Bible: Book of Exodus
Title: English: Exodus – leaving of Egypt Hebrew:
Sh’mot – the names (of)
Date of
writing: 1446 – 1406
BC
Date of
Narrative: about
1600 – 1444 BC
Structure: Following structure adapted from Keil
and Delitzsch [K&D] I:416-417
|
Part I 1:1 – 15:21 |
Part II |
1 |
Israel in Egypt, 1 – 2 |
March from the Red Sea to mountain Sinai, 15:22 – 17:7
|
2 |
Call of Moses, 3 – 4
|
Gentiles: Amalek (enemy) and Jethro (friend), 17:8 –
18 |
3 |
Mission of Moses to Pharaoh, 5 – 7:7 |
Establishment of the Covenant, 19 – 24:11 |
4 |
Negotiations between Moses and Pharaoh, 7:8 – 11 |
Arrangement of the Sanctuary – Tabernacle, 24:12 – 31
|
5 |
Consecration of Israel as the covenant nation |
The rebellion of Israelites and the renewal, 32 – 34
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6 |
Exodus of Israel, 12 – 13:16 |
The building of the Tabernacle, 35 - 39 |
7 |
Passage of Israel through the Red sea, 13:17 – 15:21 |
Consecration of the Tabernacle, 40 |
1. A. 1 – 6, Preparation of Israel for Exodus
2. B. 7 – 10, 9
plagues
3. C. 11 –
18, Exodus and arrival to Sinai
4. D. 19 –
24, Covenant
5. C’. 25 –
31, Plan for Tabernacle
6. B’. 32 –
34, Golden calf
7. A’. 35 –
40, Building and consecration of the Sanctuary
Main
themes:
* Life under pressure, ch. 1-2
* Faithfulness of God, ch. 2:24 – 4 (2:24 to 3:6)
* Sanctuary, ch. 25 – 40; the setting undergoes three
stages: forming (25-31), filling (35-39), “lighting”/glorification (40).
* Both
Tabernacle and the desert are the reflections on the Firmament (2 day of
Creation motive)
Main
Characters:
Pharaoh(s),
Moses, Aaron, people of Israel - Shiphrah and
Puah (ch. 1), Jethro
Reflection
in other parts of the Bible:
Exodus as a
theme – Ps. 90, 106, Lk. 9:30 (ESV “departure”, Greek “exodus”)
Songs of
Moses and Israel – Num. 21:16-18; Deut. 32; Rev. 15:3-4
Sanctuary –
1 Kings 6 – 8, The structure of John
Lutheran
teaching:
Sacraments:
[Private] Confession – Smalcald Articles, 3:VIII, based on Ex. 3:2-15
The Law of
God – Small and Large Catechism, part I, based on Ex. 20
Theology of
worship – Ap. of Augsburg Conf., XXIV (XII):35, based on Ex. 29:38-39
Lutheran
hymnody:
Ex. 3-4
& 33-34 – Swiftly pass the Clouds of Glory (LSB, 416)
Ex. 12:5 – A
Lamb goes Uncomplaining Forth (LBS, 438)
Relevancy
of the Book:
The Book of
Exodus tells us that God is faithful always – when the people of God undergo suffering,
He sends His servants to support them and resist the evil.
Also, the structure
of traditional church buildings follows/resembles the structure of the
Tabernacle (Ch. 25 – 31).
Memory
verses:
3:14-15 God
said to Moses, “I AM
WHO I AM” And He said, “Say this to the
people of Israel, I AM sent me
to you.” God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my
name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.
15:11 Who
is like you, o LORD, among the gods? Who is like, majestic in holiness, awesome
in glorious deeds, doing wonders?
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