1. The document discusses sacred places, times, and actions outlined in the books of Exodus through Deuteronomy, including the tabernacle, festivals, and observance of the Law. 2. Key points from the Exodus narrative are summarized, including the ten plagues, establishment of Passover, exodus from Egypt, and giving of the Law at Mount Sinai. 3. Directions are provided for constructing the tabernacle.

1. Session #2.
Encountering The Law
(Exodus – Deuteronomy)

2. Sacred places – Tabernacle & Land
Sacred times – Sabbath (weekly)
Passover &…Festivals (annually)
Sabbath year (7th year)
Year of Jubilee (50th year)
Sacred actions – Circumcision (set apart/ holy)
Observing the Law
(lifestyle & obedience)
Sacrifice/ offerings
(worship & forgiveness)

3. OUTLINE:
shemot (Heb) = names exodus (Gk) = departure
1. Preparation of the deliverer (Moses)
2. Ten plagues of Egypt (God vs. the gods of Egypt)
3. Establishment of the Passover
4. The Exodus (& crossing of the Sea of Reeds Yam Suph)
5. Journey to Mount Sinai (& giving of the Law)
6. Directions for & Construction of the Tabernacle

4. I don’t want you to forget, dear brothers and sisters, about our
ancestors in the wilderness long ago. All of them were guided by a
cloud that moved ahead of them, and all of them walked through the
sea on dry ground…all of them were baptized as followers of Moses.
All of them ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual
water…and that was Christ. Yet God was not pleased with most of
them, and their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
These things happened as examples to warn us, so that we would not
crave evil things as they did, or worship idols as some of them did.
As the Scriptures say, “The people celebrated with feasting and
drinking, and they indulged in pagan revelry.” And we must not
engage in sexual immorality as some of them did, causing 23,000 of
them to die in one day.
Nor should we put Christ to the test, as some of them did and then
died...And don’t grumble as some of them did, and then were
destroyed by the angel of death. These things happened to them as
examples for us. They were written down as warnings to us who live
at the end of the age. (1 Corinthians 10:1-11)

5. “The friend of God” (Ex. 33:11; Num. 12:3)
40 years in Egypt (as an Egyptian prince)
40 years in the desert (as a Nomadic shepherd)
40 years leading the people (as a Hebrew deliverer)

7. Yahweh (LORD) - “I am who I am” (Ex. 3-4)
Moses’ 5 excuses:
 Inadequacy (3:11ff.) “Who am I?”
 Ignorance (3:13ff.) “Who are you?”
 Incredibility (4:1ff.) “What if they don’t believe me?”
 Inarticulate (4:10ff.) “What if I can’t communicate?”
 Insubordinate (4:13ff.) “Here am I Lord - send Aaron!”

8. The gods of Egypt (Ex. 12:12):
1. Water to blood Hapi September
2. Frogs Hek/ Qet Sept/ October
3. Gnats Geb/ Seb Oct/ November
4. Flies Khephera November
5. Livestock diseased Hathor & Apis Nov/ December
6. Boils Typhon Dec/ January
7. Thunder and Hail Nut & Shu February
8. Locusts Serapia Feb/ March
9. Darkness Ra/ Re March
10. Death of the Firstborn Ptah & Taurt March/ April

9. A new start (“the first month of the first year”)
 Centred around the  Judgment on the firstborn
Passover lamb (sacrifice)
(Is. 53:7; John 1:29;
1 Pet. 1:19; Rev. 5:6)  Consecration of the
 Application of the blood firstborn (man & animal)
(to each household)  Regulations (who can do
 Eat it (quickly)/ this & how often?)
get ready to leave Egypt  Feast of Unleavened Bread

10. “The Israelites set out from Rameses on the
fifteenth day of the first month, the day
after the Passover. They marched out boldly
in full view of all the Egyptians, who were
burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD
had struck down among them; for the
LORD had brought judgment on their
gods.” (Numbers 33:3-4)

12. Unconstituted group of up to 2 million people *
(cf. Numb. 1:46)
 …who have left their country of birth
 …who are largely bi-lingual
 …and are about to enter a new land
(populated by various groups of indigenous peoples)
* Heb. e le p also means a clan or military unit

13. 1. Deliverance from captivity in
Egypt & crossing of the Sea
 The Lord our redeemer
of Reeds (Exodus)
2. Wilderness journey
 The Lord our warrior
(& early military victory)
3. Provision
 The Lord our provider
(manna, quail & water)
4.TORAH (instructions):
 Ten Commandments  “I am the truth…”
 Tabernacle (“tent of meeting”)
 “I am the way…”
- Priesthood, sacrifice & offerings
 The Holiness Code  “I am the life…”

14. “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.
(Ex. 19:4-6; cf. 1 Peter 2:9)

15. “The LORD will provide” (Gen. 22:14)
1. Salvation–crossing the Sea of Reeds. “The LORD is a warrior”
2. Bread, meat & water (Ex. 15-17)
3. Rephidim: A taste of victory (Ex. 17)
4. Organization, leadership structure & delegation (Ex. 18)
5. Covenant (10 commandments) & Law (Ex. 19-24)
6. Festivals & the Sabbath (Ex. 23)
7. Instructions for the Tabernacle (“Tent of meeting”) Ex.25-31
Golden calf & New tablets of Law (Ex. 32-34)
Construction of the Tabernacle (Ex. 35-40)

16. Key to understanding the OT!

17. 1. Promised to Abraham (12:2-3)
2. Established - or “cut” (15:18)
3. Confirmed/ sealed by circumcision (17)
4. Re-stated (22:15-18)
5. Confirmed to Isaac (26:2-6, 23-25)
6. Transmitted to Jacob (27:27-29; 28:1-4)
7. Confirmed to Jacob (28:13-15; 35:9-12; 46:3-4)
 Transmitted to Judah, not Joseph! (49:10)
“I am the God of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob”

18. 1 The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your
people and your father's household and go to the land I
will show you.
2 "I will make you into a great nation
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you."

19. 1 After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram
in a vision:
"Do not be afraid, Abram.
I am your shield,
your very great reward."
…5 He took him outside and said, "Look up at the
heavens and count the stars—if indeed you can
count them." Then he said, "So shall your
offspring be."
… 7 He also said to him, "I am the LORD, who
brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give
you this land to take possession of it."

20. … 13Then the LORD said to him, "Know for certain
that your descendants will be strangers in a country
not their own, and they will be enslaved and
mistreated four hundred years. 14 But I will punish
the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they
will come out with great possessions. 15 You,
however, will go to your fathers in peace and be
buried at a good old age. 16 In the fourth generation
your descendants will come back here…”
….18 On that day the LORD made (cut) a covenant
with Abram and said, "To your descendants I give
this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river,
the Euphrates – the land of (ten nations)…”

21. Personal relationship “The faith of Abraham”
(blessing) (Rom. 4; Gal. 3)
1. A seed/ offspring (son)  “The seed…is Christ… you
are Abraham’s seed
(Gal. 3:16, 29; 4:28)
2. A nation
 “The Israel of God” (Gal. 6:16)
3. A land
 “They will inherit the earth”
(Matt. 5:5, Rev. 5:10)
 All nations  “Make disciples of all nations”
(Matt. 28:19; Rev. 15:4)

22. The covenant ceremony (with the nation)
 The terms of the covenant Ex. 19-20
 The covenant is sealed (by blood) Ex. 24
 The covenant is confirmed Ex. 34
(two tablets stored in the Ark of the Covenant)
The covenant is renewed Deut. 29-31
 Blessing Land Life
 Curse Captivity Death

23. “The Mosaic period rests squarely on a covenantal rather
than a legal relationship. While law plays an extremely
significant role…in this era, covenant always supersedes
law.”
(O. Palmer Robertson)
“God heard their groaning and he remembered his
covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob.”
(Ex. 2:24)
“I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land
of slavery - you shall be…” (Ex. 20:2)

24. SALVATION JUDGEMENT
“God is love” “God is holy”
 In a covenant  Outside the covenant
relationship relationship…or broken
covenant relationship
 Security  Insecurity
 Blessing (giving freely)  Curse (withholding)
 Life  Death

25. Relating to God: Relating to others:
“our neighbour”
1. Only one God 5. Honour your parents
2. No idols 6. Do not murder
3. Respect God’s name 7. Do not commit adultery
4. Keep the Sabbath 8. Do not steal
9. Do not lie
10. Do not covet
** God: “I will…” ** People: “We will..”

26. Then (God) said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and
Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of
Israel… 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." 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 sprinkled on 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." (vv. 1-8)

27.  Circumcision  Sabbath (corporate)
(personal)
“The Israelites are to
“You are to undergo observe the Sabbath,
circumcision, and it will celebrating it for the
be the sign of the generations to come as
covenant between me and a lasting covenant. It
you.” (Ex. 17:11) will be a sign between
me and the Israelites.”
(Ex. 31:16-17)

29.  The Sanctuary  Three annual
Tabernacle/ Temple Festivals
1. Altar (Burnt offering) 1. Passover (1st month 14th)
2. Laver (Ceremonial washing) Unleavened bread (15th)
3. Holy Place
a. Table of the presence 2. Firstfruits
b. Seven branch lampstand Weeks (50 days after
Passover)
c. Altar of incense
4. Most holy place 3. Trumpets (7th month)
Mercy seat  Day of Atonement (10th)
Ark of the covenant  Tabernacles (15th)
a. Tables of the Law
b. Aaron’s rod + The weekly Sabbath
c. Pot of manna

30. Book of worship

31.  The 5 offerings (Lev. 1-7) The (613) laws
Practice of worship
1. Burnt offering
 The Priesthood
2. Grain offering
 Sacrifice/ offerings
3. Peace (fellowship)
offering  Festivals (& days)
4. Sin offering The Holiness code
5. Guilt offering  Lifestyle & health
 Ethics & morality
 Social justice
“Be holy, for I am holy” (11:44-45; 19:2; 20:7, 26)

32. Confession (our part) Covering (God’s part)
agreement atonement
1. Burnt offering * (mandatory, complete, continual)
2. Peace offering (voluntary, fellowship)
3. Sin offering (sins of omission)
4. Trespass/ Guilt offering
(sins of commission, restitution)
5. Grain offering (thanksgiving, no blood sacrifice)
* lit. “holocaust”

33. 1. Individual brings an offering (for himself/ his family)
2. Lay hands on substitute & confess sins
3. Priest slaughters animal (humanely)
4. Blood poured out, collected & scattered on altar
5. Sacrifice burnt (partially or wholly)
6. Remaining portions eaten (ie… a fellowship meal)
 “The scapegoat…sent away”
(Lev. 16/ Day of Atonement)

34. Holiness of God & complexity of sin
1. God made us for a relationship
2. We rebel & break the relationship
3. God is holy & can’t overlook sin
4. God has intervened to provide a way back
 Sin (little word/ big concept)
Breaking a law (abar) “transgression”guilty
Missing a target (chattah) “fall short” lost/ wayward
Become twisted (awan) “perversion” tainted
Morally confused (rasha) “wicked” unrighteous

35.  POWER  PRINCIPLE  PENALTY
 World  Heart  Universal
 Born in  Born with  Born into a
sphere of sin propensity to sin state of sin
(transferred down)
SIN… spoils spreads enslaves separates

36. The anointed one (Jesus) will…
 “finish transgression (abar)”
 “put an end to sin (chattah)”
 “atone for wickedness (awan)”
 “bring in everlasting righteousness (opp. to rasha)”
** see Hebrews 7-10 for more details **
"Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29)
"He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the
sins of the whole world." (1 John. 2:2)

38.  At Sinai (1-9)
Census - Arrangement of the camp - Passover
 From Sinai to Kadesh Barnea (10-19)
The report of the spies (13) – Turning back (14:25)
Heb. 3:12/1 Cor. 10:1-13
 From Kadesh to the Plains of Moab/Jordan (20-36)
On the move again – Victories - 2nd census

39.  One year later (after the exodus & giving of the law)
 Take a census & arrange the tribes (Num. 1-8)
 Celebrate Passover (Num. 9)
 Set off (from Sinai) – Num. 10
 Exploration (of the land) – Num. 13
 The great rebellion (Num. 14/Heb. 3:12/1 Cor. 10)
Sentence: 40 years for 40 days of crime! (Numb. 14:34)
 On the move again (the 40th year) – Num. 20-36
 Miriam dies (1st month), Aaron dies (5th month), 40th yr.
 Journey to Moab (Defeat of Og & Sihon)
 Encounter with Balaam (& Balak) – Num. 22-24
 Second census, restructuring (Joshua to succeed Moses)
** A potential 11 day journey, takes 40 years! (cf. Deut. 1:2)

40. On the twentieth day of the second month of the second
year, the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle of the
Testimony. Then the Israelites set out from the Desert of
Sinai and traveled from place to place until the cloud
came to rest in the Desert of Paran. They set out, this first
time, at the LORD's command…(vv.11-13)
So they set out from the mountain of the LORD & traveled
for three days. The ark of the covenant of the LORD
went before them during those three days to find them
a place to rest. The cloud of the LORD was over them by
day when they set out from the camp.
Whenever the ark set out, Moses said,
"Rise up, O LORD!
May your enemies be scattered;
may your foes flee before you."
Whenever it came to rest, he said,
"Return, O LORD,
to the countless thousands of Israel.“ (vv. 33-36)

43. Understand
the lessons
of history
Deuteronomy (Covenant)
Understand the
message of the
prophets

44.  Speech #1. Looking backward
…to the faithfulness of God Chs. 1-4
 Speech #2. Looking upward
…to our basic calling to Love God Chs. 5-11
 Speech #3. Looking outward
…to our mission to be the people of God Chs. 12-26
 Speech #4. Looking inward
…to a life of obedience or disobedience Chs. 27-30
 Speech #5. Looking forward
…to a new start Chs. 31-34

45. “Soon you will cross the River, and if
you obey the laws and teachings
I'm giving you today, you will be
strong enough to conquer the land
that the LORD promised your
ancestors and their descendants.
It's rich with milk and honey, and
you will live there and enjoy it for a
long time.” (Deut.11:8-9 CEV)

46.  Walk in all the way that the LORD your God has commanded
you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in
the land that you will possess. (5:33)
 And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but
to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him,
to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your
soul…(10:12)
 Observe the commands of the LORD your God, walking in his
ways and revering him. (8:6)
 For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in
his ways, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you
will live and increase, and the LORD your God will bless you in
the land you are entering to possess. (30:16)
 You have declared this day that the LORD is your God and that
you will walk in his ways, that you will keep his decrees,
commands and laws, and that you will obey him. (26:17)

47. Teach them to your children, talking about them
when you sit at home and when you walk along the
road, when you lie down and when you get up. (11:19)
Impress them on your children. Talk about them
when you sit at home and when you walk along the
road, when you lie down and when you get up. (6:7)

48. “Remember the day you stood before the LORD your
God at Horeb… You came near and stood at the foot
of the mountain while it blazed with fire… Then the
LORD spoke to you... He declared to you his
covenant, the Ten Commandments, which he
commanded you to follow and then wrote them
on two stone tablets. And the LORD directed me at
that time to teach you the decrees and laws you are
to follow in the land that you are crossing the
Jordan to possess.” (Deut. 4:10-14; see 5:2-3)

49. Speech #1
Looking backward
…to the faithfulness of God
Chapters. 1-4

50. Remembering the foundation
 The salvation of God
 The covenant of God
 The promise of God

51. Remembering the leaders (who went before us)
Bold leaders (ie. Moses) Numb. 12:3
Organized leaders (ie. Jethro) Deut. 1:9-18
Faithful leaders (ie Caleb) 1:36
Courageous leaders (ie. Joshua) 1:38

52. Remembering the failures & mistakes (of the past)
 You were unwilling (to go up) 1:26
 You grumbled (in your tents) 1:27
 You did not trust 1:32
 You sinned (& were disciplined by God) 3:3-4

53. Remembering the victories
 Amalekites 1:29-31
 Sihon (King of Heshbon) 2:24ff.
 Og (King of Bashan) 3:1ff.
 Summary 3:18-20

54. Speech #2
Looking upward
…to our calling (to love God)
Chapters. 5-11

55. Remember the covenant
Who their God is
What he said (to them)
Who they are (& how they should live)
This is who I am This is who you are
& what I’ve done & how you should respond

56. I am (your husband) We are (your people)
“I will…” “We will…”
 Isaiah 54:5-7
 Hosea 2:16-20, 7
 Ezekiel 16:32
 Jeremiah 3:14
 Jeremiah 31:31ff.

57. Deuteronomy 4:1
Hear now, O Israel, the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow
them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land
that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
Deuteronomy 5:1
Moses summoned all Israel and said: Hear, O Israel, the decrees and laws
I declare in your hearing today. Learn them and be sure to follow them.
Deuteronomy 6:3
Hear, O Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and
that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as
the LORD, the God of your fathers, promised you.
Deuteronomy 9:1
Hear, O Israel. You are now about to cross the Jordan to go in and
dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities that have
walls up to the sky.
Deuteronomy 20:3
He shall say: "Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle against your
enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be terrified or give way to
panic before them.”

58. “Hear, O Israel”:
The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
Love the LORD your God with all your heart
and with all your soul
and with all your strength.

59. What hinders & prevents us from loving God?
Compromise – ch. 7
Neglect (Forget) – ch. 8
Pride – ch. 9
Idolatry – ch. 9
Commitment – ch. 10
Decision (blessing or curse) – ch. 11

60. Speech #3
Looking outward
…to our mission
(to be the people of God)
Chapters 12-26

61. Establishing the Engaging in war
worship of the (against the worship
one (true) God of false gods)

62. “the place the LORD your God will choose” (x 21)
“to put his name there (for his dwelling)” x3
“(a place…) as a dwelling for his name” x6
Affirmation of ownership (taking possession)
Erection of a victory monument (in charge)
Inscribing of foundation stone (who is being worshipped?)
(Gordon Wenham)

63.  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 fathers to the third and
fourth generation of those who hate me. Ex. 20:5/ Deut.
5:9
 Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose
name is Jealous, is a jealous God. Ex. 34:14
 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous
God. Deut. 4:24
 For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a
jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and
he will destroy you from the face of the land. Deut. 6:15
 Joshua said to the people, "You are not able to serve the
LORD. He is a holy God; he is a jealous God. He will
not forgive your rebellion and your sins. Joshua 24:19

64. Moses replied, “…I will spread out my hands in prayer to
the LORD. The thunder will stop and there will be no
more hail, so you may know that the earth is the
LORD's.” Exodus 9:29
The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it, the world,
and all who live in it. (Psalm 24:1)

65. One God (Yahweh – only one name)
One way to him (by sacrifice)
 John 14:6
 Acts 4:12
 1 Timothy 2:5
 Ephesians 1:10
 Habakkuk 2:14 (Isaiah 11:9)

66.  Passover (Unleavened bread) Atonement
 Firstfruits Resurrection
 Weeks (Pentecost) Coming of Spirit
 Trumpets God is coming
 Tabernacles Life together
(now)

67. Holiness code:
Justice & righteousness
Love & mercy
Grace & generousity
Wisdom & godliness

68.  Do not be afraid!
 Role of the priest:
Get ready for battle (& know when not to)
Do not fear (by focusing on yourselves)
Trust in the LORD (to fight for you)
 Select your officers (team)
 Know your army
 Make the enemy an offer of peace
(If accepted) Enslave
(If rejected) Attack
 Be prepared for exceptional cases
 Be wise

69. Speech #4
Looking inward
…to a life of obedience
or disobedience
Chapters. 27-30

70.  You have declared:  He has declared:
To love God & as his That you are his treasured
people, you will… possession & holy people
observe he will praise you
follow he will make you famous
walk he will hold you in high
keep honour
…to obey him …to bless you

71. Instructions for the (ultimate) visual aid
 Pick out some large stones
 Coat them with plaster
 Write the words of the Law on them
 Set them upon Mount Ebal
 Build an altar to God

72. Curses from Mount Ebal Blessings from Mt. Gerezim
 Disfavour of God Favour of God
 Mental/ physically sick Healthy
 Barren & unfruitful Reproductive
 Poverty Prosperous
 Defeat Victorious
 Oppression Exaltation
 Failure
 Humiliation

73.  You’ve seen!  But do you understand?
God’s miraculous This is a binding agreement
salvation This is for the sake of future
generations
God’s miraculous There really is no turning
provision back now
The consequences of dis-
God’s miraculous victories obedience will be
disastrous

74. It’s really not that hard!
It’s a matter of life & death!
It’s all about obedience!
Do you want experience blessing?
“Now choose life, so that you and your children may
live and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to
his voice, and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your
life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore
to give to your fathers.” (19-20)

75. Speech #5
Looking forward
…to a new start
Chapters. 31-34

76. Qualities of a good leader:
Selection by God
Trust in the promise of God
Strength & courage from God
Knowledge of the word (Torah) of God
Filled with the Spirit of God

77. So the LORD said to Moses, "Take Joshua son of Nun, a
man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on
him.” (Numb. 27:18)
Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the Spirit of
wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So
the Israelites listened to him and did what the LORD
had commanded Moses. (Deut. 34:9)

78. “Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these
people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to
give them. Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to
obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn
from it to the right or to the left, that you may be
successful wherever you go. Do not let this Book of the
Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and
night, so that you may be careful to do everything
written in it. Then you will be prosperous and
successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and
courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged,
for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you
go." (Josh. 1:6-9)