Out From Slavery
Bible Text: Numbers 14:1-12 | Exodus
Ch2 Moses born, educated and on the lam in Midian
Ch3 “Who am I?” meets” Who I am”
Ch4 Moses, Aaron and a powerful staff
7-11 Ten plagues and Pharaoh’s hardened heart
Ch12 The passover
Ch14 Crossing the Red Sea
16, 17 Manna and water from a rock
Ch20 Ten commandments
Ch24 70 elders, a covenant and glory. V8, “Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, ‘Behold the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you.’”
Ch32 Golden calf. Moses intercedes for the people. (esp. v24)
Ch34 Moses rewrites 10 commandments, glows from the face when he meets with God, wears veil
Leviticus Offerings, festivals, assorted purification laws
Numbers
Ch1 40,500; 32,200; 35,400
2:32 Israel’s population was 603,550 (not counting Levites)
Ch6 A priestly blessing: “The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine down on you.”
Ch11 Complaints (misfortunes and meatless diets), quail and a deadly plague
Ch13 12 Spies in Canaan for 40 days
Ch12, 14, 16 Rebellion in the ranks from Miriam, Aaron, Korah, just about everybody
Ch22 Big, bad Balaam
Deuteronomy
Ch6 Shema: “Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one.”
Ch9 Not because of your righteousness (vs. 4, 5, 6) but their wickedness
18:15 A new prophet
Ch30 Life and Death. V19, “Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live”
Ch31 Joshua to succeed Moses. V6, “Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”