EXODUS: 1 – 20

Exodus 1: Israel’s suffering in Egypt:

• The children of Israel (Jacob) who travelled to Egypt were:

• Reuben

• Simeon

• Levi

• Judah

• Issachar

• Zebulun

• Benjamin

• Dan

• Naphtali

• Gad

• Asher,

• Altogether the descendants of Jacob numbered 70 (for Joseph was in Egypt

• And Joseph and his brothers and all that generation died, but
the children of Israel were fruitful and multiplied exceedingly.

• Then arose a king who did not know Joseph and he said to his
people “Look, the children of Israel are more and mightier
than us, come, let us deal with them shrewdly, lest they join
our enemies in the event of war and fight against us.”

• So, they set taskmasters to afflict them with burdens.

• They built for Pharaoh supply cities (Pithom and Raamses.)

• The Egyptians dreaded Israelites because the more they afflicted
them the more they multiplied and they made their lives bitter in
bondage. They made them serve with rigor.

• The king of Egypt spoke to the midwives Shiphrah and Puah and
told them not to let the boys born of the Hebrew women live and to
let the girls live.

• But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king
commanded them. So, the king sent for them and they told him
that Hebrew women were livelier than the Egyptian women and
that they gave birth before they reached their places. God gave the
midwives their own households because they did this.
Exodus 2: Moses is born:

• A Levite man (Amram) took as wife a daughter of Levi

(Jochebad), so she conceived and it was a boy. When she
saw that the boy was beautiful, she hid him for 3 months,
but when she couldn’t hide him anymore, she took an ark
of bulrushes for him, daubed it with alphalt and pitch, put
the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank.
And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done
to him.
• Then Pharaoh’s daughter came to bathe in the river and
when she saw the ark coming, she sent one of her maid
servants to get it and when she opened it, there the
baby was and it wept. So, she had compassion for it and
proclaimed that that was one of the Hebrews’ child.

• Then his sister got his mother to nurse him for the
princess, and the child grew and was given to the
princess and he became her son and she called him
Moses because she drew him out of the water.
Moses flees to Midian:
• Now it came to pass, and Moses went out to see his brethren and all their

burdens and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, he looked everywhere and

saw that there was no one and he killed the Egyptian and hid him in sand.

• And he went out a second time and saw 2 Hebrew men fighting, so, he asked the

one guilty about why he was striking his fellow companion and he asked Moses

about the one who made him a prince and judge over them that he should rule

over them and also if he intended to kill him as he killed the Egyptian. So, Moses

assumed that this had become known and when Pharaoh heard of it, he sought

to kill him. And Moses fled to Midian and sat there by a well.

• Now, the priest of Midian had 7 daughters who came to fill the troughs for their

father’s flocks, but the shepherds drew them away, but Moses helped them and

watered their flocks.

• And when they came to their father Reuel, he asked
them about how they were home soon that day and they
told him about Moses and they called him home and
Reuel gave his daughter Zipporah in marriage to him
and he named his 1st son Gershom because he was a
stranger in a foreign land.

• Now, the king of Egypt had died and the children of

Israel cried out to God in their bondage and God
remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob, so, He acknowledged them.
Exodus 3: Moses at the
burning bush:
• Now, Moses was tending Jethro, his father-in-law’s flock and he led
them to Mt. Horeb, the mountain of God when an Angel of God
appeared to him in a burning bush that was not being consumed by
the fire.

• Then when the Lord saw that he was coming near to look, He called
Moses by his name and commanded him to take off his sandals, for the
place where he was standing was holy, and also the Lord proclaimed
that He is the God of his ancestors and Moses hid his face, because he
was afraid to look.
• And the Lord said that He had seen the oppression of
His people in Egypt because of their taskmasters and
that He would bring them to a good and large land, a
land flowing with milk and honey, the land of the
Canaanites, Perizzites, Hittites, Hivites, Jebusites and
the Amorites. So, the Lord commanded Moses to
come and bring His people up out of Egypt.

• But Moses said that he was nothing to bring the

people of Israel out of Egypt.
• So, the Lord said that He would certainly be with him and
the sign for it was that Moses and the people of Israel
would worship God in Mt. Horeb.

• When Moses wanted to know God’s Name to say to the

people of Israel, God said “I AM WHO I AM”. Also, He
commanded Moses to tell them that “I AM” had sent him
to them. Moreover, God said to him to tell them that He is
the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and that He would
bring them to a land flowing with milk and honey.
• The Lord commanded Moses to take along with him the
elders of Israel to go to the king of Egypt and to tell him
that the God of Hebrews had met with them and to let
them go for 3 days to go and sacrifice to their God. But
the Lord knew that Pharaoh wouldn’t let them go, and so
the Lord would stretch out His hand and strike Egypt
with all His wonders, after which Pharaoh would leave
them and that they shall not go empty handed but with
articles of gold and silver with clothing as plunder from
Egypt.
Exodus 4: Miraculous signs
for Pharaoh:
• But Moses doubted if they would listen to him and the Lord commanded him to

throw down the rod that was in his hand which became a serpent. Also, He

commanded him to place his hand on his bosom, and his hand was leprous, and

when he placed his hand on his bosom again his hand was restored. These were the

signs that the people of Israel would listen to him. And if they don’t listen to him, the

Lord commanded him to pour out water on the ground so that it might become

blood for them to believe him.

• But Moses replied that he was slow in speech and tongue, So, the Lord replied that

He is the One who makes a man’s mouth and that his brother, Aaron would be his

spokesman.
Moses goes to Egypt:
• So, Moses informed Jethro about his journey to Egypt, who bid him farewell.

• So, Moses set out to Egypt and on the way the Lord sought to kill him,

immediately, Zipporah cut off her son’s foreskin and laid it in Moses’ feet and

said that he was a husband of blood to her because of the circumcision. So, the

Lord let him go.

• And the Lord spoke to Aaron about Moses who went to the wilderness and

kissed Moses and they gathered the elders and the children of Israel and

performed signs and they believed and when he said that God had seen their

oppression, they bowed down their heads in worship.

Exodus 5: First encounter
with Pharaoh:
• After that Moses and Aaron went to meet Pharaoh and said to
him to let them go for a 3-days journey that they may sacrifice
to the Lord their God, but Pharaoh asked about who the Lord
was and why he should obey Him and let Israel go. So, the
king commanded Moses and Aaron to get back to their works
and that same day Pharaoh commanded all the Israelites’
taskmasters to not provide them with straws, but to make the
Israelites meet their daily quota of making bricks.
• So, the Israelites were beaten as they were not
able to make bricks without straws (which they
tried to replace with stubble from abroad), and
they went out to meet with Pharaoh and he said
that they were idle, when they came out, they
met with Moses and Aaron and proclaimed that
the Lord might judge them for making them
abhorrent in the sight of Pharaoh.
Israel’s deliverance assured:

• And Moses asked God about why

He would allow such a thing to

happen to the Israelites.

Exodus 6: Israel’s deliverance
assured:
• Now, the Lord said that Pharaoh would let Israel go with a
strong hand and that He is the Lord who appeared to Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob who did not know Him by His Name, the Lord
and that He has established His covenant with them and that He
would save them from the burden of Egypt and that He would
give Canaan, the promised land to them as inheritance, then
they shall know that the Lord is the Lord who brought them out
of the land of Egypt. And thus, Moses spoke to Israel.
• But the people did not heed the voice of Moses
because of the anguish of their spirit and their
cruel bondage.

• And the Lord commanded Moses to go and speak

to Pharaoh, but Moses doubted that Pharaoh
wouldn’t listen to him as the Israelites
themselves couldn’t listen to Moses. But the Lord
commanded him to go and speak to Pharaoh.
The family of Moses and
Aaron:
• Sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, Carmi.

• Sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, Shaul, sons of a

Canaanite woman.

• Sons of Levi (137 years): Gershon, Kohath, Merari.

• Sons of Gershon: Libni, Shimi.

• Sons of Kohath (133 years): Amram, Izhar, Hebron, Uzziel.

• Amram’s grandfather was Levi and Kohath’s sister was Jochebed,

Amram’s wife and Levi’s daughter.
• Amram – 137 years (Levi – 137 years).

• Amram’s aunt – Jochebed who bore Amram – Aaron, Miriam, Moses.

• Aaron’s wife – Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon,

who bore Aaron – Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, Ithamar.

• Eleazer’s wife – daughter of Putiel, who bore Eleazer – Phinehas.

• Sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, Zichri.

• Sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, Zithri.

• Sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, Abiasaph.

• Sons of Merari: Mahli, Mushi.

Aaron is Moses’ spokesman:

• And the Lord commanded Moses to speak to

Pharaoh, but Moses said that he was of

uncircumcised lips and that Pharaoh wouldn’t

listen to him.
Exodus 7: Aaron is Moses’
spokesman:
• So, the Lord said to Moses that He had made Moses like God
to Pharaoh and Aaron his brother should tell Pharaoh to let
Israel go, but the Lord would harden Pharaoh’s heart that he
wouldn’t let them go, and the Lord would multiply His signs
and wonders and would bring out Israel from Egypt with
great judgements and Egypt shall know that the Lord is God.

• Moses and Aaron did so, Moses was 80 years old and Aaron
was 83 years old.
Aaron’s miraculous rod:

• So, the Lord commanded Moses to tell Aaron to cast

down his sword to let it become a serpent and he did so
when they asked to show a miracle for themselves, but
Pharaoh called Egyptian magicians, sorcerers and wise
men who did the same thing, but whose rods were eaten
up by Aaron’s rod. But Pharaoh’s heart grew hard and he
wouldn’t heed them as the Lord had said.
The 1st plague: Waters
become blood:
• The Lord commanded Moses and Aaron to speak to Pharaoh while

he goes to the river to bathe and to tell him to let Israel go, but since

he’d hardened his heart, the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron to

take the rod and strike the waters of Egypt and when they did so, the

water became blood and the river stank, the fish in the river died. So,

the king called the magicians of Egypt and they did the same with

their enchantments which made Pharaoh’s heart harder.

• 7 days had passed since the day the Lord struck the river.
Exodus 8: The 2nd plague:
Frogs:
• So, the Lord again commanded Moses and Aaron to speak to Pharaoh

about letting Israel go, but since he refused to pay attention, Aaron
stretched out his rod over the river to bring out frogs as the Lord
commanded and the magicians did the same.

• Pharaoh asked Moses to entreat the Lord that he may take the frogs
away from the land and he would let the people go, and Moses did so,
and the Lord took away the frogs, they were heaped together and the
land stank. When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his
heart and refused to let the people go.
The 3rd plague: Lice:

• So, the Lord commanded Aaron to strike the dust

of the land, so that it could become lice and

Aaron did so, the magicians couldn’t do this and

proclaimed that that was the finger of God. But

the king hardened his heart.

The 4th plague: Flies:
• And the Lord commanded Moses to get up early in the morning and to speak
to Pharaoh to let Israel go, but since he refused to listen, the Lord sent swarms
of flies to the land and He separated the land of Goshen, where Israel was
living, by not sending the flies there. So, the king asked Moses to sacrifice in
Egypt, but Moses refused as the sacrifice of the Israelites were an abomination
to the Egyptians and they would stone them for it, and Pharaoh said that he
would let the people go and Moses asked Pharaoh not to act deceitfully again
and Moses prayed that the Lord would take away the flies from the land and
the Lord did so.

• Pharaoh hardened his heart again and would not let the people go.
Exodus 9: The 5th plague: The
livestock diseased:
• Then the Lord warned Pharaoh again through
Moses and Aaron to let Israel go but as he
refused to let them go, the Lord sent a severe
pestilence on the livestock of Egypt and they died
but not one of the Israelites’ flocks died. But
Pharaoh’s heart grew harder.
The 6th plague: Boils:

• Then, the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron to take

some ashes from a furnace and scatter it toward heaven

in the sight of Pharaoh that boils might break out in

sores on man and beast and the magicians couldn’t stand

before them, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart.

The 7th plague: Hail:
• The Lord commanded Moses to rise early in the morning and to warn

Pharaoh that if he wouldn’t let Israel go, then this time, the Lord would attack

him in the heart, that He would send very heavy hail to rain down, but as he

refused, Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven and the Lord rained

down hail but those who feared God in Egypt made their livestock and

servants flee to their homes. So, the king proclaimed that he had sinned and

that he would let Israel go, but Moses was so sure of the fact that Pharaoh

would never fear God. So, Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven and

the hail stopped. However, Pharaoh hardened his heart all over again.
Exodus 10: the 8th plague:
Locusts:
• Now, the Lord commanded Moses to warn Pharaoh again, but He would harden his

heart that the descendants of the children of Israel may be taught about all the signs

and wonders that the Lord had worked out for them in the land of Egypt and know

that the Lord is God, so, Moses went to Pharaoh and Pharaoh’s servants said that Egypt

was being destroyed, so, the king asked Moses to take along with him only the men of

Israel, so, Moses stretched out his hand over to the land of Egypt and a strong wind

from the east brought locust all over Egypt. Pharaoh asked Moses to entreat the Lord

and said that he would let Israel’s livestock, men, women and children to go and

worship God. And, Moses did so and a strong west wind carried away all the locust.

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart and he didn’t let Israel go.
The 9th plague: Darkness:
• And the Lord commanded Moses to stretch out his hands toward
heaven, that there might be thick darkness over Egypt, darkness
that could be felt. And there was darkness for 3 days, but in the
place where the Israelites were dwelling, there was light. So, the
king asked Moses to leave with the men, women and children,
but he wouldn’t let their flocks go. So, Moses said that they
needed their flocks to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, so,
Pharaoh asked him to leave and never see his face again and
Moses agreed.
Exodus 11: Death of the
firstborn announced.
• Then, the Lord said to Moses that He would bring one
more plague in Egypt and after that Pharaoh would let
Israel go and that Israel wouldn’t go empty-handed, and
Moses was a very great man before the Egyptians. So,
Moses said that the Lord would pass on in front of every
Egyptian’s door and would strike the 1st born of all their
households and livestock but not 1 of the Israelites would
be harmed.
Exodus 12: The Passover instituted:

• Now, the Lord commanded all the Israelites to take for themselves, a lamb without

blemish, a male of the first year and to kill it at twilight and put the blood on their

doorposts and on the lintels of their houses and they shall eat it with unleavened

bread, roasted with fire and leave nothing for the next day, it was the Lord’s Passover

on the 10th of the month which was commanded to be the 1st month for them.

• So, when the Lord sees the sign at the doorposts, He would pass without striking the

firstborn, and from the 14th day of the 1st month to the 21st day of the month, they

were commanded not to eat leavened bread and if they did, they would be cut off

from Israel, and on the 1st day and the 7th, they would conduct a holy convocation

and must observe it from generation to generation as an everlasting ordinance. So,

Moses commanded the children of Israel to do the same and they did so.
The 10th plague: Death of the
firstborn:

• And in the midnight, the Lord struck every

Egyptian’s firstborn, and there was a great cry in

all of Egypt, because there was not a house

where not one had died.

The Exodus:

• So, Egypt sent out Israel with plunder and for

430 years the Israelites were on Egypt, for that

very same day the Lord brought out Israel from

Egypt, so, they began their journey from Rameses

to Succoth.
Passover regulations:

• Now, the Passover was supposed to be kept by

only the circumcised men, whether stranger or

native-born.
EXODUS: 13 – The firstborn
consecrated:

• Then, the Lord commanded Moses to

consecrate all the firstborns, and everything

that opens the womb among the children of

Israel, both of man and beast, it is the Lord’s

The feast of the unleavened
bread:
• Then, Moses commanded Israel to remember that day,

when the Lord brought them out of Egypt, in the month

Abib, and that they shall eat no leaven nor leavened bread

for the 7 days, and to pass on the message of the Passover

from generation to generation as an everlasting

ordinance.
The law of the firstborn:

• And it would be among them, that they would

sacrifice and redeem every firstborn that comes
out of the womb, both of man and of beast. But for
a donkey, they would redeem it with a lamb,
otherwise they must break its neck. The sacrifice
and the redemption would be the sign on their
hands and a memorial on their foreheads.
The wilderness way:
• So, when Pharaoh let the people go the Lord led them through the way of
the wilderness, not from the way of the Philistines, because the Lord
thought that if they face war, they would return to Egypt.

• Moses took Joseph’s bones with him because Joseph had the faith that God
would definitely meet with them and take them out of Egypt and
commanded them to carry his bones when they return to Canaan.

• So they sojourned from Succoth to Etham at the wilderness’ edge, the

Lord went before them in a pillar of cloud in the day and in a pillar of fire
in the night to give them light.
Exodus 14: The Red sea
crossing.
• Now, the Lord commanded Moses to speak to Israel to turn and camp
before the Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal
Zephon.

• The Lord prophesied that Pharaoh would come after them and he did
so, with 600 chariots and he overtook them. When Israel saw Egypt,
they were very afraid and said to Moses that because there were no
graves in Egypt, he brought them to the wilderness to die, and cried
out to God.

• The Lord said that He would save them and gain honour over Egypt
and then they would know that the Lord is God.
• So, Moses stretched out his hand over the sea and it
divided to let the Israelites pass through it and by the
time it was morning, the Israelites had passed through
the sea, and in the night the Lord broke the wheels of
the chariots of the Egyptians who recognized that the
Lord was fighting for them and when they wanted to
flee, Moses stretched out his hand over the sea and the
Lord overthrew Egypt into the sea.

• So, the Israelites saw Egypt no more and saw the great
work of God and believed in God and Moses, His
servant.
Exodus 15: The song of
Moses:
• Then Moses and Israel sang to the Lord, they proclaimed
that the Lord had triumphed and the horse and its rider
were thrown into the sea, the Lord was their strength, song
and their salvation. With the blast of His nostrils, the
waters were gathered together, and that there was no one
like God, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing
wonders and merciful. Fear and dread would fall on all the
neighboring nations, by the greatness of the Lord’s arm.
The song of Miriam:

• Then Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Moses and

Aaron took the timbrel and the women of Israel went

after her singing and dancing, proclaiming that they

must sing to the Lord, for His triumph was glorious,

the horse and its rider, He had thrown into the sea.
Bitter waters made sweet:
• Then Israel went out into the wilderness of Shur, and for 3 days they
travelled and found no water, and they came to Marah (meaning bitter),
they named it Marah because the waters there were bitter, so Moses
cried out to the Lord because the people grumbled and He showed him
a tree which he cast into the water, and the waters were made sweet.
The Lord made a statute with them there, that if they obey Him, He
wouldn’t bring any diseases on them (the diseases he brought on the
Egyptians), for He is a God who heals. Then they came to Elim, where
there were 7 palm trees and 12 water wells, so they camped there.
Exodus 16: Bread from
Heaven:
• Then they came to the to the wilderness of Sin, between Sinai and Elim on

the 15th day of the 2nd month, then Israel complained against Moses and

Aaron that they didn’t have bread, so the Lord heard their complaints and

His glory appeared in a cloud and He said that He would pour down quail in

twilight and bread in the morning and they must collect a certain amount of

it every day and it would be on the 6th day, that they must collect them twice

as much as they collected every day, that they would know that the Lord is

God. And when the breads poured down they did not know what it was, it

was like white coriander leaf and was as fine as frost, it tasted like water

made with honey. Then Moses said that that was the bread the Lord gave

them.
• And they named it Manna and gathered every day
according to their needs and Moses commanded them
not to have leftovers, nevertheless, some did not heed
Moses and had had leftovers which stank and bred
worms in the morning. However, when they stored up the
Sabbath day’s Manna in the 6th day, it did not stink nor
did it breed worms, for it was a holy Sabbath rest to the
Lord. The Lord commanded them to store Manna in an
omer (one tenth of an ephah) to be kept for the future
generations to be taught about what Israel ate when they
were in the wilderness for 40 years, they reached the
border of Canaan.
Exodus 17: Water from the
rock:
• So, Israel set out from the wilderness of Sin and camped at
Rephidim, where there was no water and the people were
almost ready to stone Moses, so, the Lord commanded
Moses to take with him the elders and his rod with which
he struck the river and He commanded Moses to strike the
rock at Horeb and water came out of it, and He named the
place Massah, because the people tempted the Lord,
doubting if the Lord was there among them.
Victory over the Amalekites
• Now Amalek came to fight with Israel and Moses commanded Joshua
to take some men with him to fight against Amalek. Moses, Hur and
Aaron went up on a hill and whenever Moses lifted his rod, Israel
prevailed, when he let his rod down, Amalek prevailed, so Aaron and
Hur held Moses’ hands steadily and Moses sat on a rock, and held his
hand up till the sun went down and Israel prevailed. God
commanded Moses to write this in a book, and said that He would
utterly blot out Amalek from Heaven and he did so. Moses built an
altar there, naming it “The-Lord-Is-My-Banner.”
Exodus 18: Jethro’s advice:

• Moses’ sons

• Gershom (meaning: I have been a stranger in a

foreign land.)

• Eliezer (meaning: My father’s God was my help,

and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.)

• Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, came with his daughter,

Zipporah and his grandsons Gershom and Eliezer to meet Moses, after he

heard about how the Lord saved Israel from Egypt. He went to the

wilderness where Moses was encamped in the mountain of the Lord.

• Moses told Jethro about all that the Lord had done for Israel, Jethro rejoiced

and praised the Lord and offered offerings.

• Jethro, in the next day saw how Moses sat to judge people from morning to

evening. When Jethro asked about all these, Moses answered that he

proclaimed the statutes of the Lord to the people when they came to him

with problems.

• So, Jethro advised Moses to appoint able men to judge these people and the

difficult cases could be brought to him and Moses did so. Jethro set out to

his own land.

Exodus 19: Israel at Mount
Sinai:
• On the 3rd month, after Israel had gone out of Egypt, that
very same day, they came to the wilderness of Sinai and
camped there. Then the Lord commanded Moses to speak
to Israel about them obeying the Lord and keeping His
commands, so that they might be a special nation to Him
above all the other nations (for Earth is the Lord’s), a
holy nation of priests and the people agreed.
• And the Lord spoke to Moses to consecrate the people, for He
said He would come to him in a thick cloud, that the people
might hear and believe in Moses forever. So, the people were
sanctified and washed themselves the next day and the day
after that. They were ready on the 3rd day, and Moses set
bounds for them not to break out or touch the base of the
mountain. They were commanded not have any sexual
relations with their wives, for that was a holy day. They were
commanded to come near when the trumpet sounded long.
Then when the Lord came, there were lightnings, thunderings
and smoke from furnace, the mountain quaked, The Lord
commanded Moses and Aaron to come near, and they did so.
Exodus 20: The 10 commandments
• “You shall have no other gods before Me.”

• “You shall not make any carved image and serve it.”

• “You shall not use God’s Name in vain.”

• “Keep your Sabbath day holy.”

• “Honor your father and mother.”

• “You shall not murder.”

• “You shall not commit adultery.”

• “You shall not steal.”

• “You shall not bear false witness.”

• “You shall not covet your neighbor's possessions.”

The people afraid of God’s
presence:
• When the people saw the thunderings, the

lightnings and the smoke of the fire, they trembled,

they asked Moses to pass on the message from God,

but Moses commanded them not to fear, so, Moses

drew near into the thick darkness.

The law of the altar:
• Israel was commanded not to make gods of silver and gold for
themselves or for the altar of God, they were to make an altar of
Earth to Him, in which they were supposed to sacrifice the burnt
offerings and peace offerings, their oxen and sheep in every
place God recorded His Name that He might bless them, they
were commanded not to make an altar of hewn stone, for if they
used their tool on it, they would profane it, nor were they
allowed to go by steps, lest their nakedness might be exposed on
it.
• A Biblical fact: The 5th commandment (“Honor

your father and mother.”) happens to be the

1st commandment with a promise that if we

do so, our days on Earth would be long. So,

let’s learn to honor all our elders!!!

ALL THE BEST!!!