Showing posts with label Exodus. Show all posts
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6 empty Egyptian boasts and God's answer in Exodus 15:9,10

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Exodus 15:9,10

The enemy boasted,

I will pursue,
I will overtake them.
I will divide the spoils;
I will gorge myself on them.
I will draw my sword
and my hand will destroy them.

But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

14 things Bezalel was able to do according to Exodus 35:32-35

https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/w20150715/bezalel-oholiab-work/

Exodus 35:32-35

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 artistic crafts
And he has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others
He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as engravers,
designers,
embroiderers in blue,
purple
and scarlet yarn
and fine linen,
and weavers - all of them skilled workers and designers.

4 ways God blessed Bezalel according to Exodus 35:30-32

Exodus 35:30-32
Then Moses said to the Israelites, See, the Lord has chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,
and he has filled him with the Spirit of God,

with wisdom,
with understanding,
with knowledge
and with all kinds of skills -

24 plus different offerings brought by the people in Exodus 35

Exodus 35:22-29
All who were willing, men and women alike, came and brought

gold jewellery of all kinds: brooches,
earrings,
rings
and ornaments.
They all presented their gold as a wave offering to the Lord.
Everyone who had blue,
purple
or scarlet yarn
or fine linen,
or goat hair,
ram skins dyed red
or the other durable leather brought them.
Those presenting an offering of silver
or bronze brought it as an offering to the Lord,
and everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the work brought it.
Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun - blue,
purple
or scarlet yarn
or fine linen.
And all the women who were willing and had the skill spun the goat hair.
The leaders brought onyx stones
and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
They also brought spices
and olive oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense.

All the Israelite men and women who were willing brought to the Lord freewill offerings for all the work the Lord through Moses had commanded them to do.

33 plus items listed by Moses as needing to be made by the Israelites in Exodus 35

Exodus 35:10-19
All who are skilled among you are to come and make everything the Lord has commanded:

the tabernacle with its tent and
its covering,
clasps,
frames,
crossbars,
posts
and bases;
the ark with its poles
and the atonement cover
and the curtain that shields it;
the table with its poles
and all its articles
and the bread of the Presence;
the lampstand that is for light
with its accessories,
lamps
and oil for the light;
the altar of incense with its poles,
the anointing oil
and the fragrant incense;
the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;
the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating,
its poles
and all its utensils;
the bronze basin with its stand;
the curtains of the courtyard
with its posts and bases,
and the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard;
the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard,
and their ropes;
the woven garments worn for ministering in the sanctuary
 - both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest
and the garments for his sons when they serve as priests.

15 plus items Moses calls on the Israelites to give in Exodus 35

Exodus 35:4-9
Moses said to the whole Israelite community, “This is what the Lord has commanded:nFrom what you have, take an offering for the Lord. Everyone who is willing is to bring to the Lord an offering

of gold,
silver
and bronze;
blue,
purple
and scarlet yarn
and fine linen;
goat hair;
ram skins dyed red
and another type of durable leather;
acacia wood;
olive oil for the light;
spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
and onyx stones
and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

15 Types of offering specified in Exodus 25:1-7


Exodus 25:1-7
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. These are the offerings you are to receive from them:

gold,
silver
and bronze;
blue,
purple
and scarlet yarn
and fine linen;
goat hair;
ram skins dyed red 
and another type of durable leather;
acacia wood;
olive oil for the light;
spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
and onyx stones
and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

11 uses for sacred anointing oil cited in Exodus 30


Exodus 30:26-33
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.

Say to the Israelites, 'This is to be my sacred anointing oil for the generations to come. Do not pour it on anyone else's body and do not make any other oil using the same formula. It is sacred, and you are to consider it sacred. Whoever makes perfume like it and puts it on anyone other than a priest must be cut off from their people.'"

5 ingredients to make the sacred anointing oil as stated in Exodus 30

Exodus 20:22-25
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Take the following fine spices:

500 shekels of liquid myrrh,
half as much (that is, 250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon,
250 shekels of fragrant calamus,
500 shekels of cassia - all according to the sanctuary shekel -
and a hin of olive oil.

Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred anointing oil.

6 Tribes listed three times in Exodus to be wiped out

Exodus 23:23
My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of

the Amorites,
Hittites,
Perizzites,
Canaanites,
Hivites
and Jebusites,

and I will wipe them out.

Exodus 33:2
I will send an angel before you and drive out

the Canaanites,
Amorites,
Hittites,
Perizzites,
Hivites
and Jebusites.

Exodus 34:11
Obey what I command you today. I will drive out before you

the Amorites,
Canaanites,
Hittites,
Perizzites,
Hivites
and Jebusites. 

6 Tribes listed twice in Exodus 3

Exodus 3:8 
So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey - the home of

the Canaanites,
Hittites,
Amorites,
Perizzites,
Hivites
and Jebusites.

Exodus 3:17 
And I have promised to bring you up out of your misery in Egypt into the land of -

the Canaanites,
Hittites,
Amorites,
Perizzites,
Hivites
and Jebusites.

 - a land flowing with milk and honey.' 

12 Precious Stones used in the High Priest's breastpiece and listed in Exodus


Exodus 28:15-29 and 39:9-21

"Fashion a breastpiece for making decisions--the work of skilled hands. Make it like the ephod: of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen. It is to be square - a span long and a span wide - and folded double. Then mount four rows of precious stones on it.

The first row shall be carnelian, chrysolite and beryl; 
the second row shall be turquoise, lapis lazuli and emerald; 
the third row shall be jacinth, agate and amethyst; 
the fourth row shall be topaz, onyx and jasper.

Mount them in gold filigree settings. There are to be twelve stones, one for each of the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes. "For the breastpiece make braided chains of pure gold, like a rope. Make two gold rings for it and fasten them to two corners of the breastpiece. Fasten the two gold chains to the rings at the corners of the breastpiece, and the other ends of the chains to the two settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front. Make two gold rings and attach them to the other two corners of the breastpiece on the inside edge next to the ephod. Make two more gold rings and attach them to the bottom of the shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the seam just above the waistband of the ephod. The rings of the breastpiece are to be tied to the rings of the ephod with blue cord, connecting it to the waistband, so that the breastpiece will not swing out from the ephod. "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. They fashioned the breastpiece -the work of a skilled craftsman. They made it like the ephod: of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen.

It was square - a span long and a span wide - and folded double. Then they mounted four rows of precious stones on it.

The first row was carnelian, chrysolite and beryl; 
the second row was turquoise, lapis lazuli and emerald; 
the third row was jacinth, agate and amethyst; 
the fourth row was topaz, onyx and jasper.

They were mounted in gold filigree settings. There were twelve stones, one for each of the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes. For the breastpiece they made braided chains of pure gold, like a rope. They made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and fastened the rings to two of the corners of the breastpiece. They fastened the two gold chains to the rings at the corners of the breastpiece, and the other ends of the chains to the two settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front. They made two gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece on the inside edge next to the ephod. Then they made two more gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the seam just above the waistband of the ephod. They tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with blue cord, connecting it to the waistband so that the breastpiece would not swing out from the ephod - as the LORD commanded Moses. 

15 References to Pharaoh and his hardened heart in Exodus 4-14


God hardening Pharaoh's heart (8)
Exodus 4:21 The LORD said to Moses, When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
Exodus 7:3 But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, ....
Exodus 9:12 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said to Moses.
Exodus 10:20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let the Israelites go. 
Exodus 10:27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he was not willing to let them go.
Exodus 11:10 Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let the Israelites go out of his country. 
Exodus 14:4  And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will pursue them.
Exodus 14:8 The LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly.

Pharaoh hardening his heart (3)
Exodus 8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
Exodus 8:32 But this time also Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not let the people go. 
Exodus 9:34 When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again: He and his officials hardened their hearts. 

Neutral (4)
Exodus 7:13 Yet Pharaoh's heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said. 
Exodus 7:22 But the Egyptian magicians did the same things by their secret arts, and Pharaoh's heart became hard; he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said. 
Exodus 8:19 the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hard and he would not listen, just as the LORD had said. 
Exodus 9:35 So Pharaoh's heart was hard and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses. 

3 Sign Miracles given to Moses in Exodus 4


Exodus 4:1-9
Moses answered, "What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, 'The LORD did not appear to you'?"

Then the LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?" "A staff," he replied. The LORD said, "Throw it on the ground." Moses threw it on the ground and it became a snake, and he ran from it. Then the LORD said to him, "Reach out your hand and take it by the tail." So Moses reached out and took hold of the snake and it turned back into a staff in his hand. "This," said the LORD, "is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers - the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob - has appeared to you."
Then the LORD said, "Put your hand inside your cloak." So Moses put his hand into his cloak, and when he took it out, the skin was leprous - it had become as white as snow. "Now put it back into your cloak," he said. So Moses put his hand back into his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his flesh. Then the LORD said, "If they do not believe you or pay attention to the first sign, they may believe the second.
But if they do not believe these two signs or listen to you, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. The water you take from the river will become blood on the ground."

10 Plagues as related in Exodus 7:14-12:36


1. Water into blood Ex. 7:14-24
2. Frogs Ex. 7:25-8:15
3. Lice Ex. 8:16-19
4. Flies Ex. 8:20-32
5. Diseased livestock Ex. 9:1–7
6. Boils Ex. 9:8-12
7. Thunderstorm of hail and fire Ex. 9:13–35
8. Locusts Ex. 10:1–20
9. Darkness for three days Ex. 10:21–29 3.10
10. Death of the firstborn Ex. 11:1–12:36

18 Miracles in the Wilderness as recorded in Exodus and Numbers, etc


1. The angel of God and a pillar of cloud and fire accompanied the people (Exodus 13:21, 22; 14:19)
2. A strong wind made a path for the Israelites through the sea (Exodus 14:21-29)
3. The Egyptian's chariot wheels were made to jam and the army drowned in the sea (Exodus 14:25-31)
4. Bitter waters were made sweet and drinkable (Exodus 15:22-25)
5. Manna rained from heaven for bread.  (Exodus 16:4)
6. Quail were sent to provide meat (Exodus 16:13-18: Numbers 11:31)
7. Water came from a rock (Exodus 17:2-6)
8. Moses’s raised hands allowed the Israelites to prevail over Amalek (Exodus 17:9-13)
9. God spoke from the mountain at Sinai (Exodus 19:2-6; 16-21)
10. Moses face shines radiantly (Exodus 34:29-14)
11. Miriam's rebellion and leprosy (Numbers 12:5-10)
12. The ground opens and swallows Korah (Numbers 16:19-35)
13. The budding of Aaron's staff (Numbers 17:1-11)
14. Water from the rock and Moses’s sin (Numbers 20:2-13)
15. The bronze snake on a pole (Numbers 21:4-9)
16. The crossing of the Jordan (Joshua 3)
17. Clothes and sandals did not wear out and feet did not swell (Deuteronomy 8:4, 29:5)
18. The burial of Moses (Deuteronomy 34)

6 Attributes of God revealed to Moses in Exodus 34


Exodus 34:5-8

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 worshipped. 

10 commandments version 1

Exodus 20:1-17
And God spoke all these words:
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 
You shall have no other gods before me.
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.
You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
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.
Honour your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor
You shall not covet your neighbour's house. You shall not covet your neighbour's wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.