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The document summarizes the key events and storyline of the book of Exodus in the Bible. It details how the Israelites had lived in Egypt for 400 years but were then enslaved by a new Pharaoh. God sends Moses to demand their freedom, but Pharaoh refuses. God then sends 10 plagues on Egypt to force Pharaoh to let the Israelites go. Pharaoh's heart is hardened during this process.

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Exodus 1

The document summarizes the key events and storyline of the book of Exodus in the Bible. It details how the Israelites had lived in Egypt for 400 years but were then enslaved by a new Pharaoh. God sends Moses to demand their freedom, but Pharaoh refuses. God then sends 10 plagues on Egypt to force Pharaoh to let the Israelites go. Pharaoh's heart is hardened during this process.

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EXO

•Exodus is the second book of the Bible.


•It continues the storyline from the previous
book, Genesis.
•Genesis ended with Jacob leading his
family to Egypt during a famine.
•Joseph, Jacob's eleventh son, rose to power
in Egypt and saved his family.
•Pharaoh offered Jacob's family to live in
Egypt as a safe haven.
•Jacob and his sons die in Egypt, and about
400 years pass.
EXODUS

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Exodus Covenant at
from Egypt mt. Sinai
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• 400 years have passed, and the Israelites have multiplied and filled the land.
This line deliberately goes back to the blessing bestowed upon humanity in
the Garden of Eden, reminding us of the biblical story.
• The biblical story thus far reveals that humanity lost God's blessing due to
sin and rebellion. However, God chose Abraham's family as the means to
restore this blessing to the world.
• Despite this divine plan, the new Pharaoh perceives the growing Israelite
immigrant community as a threat to his power. Thus, just as in Genesis,
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humanity once again rebels against God's blessing.
• But the new Pharaoh does not view Israel as a blessing. He actually thinks
this growing Israelite immigrant group is a threat to his power.
• And so just as in Genesis, humanity rebels against God's blessing,
Chapters Exodus from
1- 18 Egypt
Chapters Exodus from
1- 18 Egypt
Chapters Exodus from
1- Egyptrepresent a deliberate effort to hinder
18 actions
Pharaoh's
the divine blessing bestowed upon the Israelites. He
subjected them to harsh enslavement, compelling them
into forced labor, and issued a reprehensible decree for
the execution of Israelite infant boys, sentencing them to
be cast into the Nile River.
Pharaoh emerges as a figure of utmost villainy within the
biblical narrative, Showing humanity's rebellion against
divine authority. His moral compass became that he
rationalized the slaughter of innocent children to further
his own interests.
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1- Egypt
18 Pharaoh's
Under despotic rule, Egypt descended into a
state even more morally bankrupt than the Babylon
described in the book of Genesis. In this context, the
Israelites' plea for deliverance from their plight mirrored a
cry for liberation from this new Babylonian oppression.

In response to Israel's outcry, God heeded their call for


intervention. This marked a pivotal moment akin to a plea
for divine intervention against the tyranny represented by
this contemporary Babylonian regime, with God poised to
intercede.
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1-
God EgyptPharaoh's evil upside down,
18 first turns
as an Israelite mother throws her boy
into the Nile River but in a basket. And so he
floats safely right down into
Pharaoh's own family. He's named Moses
and he grows up to eventually become the
man that
God will use to defeat Pharaoh's evil.
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1-
In 18 Egypt
the famous story of the burning bush, God
appears to
Moses and commissions him to go to
Pharaoh and order him to release the
Israelites. And God says that he knows
Pharaoh will resist and so he will bring
his judgment on Egypt in the form of
plagues. Then God also says that he will
harden Pharaoh's heart.
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1-In18Moses Egypt
and Pharaoh's first encounter we're told simply
that Pharaoh's heart grew hard. There's no implication
that
God did anything. And so in response God sends the first
set of 5 plagues, each one confronting Pharaoh and one of
his Egyptian gods. And each time Moses offers a chance
for Pharaoh to humble himself and to let the Israelites go
but after each plague we're told that Pharaoh either
hardened his heart or that his heart grew hard. He's doing
this of his own will
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18 (NileEgypt
1-Hapi god): The turning of the Nile into blood (first
plague) is often seen as a direct challenge to Hapi, the god
of the Nile. Hapi was revered as the bringer of fertility and
life-giving waters, and the plague symbolized the disruption
of this life-giving force.

Heqet (frog goddess): The second plague, the infestation of


frogs, is sometimes linked to Heqet, the goddess of fertility
and childbirth, who was often depicted with a frog's head.
The overwhelming presence of frogs would have been seen
as a mockery of her power.
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1- 18 Egypt
Hathor (goddess of love and fertility): Hathor, associated with
cows, was a goddess of love, music, and fertility. The fifth
plague, which brought death to the livestock, including cows,
could be seen as a challenge to Hathor's protective power over
cattle.

Ra (sun god): The ninth plague, darkness covering the land, is


often interpreted as a challenge to Ra, the sun god and a
principal deity in the Egyptian pantheon. Ra was believed to
manifest as the sun, and the darkness would have been
perceived as a direct assault on his power.
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1-
Set18 EgyptSome interpretations suggest that the plagues as a whole
(god of chaos):
were a judgment against Set, the god of chaos and disorder, who was associated
with infertility, storms, and other destructive forces. The plagues, in their
cumulative effect, would have demonstrated the superiority of the God of Israel
over the forces of chaos.
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•During the second
Egypt set of 5 plagues, we learn of God actively hardening Pharaoh's
1- 18
heart. Despite this, the story emphasizes God's repeated offers of redemption to
Pharaoh, even knowing his resistance.
•The story highlights that God provided Pharaoh with numerous opportunities to
choose the right path, demonstrating his patience and mercy.
•However, Pharaoh's refusal to heed these chances leads to a point of no return, where
his own advisors recognize his irrationality.
•It's at this juncture that God intervenes decisively, redirecting Pharaoh's evil
intentions toward his own redemptive purposes.
•God's actions serve to both save his people from oppression and bring about
Pharaoh's downfall, illustrating how divine justice operates within the context of
human choices.
•Through this, the story shows the complexity of divine sovereignty and human
responsibility, ultimately revealing God's power to work even through the
stubbornness of human hearts for his redemptive purposes.

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