Exodus

Question 1

Exodus 1:17-19

(The midwives are a good example of disobeying civil authorities when they contradict God; murder in this case. They also lied directly to Pharaoh, and God rewards them for fearing Him rather than Pharaoh. There are times when lying is required, but this is different from the commandment to “not bear false testimony against your neighbor.” Other examples include: Josh 2:4-6; 2 Sam 17:17-20, 2 Kn 10:18-30.)

Answer 1

The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.

Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”

The midwives answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.”

Question 2

Exodus 1:20-21

God rewards the midwives for protecting the children, even though they lied to Pharaoh

Answer 2

So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous.

And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.

Question 3

Exodus 2:23-24

God keeps his promises, even hundreds of years later {Gen 15:12-16}

Answer 3

God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob.

So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.

Question 4

Exodus 3:5-6

(The place where God makes himself known is holy ground. Stephen alludes to this in Acts 7 when one of the accusations against him was that he spoke against the temple. The temple is not holy because it is a temple for the Lord - the temple, and wherever God reveals Himself, that is holy.)

Answer 4

“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

Then he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

Question 5

Exodus 3:7

God loves His chosen people, and comes to rescue them

Answer 5

The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering.

Question 6

Exodus 3:11-12

(Though Moses is not adequate to rescue Israel, God is incredible in power and is with Moses, to accomplish His will. Also note that God uses man here to do His will, and I believe He often does this to help us understand His involvement with our lives.)

Answer 6

But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

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.”

Question 7

Exodus 3:13-14

(The famous line of who is it that would seek to rescue Israel, to make nothing of Pharaoh’s might? What is His name? His name is “I AM.” Jesus would use this same language identifying Himself in John 8:58, causing the Jews to seek to stone Him for blasphemy.)

Answer 7

Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?”

God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”

Question 8

Exodus 4:10-12

(Moses’ physical impediments are nothing that will stop the LORD’s will, as the LORD has power over the tongue, speech, and all things. Interestingly enough, Moses was extremely well educated as an Egyptian prince, and still said these words. Sounds very similar to Paul later on {1 Cor 2:1; 2 Cor 11:6}.)

Answer 8

Moses said to the LORD, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.”

The LORD said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the LORD? Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.”

Question 9

Exodus 4:13-15

(Moses fails to trust God and asks for someone else to speak in his place. Though this angers God, who could have fully empowered Moses to speak effectively, God allows Moses’ fear by putting Aaron as his mouthpiece. Interestingly enough, recall that Moses could indeed have done it, had he just trusted God to give him the words {Exo 4:11-12}.)

Answer 9

But Moses said, “Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else.”

Then the LORD’s anger burned against Moses and he said, “What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way to meet you, and he will be glad to see you. You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do.

Question 10

Exodus 4:29-31

(Moses brings together effective leaders to accomplish his goal. After seeing God’s signs, they believe, and have the appropriate response of bowing in reverence and worship.)

Answer 10

Moses and Aaron brought together all the elders of the Israelites, and Aaron told them everything the LORD had said to Moses. He also performed the signs before the people, and they believed.

And when they heard that the LORD was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.

Question 11

Exodus 5:22-23

(Moses questions why God would allow bad things to happen, and His Word to seemingly not be fulfilled. He is allowed to question God. Soon, God will show that it was to show His power, and that this would put fear of the Lord in the hearts of all nations, and protect Israel {Exo 6:6}.)

Answer 11

Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Is this why you sent me?

Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and you have not rescued your people at all.”

Question 12

Exo 6:6-9

(God acts with power to accomplish salvation for His beloved, who is helpless to save herself. Because of this salvation, those He saves belong to Him. God is faithful to His promises, but people who are discouraged may lose heart and not believe.)

Answer 12

“Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.

I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD.’ ”

Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor.

Question 13

Exodus 7:2-5

(God hardens Pharaoh’s heart. What does this mean? Some say God uses His sovereign will and forces Pharaoh to disobey the will of the Lord, to let Israel free. This is to accomplish God’s will of displaying his power through the judgment he exacts through the 10 plagues on Egypt, and ensures the safety of Israel, along with their increase in wealth. Ex: Rom 9:16-18. Alternatively, others argue that God “hardened” or “strengthened Pharaoh’s resolve” to do what Pharaoh already wanted to do. Pharaoh knew he needed slaves for his kingdom to thrive, so he couldn’t let them go. In the midst of everything telling him keeping them was a bad idea, since Egypt was being ravaged by plagues, God strengthens Pharaoh’s “courage,” if you will, to do what he wanted to do already. Just like if a warrior’s heart was flagging in battle, it could be hardened to leap back in and fight. They would point to Exodus 8:15, 10:3, etc. that Pharaoh hardened his own heart.)

Answer 13

You are to say everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his country.

But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in Egypt, he will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and with mighty acts of judgment I will bring out my divisions, my people the Israelites.

And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of it.”

Question 14

Exodus 12:11

(The Passover is eaten in haste, as the people are about to flee from Egypt before Pharaoh has another chance to harden his heart)

Answer 14

This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.

Question 15

Exodus 12:12-13

(Judgment and destruction comes for all who are not covered by the blood of the lamb on their doorframes. They are “Passed over.”)

Answer 15

“On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.

The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.

Question 16

Exodus 12:17

(As God brought them out of the land of bondage, Egypt, the bread without yeast is symbolic of being set apart from the “yeast” of Egypt, or influence of it. For this reason, anyone who eats leavened bread is to be “cut off from Israel (Exo 12:16),” as it is like they are going back to it. It was the same with Lot’s wife when she looked back in Genesis 19:26. New Testament parallels include: Mat 16:6; Gal 5:9, linking leaven with things that are unholy or evil.)

Answer 16

“Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread, because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt. Celebrate this day as a lasting ordinance for the generations to come.

Question 17

Exodus 12:26-27

(Sharing God’s Word / promises with their children, telling of the Lord’s judgment and mercy to Egypt and Israel on Passover)

Answer 17

And when your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’

then tell them, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’ ” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.

Question 18

Exodus 12:40

Length of time in Egypt

Answer 18

Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years.

Question 19

Exodus 12:43-47

(In order to be a part of God’s mercy in His Passover, you must be within the promise of His covenant through circumcision {Gen 17:9-14}, and a part of His people. It isn’t for everyone, only for those who belong to Him. And it must have no bones broken, which is an important point in the New Testament as Jesus being the Passover lamb {Jn 19:36}. And all God’s people are commanded to celebrate His salvation.)

Answer 19

The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “These are the regulations for the Passover meal: “No foreigner may eat it.

Any slave you have bought may eat it after you have circumcised him, but a temporary resident or a hired worker may not eat it.

“It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones.

The whole community of Israel must celebrate it.

Question 20

Exodus 13:17

(God leads His people safely, knowing that if they are faced with adversity, they may quickly retreat to what was familiar and safe, even though it was slavery and terrible living, and God was leading them visibly.)

Answer 20

When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, “If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”

Question 21

Exodus 13:21

The Lord leads His people directly, that they may know and see He is with them

Answer 21

By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night.

Question 22

Exodus 14:1-4

(God tells Israel to TURN BACK toward the army of Egypt. A people unacquainted with war are told to turn around and look at the most powerful army about to destroy them. They do not go directly across the Red Sea - they turn back… so Pharaoh can catch up, the Israelites will know the power of God, and the entirety of the world will know who He is.)

Answer 22

Then the LORD said to Moses,

“Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp near Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. They are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal Zephon.

Pharaoh will think, ‘The Israelites are wandering around the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert.’

And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So the Israelites did this.

Question 23

Exodus 14:10-12

(Even after being led by God, Israel as a people spew vitriol toward Moses, and accordingly, toward God. They are rightly afraid of Egypt. And they know they are about to die, and could have lived in Egypt safely, though in chains. They do not trust God, though He has shown His hand mightily. But they are about to fear the Lord God Almighty.)

Answer 23

As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the LORD.

They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!”

Question 24

Exodus 14:13-14

(Israel is about to truly come face to face with their Deliverer - and there is nothing they did to deserve His salvation, nor is there anything they can do to thwart it, or to succumb to their enemies)

Answer 24

Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again.

The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

Question 25

Exodus 14:29-31 (Israel was completely and utterly saved by God, and the enemy of God's people - that is, God's enemy - was completely destroyed. And they rightly feared the Lord and trusted in Him.)

Answer 25

But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. That day the LORD saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore. And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand of the LORD displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant.

Question 26

Exodus 15:2 | A song of praise to the God who saves His people from their oppressors

Answer 26

“The LORD is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

Question 27

Exodus 15:13 (The Lord's love is the reason he leads them, and they are His saved, His purchased ones. And He will bring them to His home, because of His love. And this has always been a song His people can sing.)

Answer 27

In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed. In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling.

Question 28

Exodus 16:4-5 (God tests His people to assess their faithfulness, to see if their faith is genuine after all He has done for them. The test was simple in regard to honoring the Sabbath.)

Answer 28

Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions. On the sixth day they are to prepare what they bring in, and that is to be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”

Question 29

Exodus 16:6-8 (Israel complains against God. They are overpowered by their appetites, and wonder why God is going to let them die now. In complaining against Moses, they complain against God. And God responds to their complaints for His own sake, that He may keep His name Holy and feared amongst them, and the world, and continue to deliver His people.)

Answer 29

So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “In the evening you will know that it was the LORD who brought you out of Egypt, and in the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we, that you should grumble against us?” Moses also said, “You will know that it was the LORD when he gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the LORD.”

Question 30

Exodus 16:29 | The Sabbath is a gift, not a burden

Answer 30

Bear in mind that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they are on the seventh day; no one is to go out.”

Question 31

Exodus 17:4 | Service to God, even for His people, is often a burdensome, even life-threatening task for Moses

Answer 31

Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”

Question 32

Exodus 18:8-11 (Jethro, a pagan priest of Midian {Exo 18:1}, hears of God's deeds from Moses and trusts in the Lord. Accordingly, Moses, and others who serve the Lord, should trust God's deeds and Word to bring joy and salvation to those who were not His, to bring into the fold those who were far off.)

Answer 32

Moses told his father-in-law about everything the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake and about all the hardships they had met along the way and how the LORD had saved them. Jethro was delighted to hear about all the good things the LORD had done for Israel in rescuing them from the hand of the Egyptians. He said, “Praise be to the LORD, who rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from the hand of the Egyptians. Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly.”

Question 33

Exodus 18:17-18 (Jethro explains that delegation of tasks to others is necessary for effective leadership and preventing Moses from getting overburdened)

Answer 33

Moses’ father-in-law replied, “What you are doing is not good. You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone.

Question 34

Exodus 18:21 | Moses is given selection criteria for leaders, those who are capable men of God

Answer 34

But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.

Question 35

Exodus 19:4-6 (If people are wise to follow God who loves them, they will be His treasured possession, a holy nation, a kingdom of priests)

Answer 35

‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”

Question 36

Exodus 20:1-2 (God reminds Israel, prior to giving them His Law, that He is the God of their freedom and deliverance. In this, they are to understand not only that there is a way to follow Him in obedience that leads to life, but also that following His commands is actually freeing to them from the world. To be with God is to be free. To be with the world is slavery to sin, and ultimately death. See 1 Jn 5:3.)

Answer 36

And God spoke all these words: “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

Question 37

Exodus 20:3 | The first of the ten commandments

Answer 37

“You shall have no other gods before me.

Question 38

Exodus 20:4-6 | The second of the ten commandments

Answer 38

“You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Question 39

Exodus 20:7 | The third of the ten commandments

Answer 39

“You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.

Question 40

Exodus 20:8-11 | The fourth of the ten commandments

Answer 40

“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

Question 41

Exodus 20:12 | The fifth of the ten commandments

Answer 41

“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

Question 42

Exodus 20:13 | The sixth of the ten commandments

Answer 42

“You shall not murder.

Question 43

Exodus 20:14 | The seventh of the ten commandments

Answer 43

“You shall not commit adultery.

Question 44

Exodus 20:15 | The eighth of the ten commandments

Answer 44

“You shall not steal.

Question 45

Exodus 20:16 | The ninth of the ten commandments

Answer 45

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Question 46

Exodus 20:17 | The tenth of the ten commandments

Answer 46

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Question 47

Exodus 20:18-20 (The people of Israel are terrified at the almighty power of the Lord God, even fearing for their own lives when confronted with the holiness of God. Interestingly enough, though Moses says that the fear of the Lord will prevent sin, he tells them also to not be afraid. So clearly there is a difference between being afraid and fear of the Lord. And fear of the Lord prevents sin. As Proverbs 1:7 says, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge / wisdom.)

Answer 47

When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance and said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die.” Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.”

Question 48

Exodus 21:2 (Servant-hood and slavery were permitted, but under distinct terms, oftentimes when the individual or their parents sold themselves or their child to pay debts. But these were for distinct periods of time, limited to 6 years. The debt was always paid by then, and the servant released.)

Answer 48

“If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything.

Question 49

Exodus 21:5-6 (The characteristics of this servanthood or slavery are shown here; the masters must treat their servants kindly, to the point where the servants can even volunteer to stay with their masters forever)

Answer 49

“But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’ then his master must take him before the judges. He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.

Question 50

Exodus 21:9 (In their culture, daughters were allowed to be pledged to other families for marriage. They must be given full rights as members of the family they are pledged or bought into. Daughters could be purchased for marriage, from their parents. Marriage in the ancient world followed very different practices, and even today, some countries have arranged marriages that function very similarly. God Himself uses this imagery in Hosea with the picture of redeeming His people, similarly to an adulterous wife.)

Answer 50

If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter.

Question 51

Exodus 21:12 (You were not allowed to kill others, whether fellow Israelite, servant, or slave. Thus, the penalty in 21:20 for killing a slave would be the death penalty. This is clearly amongst God's people of Israel, dwelling in a community with one another, and says nothing about the edicts of war.)

Answer 51

“Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death.

Question 52

Exodus 21:16 (God's feelings on the slave trade. Clearly, the type of slavery mentioned in the Atlantic-African slave trade was unacceptable in God's mind.)

Answer 52

“Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death, whether the victim has been sold or is still in the kidnapper’s possession.

Question 53

Exodus 21:20-21 (Slaves were apparently allowed to be beaten as a form of punishment. This was apparently acceptable punishment then, though obviously it is not today. Anachronism is easy to do, though we don't live in their time. If the slave did die, as state in 21:12, the way the owner was "punished" is apparently also death. Bear in mind also that parents were allowed to beat their children. This didn't mean they hated their children. People were also whipped commonly as a form of punishment. Only until recently did this become immoral to physically punishment in the eyes of our culture. According to 21:26-27, if the physical punishment was bad enough that the slave was permanently injured, the owner was no longer allowed to keep them, and the slave's debt was instantly paid, which would severely discourage the slave owner from harming their slaves.)

Answer 53

“Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result, but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two, since the slave is their property.

Question 54

Exodus 21:22-25 (This is the famous passage about equally meting punishment. The punishments faced, in parallel to the previous laws mentioned, were designed as deterrents to crime. If you did something to harm another, the same would befall you, administered by the legal justice. In this case, it was referring to injury to an unborn baby.)

Answer 54

“If people are fighting and hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman’s husband demands and the court allows. But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.

Question 55

Exodus 21:26-27 (Continuing with the protection of legal slaves, though physical punishment was acceptable for slaves, to children, and to those who broke the law, this was another law to deter slave owners from harming their slaves. If they ever punished them enough to cause permanent damage, their penalty was that the slave was to instantly have their debt paid off and be set free. If the slave was killed by their owner, the owner themselves would be put to death {21:12}. So they had every incentive to treat their slaves well, and indeed, it was illegal to not do so, according to these cumulative laws.)

Answer 55

“An owner who hits a male or female slave in the eye and destroys it must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye. And an owner who knocks out the tooth of a male or female slave must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth.

Question 56

Exodus 22:2-3 (Again in keeping with meting out justice in the form of equal punishment and deterrence, a thief in the night could not be seen, and may be able to seriously harm or even murder an individual in the dark without being seen, without having to face justice due to the dark. But during the day time, when the thief was visible, the penalty for theft was not equivalent to murder. Murder was worse. So the thief could be identified in the day, and would have to pay an equivalent fine for his theft, but not his own life, as could be done when he could not be identified. This law also gives credence to home self-defense today.)

Answer 56

“If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed; but if it happens after sunrise, the defender is guilty of bloodshed. “Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution, but if they have nothing, they must be sold to pay for their theft.

Question 57

Exodus 22:16-17 (Women are given value in the Israelite culture. If they have romantic relationships with men, and they have sex before marriage, the man is required to take responsibility and marry her. If the father refuses, the man is still responsible to give the full payment that would be due to marriage. This holds men responsible, and also is a reminder of God's value in marriage.)

Answer 57

“If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife. If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he must still pay the bride-price for virgins.

Question 58

Exodus 22:21 (God loves all people, including those who are foreigners amongst His people, even reminding them that they themselves have been foreigners in another land. They are to treat others with kindness.)

Answer 58

“Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt.

Question 59

Exodus 22:22-24 (God greatly loves those and cares for those who are widows and orphans. He is outraged when they are oppressed. He addresses this specifically to men, who are expected to take responsibility, not abuse the fatherless and widows. God seems to elevate the abuse of those who are alone to the level of murder, and declares capital punishment of being put to death to the men who abuse. In this, their own children and wives would end up as widows and orphans, an equal, horrifying punishment of deterrence.)

Answer 59

“Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless. If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry. My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.

Question 60

Exodus 22:25-27 | God doesn't just care for the poor, he is compassionate for them, and demands that they too be treated fairly

Answer 60

“If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest. If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, return it by sunset, because that cloak is the only covering your neighbor has. What else can they sleep in? When they cry out to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

Question 61

Exodus 22:28 (God who loves them is not to be blasphemed, that is to be cursed/slandered/profaned. And seeing as God is sovereign in appointing rulers, they too are to be respected. Paul goes a step further and instructs Christians to pray for their leaders {1 Tim 2:1-6[v.2]}.)

Answer 61

“Do not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.

Question 62

Exodus 23:1 (Spreading news or legal items that you know to be false is prohibited, as is helping someone you know is in the wrong. An easily identified example would be helping your political candidate, because you hate the other candidate. Could be true of someone at work as well. It says "malicious" because to do such a thing clearly involves hatred, to some degree, if you're slandering a person who is good or true. Do not let your own heart be complicit in evil with the guilty.)

Answer 62

“Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.

Question 63

Exodus 23:2-3 (God's people are instructed to avoid following everyone else when those people are doing evil. It isn't OK just because everyone is doing it. Do not support them. And do not stand against someone just because of their belief, wealth, or status. Rather, stand with the truth, with those who are righteous, and with God Himself.)

Answer 63

“Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd, and do not show favoritism to a poor person in a lawsuit.

Question 64

Exodus 23:5 (God declares that you are to love your enemies. The entirety of the preceding Law so far is often aimed at the protection and equitable treatment of others, and of God. This Law is beautiful, and justice is done through deterrence, as God's most effective way of knowing the minds of men, that they will not sin against one another.)

Answer 64

If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help them with it.

Question 65

Exodus 23:8 (God's people are not to accept bribes. Perhaps this could be extended beyond merely money, but also to anything that one might accept for their pleasure, as a tradeoff for allowing an evil to occur. The innocent are also made to look like liars when bribery is involved. So the one who accepts the bribe is complicit in evil for pleasure, the one acting on the bribe commits the act of evil, and the honor or property of the innocent is harmed.)

Answer 65

“Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.

Question 66

Exodus 23:10-11 | The Sabbath year gives rest, and the poor may work to gather their own food from the fields

Answer 66

“For six years you are to sow your fields and harvest the crops, but during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused. Then the poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what is left. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.

Question 67

Exodus 23:27-30 (God gives Israel practical reasons for why he does not act immediately and overwhelmingly, because the world he designed is one of order and balance, and such actions would bring negative consequences)

Answer 67

“I will send my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run. I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way. But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you. Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.

Question 68

Exodus 23:31-33 (Israel was given a command that they themselves should act to drive out their enemies. God would enable them to do it, but they had to take a step of faith. If they failed to trust God, and gave a place in their new home / community to those who were pagans, those same pagans would lead them away from God into evil.)

Answer 68

“I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out before you. Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods. Do not let them live in your land or they will cause you to sin against me, because the worship of their gods will certainly be a snare to you.”

Question 69

Exodus 20:22-23 (After delivering the Ten Commandments to the people verbally from the mountain, the people heard from God Himself. It was not the tablet described later on when Moses re-ascended the mountain {Exo 24:12}. God gave them the direct evidence by speaking to them, as no idol god ever had done. In this, they knew that indeed, He is the LORD. Later, some would even see Him {Exo 24:9-11}. This was meant to serve as a warning, in love, to not serve other gods, idols who were an insult to god and worthless to Israel.)

Answer 69

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites this: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven: Do not make any gods to be alongside me; do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold.

Question 70

Exodus 24:3 (Moses had just received the Ten Commandments and the rest of the Law for Israel to live in fellowship with God and one another. And Israel agreed with Moses and the Lord. Notice that other than worshipping only God and keeping His Sabbaths that he made for them as a gift {Mk 2:23-28; Exo 16:29; Gen 2:3 [sharing in God's rest that He has in the beginning]}, all of these parts of the Law in and beyond the Ten Commandments are aimed at living in fellowship with one another. In loving one another, we are keeping God's Law, and loving Him as well {Mt 22:37-40; Mt 25:34-40; Acts 9:4-5; 1 Jn 4:7-11}. In failing to love and honor God's children who He loves, we dishonor and sin against God's family, and therefore against God Himself {Mt 25:45-56}).

Answer 70

When Moses went and told the people all the LORD’s words and laws, they responded with one voice, “Everything the LORD has said we will do.”

Question 71

Exodus 24:4-8 (The young men are included in taking the charge of making a sacred offering to Lord with the life in the blood. Moses had already spoken the Law to the people and they affirmed it {Exo 24:3}. Now, he wrote it down, made FELLOWSHIP offerings to commemorate thankfulness and union with God, forged in the sacrifice of blood on behalf of the people. He once again repeated the Law he had just written, and sprinkled the blood of fellowship between them and God, in God's covenant, on the people. So they affirmed it twice. And the promise was sealed between God and Israel - that they would be His people, and He their God.)

Answer 71

Moses then wrote down everything the LORD had said. He got up early the next morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel. Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offerings to the LORD. Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splashed against the altar. Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They responded, “We will do everything the LORD has said; we will obey.” Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

Question 72

Exodus 24:9-11 (Moses, the priests, and the elders of Israel are given a special privilege, to literally see God. This seems an added confirmation to them confirming God's Covenant. A grace they were specially given. And they were not destroyed when they gazed on the holiness of God, another grace. This also will later be shown elsewhere, such as Ezekiel 1:25-28)

Answer 72

Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as bright blue as the sky. But God did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw God, and they ate and drank.

Question 73

Exodus 24:12 (As in the famous movie scenes, now Moses goes up to receive stone tablets of the Law. Note that God had *already* audibly given the Ten Commandments to Israel {Exo 20:18-23}, as well as given the rest of the Law to Moses {Exo 21:1}. The people had already affirmed it twice {Exo 24:3, 7}, and Moses had already written it down {Exo 24:4}. So the tablets of stone seemed to be a reminder and symbol for the people of the Covenant, as they already had the Law now.)

Answer 73

The LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”

Question 74

Exodus 24:15-18 (God calls Moses into His presence to hear from Him on the Sabbath, His day of rest. And the presence/glory of the Lord, to Israel, was literally a consuming fire atop Sinai. And Moses stayed in the presence of the Lord for 40 days.)

Answer 74

When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud. To the Israelites the glory of the LORD looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain. Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Question 75

Exodus 25:1-2 (God asks the people for a free will offering, to bring whatever their hearts desire to give. He asks them to come and give, not for His own sake, but so that they may have the Lord dwelling amongst them in the Tabernacle {Exo 25:8}.)

Answer 75

The LORD said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from everyone whose heart prompts them to give.

Question 76

Exodus 25:8 | God allows the people to make a sanctuary / tabernacle where He will voluntarily come and be amongst them.

Answer 76

“Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them.

Question 77

Exodus 25:16 (The tablets of the Law were to go inside the Ark of the Covenant. This literally would be understood as the "holding place for God's promise," and inside it was His Law that was the governance of their fellowship {Exo 24:5} with God. All sacrifices of blood between God and the people, on the day of atonement, would be made atop this Ark of the Covenant {Exo 25:21-22; Exo 26:33-34; Lev 16:2, 15-16}.)

Answer 77

Then put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law, which I will give you.

Question 78

Exodus 25:17-18 (Atop the Ark was a pure gold cover on which atonement for the sins of the people would be made with blood. The cherubim were symbolic of guarding the holiness of God, as they did when Adam and Eve were expelled from God's presence in the Garden of Eden, which was then guarded by cherubim {Gen 3:24}.)

Answer 78

“Make an atonement cover of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.

Question 79

Exodus 25:22 (God met Moses at the Ark to give him the Laws and guidance of Israel. This would be a constant reminder to Moses of the Law that had literally been given by the finger of God {Exo 31:18}.)

Answer 79

There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.

Question 80

Exodus 26:31-34 (The curtain that partitioned off the Holy of Holies / Most Holy Place separated the Ark of the Covenant Law from the rest of the tabernacle. God was separated from man, and could only be approached by atonement - or making man and God reconciled with each other when they were separated by man's sin. Following the dimensions of the frames of the Tabernacle proper, it was 10 cubits high and wide [15 feet] {Exo 26:15-17}. It was quite large in the new temple {1 Kn 6:19-20, in Solomon's temple to the Lord, it was 20 cubits, or 30 feet high and wide}. This is significant, because it was huge, and was later rent in two when Christ's atonement for mankind was completed {Mt 27:51}.)

Answer 80

“Make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker. Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases. Hang the curtain from the clasps and place the ark of the covenant law behind the curtain. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. Put the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant law in the Most Holy Place.

Question 81

Exodus 28:2 | The office of priest was one of dignity an honor

Answer 81

Make sacred garments for your brother Aaron to give him dignity and honor.

Question 82

Exodus 28:29-30 (Aaron is charged with decision-making for Israel, having their representative stones over his heart whenever he goes before the Lord. And he has the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece to aid him in making decisions representative of God's will. The High Priest is a selfless position, to stand as one who gives himself to God for the sake of the people, and has their interests over his own.)

Answer 82

“Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he will bear the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of decision as a continuing memorial before the LORD. Also put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastpiece, so they may be over Aaron’s heart whenever he enters the presence of the LORD. Thus Aaron will always bear the means of making decisions for the Israelites over his heart before the LORD.

Question 83

Exodus 28:35 (Bells could be heard by all outside, showing that the High Priest was making atonement on their behalf or ministering before the Lord. Apparently this also kept him from dying, or perhaps showed that he had not died before the altar.)

Answer 83

Aaron must wear it when he ministers. The sound of the bells will be heard when he enters the Holy Place before the LORD and when he comes out, so that he will not die.

Question 84

Exodus 26:36-38 (The one who ministers before God must be consecrated, that is, made holy. The priest brought both the guilt of the people and their sacrifice for their sin before the Lord. Note it says *so* they will be acceptable to the LORD. The plate indicates holiness is required, else they are rejected. This shows that if something is not HOLY TO THE LORD, then it is not acceptable in His presence.)

Answer 84

“Make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD. Fasten a blue cord to it to attach it to the turban; it is to be on the front of the turban. It will be on Aaron’s forehead, and he will bear the guilt involved in the sacred gifts the Israelites consecrate, whatever their gifts may be. It will be on Aaron’s forehead continually so that they will be acceptable to the LORD.

Question 85

Exodus 29:4 (Before approaching God, the priests would have to be symbolically purified by the washing with water. This theme would be repeated often in the Bible. For example, it is done in Ezekiel 36:24-29, not just for the priest, but for all of Israel! Jesus Himself repeats it in John 3:5 when discussing being born of water and the Spirit when being born again into the Kingdom of God.)

Answer 85

Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting and wash them with water.

Question 86

Exodus 29:42-46 (God speaks to Moses and gives him instruction at the entrance to the "tent of meeting" [Tabernacle]. God Himself is the one who makes Moses, Aaron, the Priests, and all of Israel consecrated. He Himself makes them Holy! They do not make themselves holy - God does it. This is in response to the twice daily burnt offering of the lamb at morning and night {Exo 29:38-41}. Note too that God brought them out of an unholy land that He may dwell with His people in the place He makes holy. He cannot dwell with them in an unclean place of slavery, but rather is the one that cleanses them and sets them free.)

Answer 86

“For the generations to come this burnt offering is to be made regularly at the entrance to the tent of meeting, before the LORD. There I will meet you and speak to you; there also I will meet with the Israelites, and the place will be consecrated by my glory. “So I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar and will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests. Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God. They will know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of Egypt so that I might dwell among them. I am the LORD their God.

Question 87

Exodus 30:6-8 (The altar of incense was before the veil that separated the Ark of the Covenant of God / The Most Holy Place. Incense was burned on it twice daily, and God met with the High Priest there. The aroma of the incense was a sweet smell before God, and it was joyful communion between God and man. Blood was never to be put on this altar except on the Day of Atonement, when it was also placed on the mercy seat / atonement cover of the Ark, beyond the veil.)

Answer 87

Put the altar in front of the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law—before the atonement cover that is over the tablets of the covenant law—where I will meet with you. “Aaron must burn fragrant incense on the altar every morning when he tends the lamps. He must burn incense again when he lights the lamps at twilight so incense will burn regularly before the LORD for the generations to come.

Question 88

Exodus 30:9-10 | Nothing but incense was to be burned on the altar of incense except for blood on the Day of Atonement

Answer 88

Do not offer on this altar any other incense or any burnt offering or grain offering, and do not pour a drink offering on it. Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on its horns. This annual atonement must be made with the blood of the atoning sin offering for the generations to come. It is most holy to the LORD.”

Question 89

Exodus 30:11-12 (For some reason, there is a grave importance to being counted among God's people for a census, one that involves giving money as part of an atonement for life. This money is equal for all people, is very cheap {Exo 30:15}, and is used in service for the tabernacle {Exo 30:16}. Note that it has nothing to do with payment for sins, but seems related to being a numbered part of Israel. In this, it cannot be equivocated with indulgences, especially given that a census was an infrequent occurrence.)

Answer 89

Then the LORD said to Moses, “When you take a census of the Israelites to count them, each one must pay the LORD a ransom for his life at the time he is counted. Then no plague will come on them when you number them.

Question 90

Exodus 30:25-30 | Anointing oil is used as a way to set apart things to be holy

Answer 90

Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred anointing oil. Then use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law, the table and all its articles, the lampstand and its accessories, the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand. You shall consecrate them so they will be most holy, and whatever touches them will be holy. “Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them so they may serve me as priests.

Question 91

Exodus 31:1-5 (God's Holy Spirit rests on people to fill them with wisdom to be able to do their jobs. Knowledge for their trade and being skillful at it is a gift from God, showing that God values their work, and it is used for His glory. These men didn't do any special ministry, but their trade brought glory to the LORD.)

Answer 91

Then the LORD said to Moses, “See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills— to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts.

Question 92

Exodus 31:16-17 (Israel is commanded to observe *and* celebrate the Sabbath, as a promise between them and God. God links the Sabbath to His resting in creation and the satisfaction He has in completion of His work. He invites Israel to join Him in His rest, perhaps so they do not strive, but so that they share in peace and are "refreshed." In Dt. 5:12-15, it is linked to the rest from slavery in Egypt.)

Answer 92

The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting covenant. It will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’ ”

Question 93

Exodus 31:18 (Finally, Moses receives the tablets of the Law after 40 days, after God has given them the Ten Commandments audibly, given them laws between each other in addition to the Ten Commandments, and described the construction of the Tabernacle for the people to be holy and have God dwelling with them. Now, Moses descends Sinai, leaving the presence of God, to see what has become of Israel at the foot of the mountain...)

Answer 93

When the LORD finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the covenant law, the tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.

Question 94

Exodus 32:1 (So quickly, Israel falls into evil when God isn't visibly with them every minute. Remember they had already heard His voice, and since Moses was His representative, the disappearance of Moses must have caused them to falter.)

Answer 94

When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.”

Question 95

Exodus 32:9-10 (God threatens to destroy all of Israel for their evil. Given the death penalty for deliberate sins, and their breaking of His very first Law, it is amazing He relented.)

Answer 95

“I have seen these people,” the LORD said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked people. Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”

Question 96

Exodus 32:33 | Direct, deliberate sin of the Israelites causes them to be forever cast from God's presence

Answer 96

The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me I will blot out of my book.

Question 97

Exodus 33:3 (God is so displeased with Israel that He says He cannot even go with them physically, lest He might destroy them. He is rightly tending towards wrath rather than mercy and unmerited grace.)

Answer 97

Go up to the land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people and I might destroy you on the way.”

Question 98

Exodus 33:11 (The LORD speaks to Moses directly, face to face, in the tabernacle, as a friend. The cloud descends on it when the LORD meets Moses there {Exo 33:9}.)

Answer 98

The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.

Question 99

Exodus 33:13-15 (As God and Moses speaks, Moses asks that, even though God said He would not go with Israel for risk of destroying them in their evil {Exo 33:3}, that He would still go with them and make them a nation, His own people. And God decides to show mercy.)

Answer 99

If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people.” The LORD replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

Question 100

Exodus 33:16-20 (Moses asks God to show His glory, possibly as a way of confirmation that He will indeed go with Israel, not destroy them, but also to bless Moses. Then God says He will allow Moses to see His goodness, and this goodness will extend in compassion and mercy to His people. Later, this is quoted in Romans 9:18, with God choosing to show mercy to Israel when they did not deserve it. Even here, Moses cannot see all of God's glory, but only as God allowed at the tent of meeting when masked by the cloud that descended.)

Answer 100

How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?” And the LORD said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.” Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.” And the LORD said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the LORD, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.”

Question 101

Exodus 34:5-9 (The Lord passes in front of Moses, as Moses falls in worship. The LORD promises His mercy and love, even to the thousands of Israelites, forgiving their wickedness in His mercy. Yet the results of their sin will carry on with them for generations. They do not die for their parents' sin, but their parents' sin does affect them. Moses again reiterates that God is right in His judgment, but begs forgiveness for His people, that the Lord will continue to go with them, re-emphasizing that they want to be God's children.)

Answer 101

Then the LORD came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the LORD. And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.” Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshiped. “Lord,” he said, “if I have found favor in your eyes, then let the Lord go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our wickedness and our sin, and take us as your inheritance.”

Question 102

Exodus 34:14 | God is jealous for His people and His name; He does not want His betrothed to prostitute herself

Answer 102

Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Question 103

Exodus 34:15-16 (Those living amongst Israel will invite them into evil and idolatry. This is why God purges the Canaanites from the land in Joshua. And when Israel intermarries with them, their sons, those who are to lead the people, will walk the path of destruction as their idolatrous wives ensnare the hearts of their husbands to evil acts and worship of idols.)

Answer 103

“Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices. And when you choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will lead your sons to do the same.

Question 104

Exodus 34:33-35 (After descending Sinai with the second set of tablets, having interceded for Israel that God would continue to go with them on their journey and into the promised land, Moses face is radiant {Exo 34:29}. His face is radiant because he was meeting the LORD face to face {34:30}. The people feared Moses because of his closeness to God. Paul mentions this passage in 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 discussing the New Covenant and being transformed as Moses was transformed by the glory of the Lord. This is done as we partake in Christ, who removes the death brought by the Law and gives life in the Spirit. Paul thus suggests that Moses was being transformed towards God's new glory for the one who is in Christ.)

Answer 104

When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a veil over his face. But whenever he entered the LORD’s presence to speak with him, he removed the veil until he came out. And when he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, they saw that his face was radiant. Then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the LORD.

Question 105

Exodus 40:1-3 (The tabernacle is set up from day 1 of the year, God always being with Israel; and the Holy of Holies with the Ark of the Covenant Law is shielded by the curtain, that man not approach God)

Answer 105

Then the LORD said to Moses: “Set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, on the first day of the first month. Place the ark of the covenant law in it and shield the ark with the curtain.

Question 106

Exodus 40:30-32 | They must be ceremonially washed of all sin and uncleanness before approaching the Lord

Answer 106

He placed the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing, and Moses and Aaron and his sons used it to wash their hands and feet. They washed whenever they entered the tent of meeting or approached the altar, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Question 107

Exodus 40:33-38 (The work of God's meeting place with man was finished by Moses. The LORD descended into it, and dwelt with His people, having forgiven their sins. And He would lead them into the promised land, and eternity.)

Answer 107

Then Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and altar and put up the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. And so Moses finished the work. Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. Moses could not enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. In all the travels of the Israelites, whenever the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle, they would set out; but if the cloud did not lift, they did not set out—until the day it lifted. So the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the Israelites during all their travels.

Question 108

Exodus 17:16 | Perpetual war declared on the Amalekites, which King David will execute later in Israel's history

Answer 108

He said, “Because hands were lifted up against the throne of the LORD, the LORD will be at war against the Amalekites from generation to generation.”

Question 109

Exodus Summary

Answer 109

1. God hears His people's distress (Exodus 1:1 - 5:22) 2. God delivers His people from bondage (Exodus 6:1 - 15:21) 3. God provides for the physical needs and protection of Israel (Exodus 15:22 - 17:16) 4. God prepares Israel to meet Him (Exodus 18:1 - 19:25) 5. God gives Israel the Law of to dwell in peace with God and man within the community of Israel (Exodus 20:1 - 23:33) 6. God and Israel confirm the Covenant Law (Exodus 24) 7. God gives a copy of the heavenly Tabernacle to Israel, that they may meet with Him and receive His presence and forgiveness (Exodus 25:1 - 31:18) 8. Israel rebels, and is punished (Exodus 32) 9. Moses intercedes on Israel's behalf (Exodus 33, 34) 10. The tent of meeting is confirmed and completed, and the Lord descends to dwell with and guide Israel (Exodus 35:1 - 40:38)