Pentateuch Introduction and Serpent Conflict

EXODUS
I. OUTLINE
EXODUS
I. Preparation for Israel’s Deliverance from
Bondage (1 – 4)
II. Israel’s Deliverance from Bondage (5 - 18)
A. Pharaoh’s Resistance and the Lord’s
Reassurance (5:1 – 6:27)
B. Plagues on Egypt (6:28 – 12:36)
C. The Exodus from Egypt to Mt. Sinai

(12:37 – 18:27)
EXODUS
III. Covenant at Sinai (19 – 24)
IV. The Tabernacle for Worship (25 – 40)
A. Instructions for the Tabernacle (25 – 31)
B. The Golden Calf (32 – 34)
C. Tabernacle Construction (35 – 40)

I. OUTLINE
II. THEMES
I. OUTLINE
II. THEMES
III. ORIGEN OF ISRAEL IN RECENT DEBATE
ISRAEL’S ORIGINS IN RECENT DEBATE
TWO OPPOSING VIEWS
• Historical Maximists
• Historical Minimalists
ISRAEL’S ORIGINS IN RECENT DEBATE
TWO VIEWS
• Historical Maximists
• Historical Minimalists
THEORIES OF ISRAEL’S ORIGINS
•Conquest Model
•Peaceful Migration Theory
•Peaceful Revolt
•From Legend to Nation
•Conquest Model
•Peaceful Revolt
•Conquest Model
•Peaceful Revolt
•Conquest Model
•Peaceful Revolt
EVIDENCE, ARCHAEOLOGY, & SCIENCE
•Is the Bible Reliable?

•Does Science prove the Bible wrong?
•Does Archaeology prove the Bible right?
•Important to remember


I. OUTLINE
II. THEMES
III. ORIGEN OF ISRAEL IN RECENT DEBATE
IV. COMMENTARY
EXODUS
Bondage (1 – 4)
PREPARATION FOR ISRAEL’S
DELIVERANCE FROM BONDAGE 1-4
1:1-22 FULFILLED MULTIPICATION AND

FORCED LABOR
1:1-7 Introduction
1:8 Forced Labor & Killing of the Children
Nubian making mud bricks on Elephantine Island
Form groups of 5
Read out loud the Story of Sargon I “The
Great” Pg. 75-76
A man who became “king of Akkad”
2334 – 2279 BC
Discuss what is familiar about his story?

How do you reconcile his story with what
seems familiar to you?
Fishermen on Nile River
BIRTH NARATIVE: AN AUTHENTIC
HEBREW STORY IN
AN EGYPTIAN CONTEXT
MOSES IN PHARAOH’S COURT AS A BABY

LANGUAGE
BIRTH NARATIVE: AN AUTHENTIC
HEBREW STORY IN
AN EGYPTIAN CONTEXT
LANGUAGE
am,GOë (Go-me) Translated
“Bulrushes” or “Papyrus”
tb;Teä (Te-vath) Translated “Basket”
tp,z< (Ze-pheth) Translated ”Pitch” or
“Tar”
@Ws (suph) Translated “Reeds”
rao*y>h; (Hay oar) Translated “Nile”
hv,êmo (Mo-sheh) Translated “Moses”
Nile River with sailboat in Luxor
PREPARATION FOR ISRAEL’S
FORCED LABOR
1:1-7 Introduction
2:1-4:26 PREPARATIONS FOR DELIVERANCE

2:1-10 Preparing a Leader
2:11-15 Moses Kills and Egyptian
Sinuhe of Egypt Moses
Sinuhe Flees Egypt fearing the Moses flees Egypt fearing
Pharaoh’s wrath over events Pharaoh’s death sentence for
surrounding the killing the Egyptian official
assassination of his (Ex. 2:11-15)
predecessor, King
Amenemhet I.
He lives a life as a tent dwelling He lives among the semi
Bedouin in Syria-Canaaan nomadic herdsmen of
where he is taken in by a Midian, marrying a daughter
friendly chieftain and of the Priest of Midian (Ex.
married to his eldest 2: 16-22)
daughter.
At Pharaoh’s directive, Sinuhe At God’s instruction, he returns
returns to Egypt to stand to Egypt to stand before
before his Sovereign. Pharaoh (Ex. 3:10; 4:18-5:1
PREPARATION FOR ISRAELS
FORCED LABOR
1:1-7 Introduction
2:1-4:26 PREPARATIONS FOR DELIVERANCE
2:1-10 Preparing a leader
2:11-15 Moses Kills and Egyptian
2:16-26 Moses in Midian with Jethro and
Zipporah
ISSAC JACOB JUDAH MOSES
Outside the land Ge. 24:10 29:1 38:1 Ex. 2:15

Father Ge. 24:15 29:5 38:1 Ex.2:16
Daughters Ge. 24:13 29:16 38:2 Ex.2:16
A well Ge. 24:11 29:2 38:14 Ex.2:15
Daughters water Ge. 24:13 29:9 Ex.2:16
Fathers Sheep
Shepherds gather 29:2, Ex.2:17
Test Ge. 24:12 29:8 38:11 Ex.2:17

Saves Daughters 29:10 Ex.2:17
Sheep Watered Ge. 24:18 29:11 Ex.2:17
Daughters tell of deed Ge. 24:28 29:12 38:24 Ex.2:18

Patriarch invited to Ge. 24:31 29:13-14 38:26 Ex.2:20-21
stay
Married Daughter Ge. 24:67 29:23, 28 38:26 Ex.2:21
Son’s born Ge. 25:21 29:31 – 30:23 38:27-30 Ex.2:21
MOSES AT THE BURNING BUSH
MT. HOREB
NIV Exodus 3:1 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest
of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to Horeb, the
mountain of God.
NIV Exodus 3:12 And God said, "I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it
is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship
God on this mountain."
: hy<+h.a,( rv<åa]
hy<ßh.a,(
I AM THAT I AM
YAHWEH IS YAHWEH
THE LORD IS THE LORD
EXODUS
Bondage (1 – 4)
ISRAEL’S DELIVERANCE FROM
BONDAGE 5-18
5:1-6:27 Pharaoh’s Resistance and the Lord’s
Reassurance
5:1-23 Bricks without straw
BONDAGE 5-18
Reassurance
6:1-9 The Lord’s reassurance of deliverance and
Moses’ calling
EXODUS
Bondage (1 – 4)
B. Plagues on Egypt (6:28 – 12:36)

BONDAGE 5-18
Reassurance
6:1-9 The Lord’s reassurance of deliverance and
Moses’ calling
6:9-7:5 Reminders of Moses’ lowly origins
BONDAGE 5-18
7:6-11:10 Judgment and Salvations through the Plagues
7:6-13 Aarons Rod and The Magicians
AARON’S ROD AND THE MAGICIAN’S
EX. 7:6-13
The serpent confrontation foreshadows the

Lord’s humiliation of Egypt through the
Plagues at the red sea.
AARON’S ROD & THE MAGICIAN’S
EX. 7:6-13
The serpent confrontation foreshadows the
Lord’s humiliation of Egypt through the
Plagues at the red sea.
• The Serpent “swallowed” the magician’s serpents

in 7:12
• The Lord had used the red sea to “swallow” the

Egyptian army 15:12
SERPENTS
IN EGYPTIAN
CIVILIZATION
“In the year one of his coronation as king—
his majesty saw a dream by night: two
serpents, one upon his right, the other upon
his left. Then his majesty awoke and found
them not. His Majesty said: “Wherefore has
this come to me?” Then they (The two
goddesses) answered him, saying: “Thine is
the southland; take for thyself (also) the
northland. The two goddesses (Wadjet and
Nekhbat) shine upon thy brow, the land is
given to thee, in its length and its breadth. No
other divides it with thee.” (Stele of
Tanutamon Dynasty 25)
“The Kas of Unas are behind him; His Hemsut are
under his feet; His gods are over him; His uraeus-
serpents are over his head. The leading snake of
Unas is at his forehead, She who perceives the soul
(of the enemy), She who excels in the force of fire.”
(Pyramid Text 396).

““O Red Crown, O Inu, O great One, O Magician,
O Fiery Snake! Let there be terror of me like the
terror of thee. Let there be fear of me like the fear
of thee. Let there be awe of me like the awe of
thee. Let me rule a leader of the living. Let me be
powerful, a leader of spirits.
(Pyramid Text 194-195)

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EXODUS

B. Plagues on Egypt (6:28 – 12:36)

C. The Exodus from Egypt to Mt. Sinai

B. The Golden Calf (32 – 34)

C. Tabernacle Construction (35 – 40)

TWO OPPOSING VIEWS

•Is the Bible Reliable?

•Is the Bible Reliable?

•Is the Bible Reliable?

1:1-22 FULFILLED MULTIPICATION AND

Discuss what is familiar about his story?

MOSES IN PHARAOH’S COURT AS A BABY

2:1-4:26 PREPARATIONS FOR DELIVERANCE

Outside the land Ge. 24:10 29:1 38:1 Ex. 2:15

Test Ge. 24:12 29:8 38:11 Ex.2:17

Sheep Watered Ge. 24:18 29:11 Ex.2:17

Daughters tell of deed Ge. 24:28 29:12 38:24 Ex.2:18

B. Plagues on Egypt (6:28 – 12:36)

The serpent confrontation foreshadows the

• The Serpent “swallowed” the magician’s serpents

• The Lord had used the red sea to “swallow” the

serpents are over his head. The leading snake of

Unas is at his forehead, She who perceives the soul

(of the enemy), She who excels in the force of fire.”

(Pyramid Text 396).

O Fiery Snake! Let there be terror of me like the

terror of thee. Let there be fear of me like the fear

of thee. Let there be awe of me like the awe of

thee. Let me rule a leader of the living. Let me be

powerful, a leader of spirits.

(Pyramid Text 194-195)

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