A lesson in Freedom
The Exodus
Exodus 1:19
 The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the
Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian
women, for they are vigorous and give birth
before the midwife comes to them.
Exodus 1:22
 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people,
“Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall
cast into the Nile, but you shall let every
daughter live.”
Exodus 2:15
 When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill
Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed
in the land of Midian. And he sat down by a
well.
Exodus 3:7-8
 Then the LORD said, “I have surely seen the
affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have
heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know
their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver
them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring
them up out of that land to a good and broad
land, a land flowing with milk and honey
Exodus 4:2 &10
 But behold, they will not believe me or listen to
my voice
 But Moses said to the LORD, “Oh, my Lord, I am
not eloquent, either in the past or since you
have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of
speech and of tongue.”
Exodus 5:2
 But Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD, that I
should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not
know the LORD, and moreover, I will not let
Israel go.”
Exodus 5:22-23
 Then Moses turned to the LORD and said, “O
Lord, why have you done evil to this people?
Why did you ever send me? For since I came to
Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done
evil to this people, and you have not delivered
your people at all.”
Exodus 6:2-9
 God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the LORD. I appeared to
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name the
LORD I did not make myself known to them. I also established my covenant
with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as
sojourners. Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel
whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant.
Say therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out
from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to
them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of
judgment. I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you
shall know that I am the LORD your God, who has brought you out from
under the burdens of the Egyptians. I will bring you into the land that I swore
to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you for a
possession. I am the LORD.’” Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but
they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery.
Exodus 6:12
 But Moses said to the LORD, “Behold, the
people of Israel have not listened to me. How
then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of
uncircumcised lips?
The Plagues - Blood
The Plagues -Frogs
The Plagues -Gnats
The Plagues -Flies
The Plagues –Death of Livestock
The Plagues – Boils
The Plagues – Hail
Exodus 9:16
 But for this purpose I have raised you up, to
show you my power, so that my name may be
proclaimed in all the earth.
Exodus 10:1-5
 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have
hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may
show these signs of mine among them, and that you may tell
in the hearing of your son and of your grandson how I have
dealt harshly with the Egyptians and what signs I have done
among them, that you may know that I am the LORD.” So
Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus
says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you
refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that
they may serve me. For if you refuse to let my people go,
behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country, and
they shall cover the face of the land, so that no one can see
the land. And they shall eat what is left to you after the hail,
and they shall eat every tree of yours that grows in the field.
Ch 10
Exodus 13:3
Remember this day, for
what the Lord has done in
your slavery.
Exodus 13:21-22
 And the LORD went before them by day in a
pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and
by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that
they might travel by day and by night. The pillar
of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night
did not depart from before the people.
Exodus 14:1-4 The Message
 God spoke to Moses: “Tell the Israelites to turn
around and make camp at Pi Hahiroth, between
Migdol and the sea. Camp on the shore of the sea
opposite Baal Zephon. “Pharaoh will think, ‘The
Israelites are lost; they’re confused. The wilderness
has closed in on them.’ Then I’ll make Pharaoh’s
heart stubborn again and he’ll chase after them.
And I’ll use Pharaoh and his army to put my Glory
on display. Then the Egyptians will realize that I am
God.” And that’s what happened.
Exodus 14:10-12 The Message
 They were totally afraid. They cried out in terror to
God. They told Moses, “Weren’t the cemeteries
large enough in Egypt so that you had to take us
out here in the wilderness to die? What have you
done to us, taking us out of Egypt? Back in Egypt
didn’t we tell you this would happen? Didn’t we
tell you, ‘Leave us alone here in Egypt—we’re
better off as slaves in Egypt than as corpses in the
wilderness.’”
Exodus 14:13-14 The Message
 Moses spoke to the people: “Don’t be afraid.
Stand firm and watch God do his work of
salvation for you today. Take a good look at
the Egyptians today for you’re never going to
see them again. God will fight the battle for
you. And you? You keep your mouths shut!”
Exodus 14:30-31 The Message
 GOD delivered Israel that day from the
oppression of the Egyptians. And Israel looked
at the Egyptian dead, washed up on the shore
of the sea, and realized the tremendous power
that GOD brought against the Egyptians. The
people were in reverent awe before GOD and
trusted in GOD and his servant Moses.
Exodus 16:3
 and the people of Israel said to them, “Would
that we had died by the hand of the LORD in
the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat
pots and ate bread to the full, for you have
brought us out into this wilderness to kill this
whole assembly with hunger.”
Exodus 19:4-6
 You yourselves have seen what I did to the
Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings
and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if
you will indeed obey my voice and keep my
covenant, you shall be my treasured possession
among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and
you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a
holy nation. These are the words that you shall
speak to the people of Israel.”
Exodus 24:3
 Moses came and told the people all the words
of the LORD and all the rules. And all the
people answered with one voice and said, “All
the words that the LORD has spoken we will
do.”
Exodus 34:6-7
 The LORD passed before him and proclaimed,
“The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and
gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in
steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping
steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity
and transgression and sin
Exodus 34:10
 And he said, “Behold, I am making a covenant.
Before all your people I will do marvels, such as
have not been created in all the earth or in any
nation. And all the people among whom you
are shall see the work of the LORD, for it is an
awesome thing that I will do with you.
Exodus 34:29
 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai,
with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand
as he came down from the mountain, Moses
did not know that the skin of his face shone
because he had been talking with God.
Exodus 40:34-38
 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the
glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. And Moses was
not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud
settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the
tabernacle. Throughout all their journeys, whenever the
cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the
people of Israel would set out. But if the cloud was not
taken up, then they did not set out till the day that it was
taken up. For the cloud of the LORD was on the
tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night, in the sight
of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys.
Deuteronomy

The exodus - a lesson in freedom

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    A lesson inFreedom The Exodus
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    Exodus 1:19  Themidwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.
  • 3.
    Exodus 1:22  ThenPharaoh commanded all his people, “Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.”
  • 4.
    Exodus 2:15  WhenPharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. And he sat down by a well.
  • 5.
    Exodus 3:7-8  Thenthe LORD said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey
  • 6.
    Exodus 4:2 &10 But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice  But Moses said to the LORD, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.”
  • 7.
    Exodus 5:2  ButPharaoh said, “Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and moreover, I will not let Israel go.”
  • 8.
    Exodus 5:22-23  ThenMoses turned to the LORD and said, “O Lord, why have you done evil to this people? Why did you ever send me? For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done evil to this people, and you have not delivered your people at all.”
  • 9.
    Exodus 6:2-9  Godspoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the LORD. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I did not make myself known to them. I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners. Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant. Say therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you for a possession. I am the LORD.’” Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery.
  • 10.
    Exodus 6:12  ButMoses said to the LORD, “Behold, the people of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?
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    Exodus 9:16  Butfor this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.
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    Exodus 10:1-5  Thenthe LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them, and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians and what signs I have done among them, that you may know that I am the LORD.” So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. For if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country, and they shall cover the face of the land, so that no one can see the land. And they shall eat what is left to you after the hail, and they shall eat every tree of yours that grows in the field.
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    Exodus 13:3 Remember thisday, for what the Lord has done in your slavery.
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    Exodus 13:21-22  Andthe LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night. The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people.
  • 23.
    Exodus 14:1-4 TheMessage  God spoke to Moses: “Tell the Israelites to turn around and make camp at Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. Camp on the shore of the sea opposite Baal Zephon. “Pharaoh will think, ‘The Israelites are lost; they’re confused. The wilderness has closed in on them.’ Then I’ll make Pharaoh’s heart stubborn again and he’ll chase after them. And I’ll use Pharaoh and his army to put my Glory on display. Then the Egyptians will realize that I am God.” And that’s what happened.
  • 24.
    Exodus 14:10-12 TheMessage  They were totally afraid. They cried out in terror to God. They told Moses, “Weren’t the cemeteries large enough in Egypt so that you had to take us out here in the wilderness to die? What have you done to us, taking us out of Egypt? Back in Egypt didn’t we tell you this would happen? Didn’t we tell you, ‘Leave us alone here in Egypt—we’re better off as slaves in Egypt than as corpses in the wilderness.’”
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    Exodus 14:13-14 TheMessage  Moses spoke to the people: “Don’t be afraid. Stand firm and watch God do his work of salvation for you today. Take a good look at the Egyptians today for you’re never going to see them again. God will fight the battle for you. And you? You keep your mouths shut!”
  • 26.
    Exodus 14:30-31 TheMessage  GOD delivered Israel that day from the oppression of the Egyptians. And Israel looked at the Egyptian dead, washed up on the shore of the sea, and realized the tremendous power that GOD brought against the Egyptians. The people were in reverent awe before GOD and trusted in GOD and his servant Moses.
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    Exodus 16:3  andthe people of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
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    Exodus 19:4-6  Youyourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”
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    Exodus 24:3  Mosescame and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the rules. And all the people answered with one voice and said, “All the words that the LORD has spoken we will do.”
  • 30.
    Exodus 34:6-7  TheLORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin
  • 31.
    Exodus 34:10  Andhe said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been created in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the LORD, for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.
  • 32.
    Exodus 34:29  WhenMoses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God.
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    Exodus 40:34-38  Thenthe cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. Throughout all their journeys, whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out. But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out till the day that it was taken up. For the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys.
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Editor's Notes

  • #3 Joseph's family settled in Egypt and multiplied and a new pharaoh was unhappy. He orders the killing of children by midwives, but they said the Israelites women gave birth too vigorously, and so they kept missing the opportunity.
  • #5 Moses born into palace, kills an egyptian, and has to flee
  • #6 Ex 3 Moses in wilderness, gets married, meets with God, burning bush
  • #7 Ex4 Moses is reluctantly persuaded to go to pharaoh. Staff becomes a snake to demonstrate God’s power.
  • #8 Work harder to make same bricks, collect straw too
  • #9 Personalises the problem of Israel and his part as God's fault.
  • #10 go God.   What a great response. Yet people still did not believe. God has to consistently prove himself for the people to have faith. Do we need that?
  • #11 moses still doubts. To clarify God speaker to  more than one person with the same message to clarify the required response. Geaneology shows Moses where this all comes from, and yet, via, he still doubts. How will Pharaoh listen to me?
  • #12 The plagues. Prove yourself by working a miracle! Moses shows his staff becoming a snake, but the magicians could do that, and so God did some stuff that the magicians could not do. Nile turned into blood, all the fish died Frogs Gnats Flies Livestock Die Boils Hail God repeatedly hardens pharaohs heart.
  • #13 The plagues. Prove yourself by working a miracle! Moses shows his staff becoming a snake, but the magicians could do that, and so God did some stuff that the magicians could not do. Nile turned into blood, all the fish died Frogs Gnats Flies Livestock Die Boils Hail God repeatedly hardens pharaohs heart.
  • #14 The plagues. Prove yourself by working a miracle! Moses shows his staff becoming a snake, but the magicians could do that, and so God did some stuff that the magicians could not do. Nile turned into blood, all the fish died Frogs Gnats Flies Livestock Die Boils Hail God repeatedly hardens pharaohs heart.
  • #15 The plagues. Prove yourself by working a miracle! Moses shows his staff becoming a snake, but the magicians could do that, and so God did some stuff that the magicians could not do. Nile turned into blood, all the fish died Frogs Gnats Flies Livestock Die Boils Hail God repeatedly hardens pharaohs heart.
  • #16 The plagues. Prove yourself by working a miracle! Moses shows his staff becoming a snake, but the magicians could do that, and so God did some stuff that the magicians could not do. Nile turned into blood, all the fish died Frogs Gnats Flies Livestock Die Boils Hail God repeatedly hardens pharaohs heart.
  • #17 The plagues. Prove yourself by working a miracle! Moses shows his staff becoming a snake, but the magicians could do that, and so God did some stuff that the magicians could not do. Nile turned into blood, all the fish died Frogs Gnats Flies Livestock Die Boils Hail God repeatedly hardens pharaohs heart.
  • #18 The plagues. Prove yourself by working a miracle! Moses shows his staff becoming a snake, but the magicians could do that, and so God did some stuff that the magicians could not do. Nile turned into blood, all the fish died Frogs Gnats Flies Livestock Die Boils Hail God repeatedly hardens pharaohs heart.
  • #19 God chose to use pharaoh.
  • #20 humble yourself before me
  • #21 Darkness
  • #22 Joseph poor. Favour in potiphar's house, and then with pharaohs. He got freedom for Israel from famine. Moses poor, yet favour being bought up by pharaoh's wife. He achieved freedom for the people of Israel from their slavery. Jesus poor, yet was the king. He bought us freedom from our slavery to sin. Us. Pitiful wretched blind yet favour with the king.
  • #24 14. God tells Moses to do a mad thing. He did it despite certain death.
  • #25 V11-12 is the fear. 10-12 As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw them—Egyptians! Coming at them!
  • #26 V13-14 is the godly reply.
  • #29 Ch19:4-6 what a promise. Moses goes up mount Sinai, clouds and lightening. People had had to consecrate themselves.