Welcome back to our study of the book of Exodus, last week we began with the introduction of the book and tackled chapter 1. Today we’ll lean on the expository teaching of Tom Bradford and Dr. Baruch Korman as they open up Exodus 2 for us.
The stage was laid for us last week, and the actors were introduced. We were placed in the same situation as the Israelites in Egypt, namely, as downtrodden slave laborers. And the reason they were in such a state was because Egypt’s NEWEST King did not honor Joseph’s memories or pledges. We also learned that this new monarch was an Egyptian, not a descendant of the now-deposed Semite kings who governed Egypt for nearly 150 years after Joseph arrived. Naturally, this new Pharaoh didn’t want individuals of non-Egyptian ancestry to have the opportunity to rule Egypt in such a humiliating manner again ( in his opinion). And, because Egyptians were of the Ham line, as opposed to Hebrews, who were of the Shem line, there were clear racial distinctions between the two populations. And the evidence shows that, while a few Hebrews absorbed into common Egyptian culture, the vast majority of them maintained and created a distinct Israelite civilization. Consequently, according to Pharaoh, the Hebrew population had to be kept under control. And he attempted to accomplish this by both limiting their numbers and enslaving them for the purpose of serving as the nation’s construction workers.
In Chapter 2, we’ll be introduced to the Hebrews’ liberator, none other than Moses, and I’ll strongly encourage you to listen to both expository preaching/teaching in the lessons below.
The Passage :Exodus 2
2 Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. 2 The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months. 3 When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes[a] and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the river bank. 4 And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him. 5 Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her young women walked beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her servant woman, and she took it. 6 When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby was crying. She took pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.” 7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?” 8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother. 9 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. 10 When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, “Because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.”[b]
Moses Flees to Midian
11 One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people.[c] 12 He looked this way and that, and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. 13 When he went out the next day, behold, two Hebrews were struggling together. And he said to the man in the wrong, “Why do you strike your companion?” 14 He answered, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, and thought, “Surely the thing is known.” 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.
16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock. 17 The shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and saved them, and watered their flock. 18 When they came home to their father Reuel, he said, “How is it that you have come home so soon today?” 19 They said, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds and even drew water for us and watered the flock.” 20 He said to his daughters, “Then where is he? Why have you left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.” 21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah. 22 She gave birth to a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner[d] in a foreign land.”
God Hears Israel’s Groaning
23 During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 God saw the people of Israel—and God knew.
Exodus 2 Exposition
1.Exodus Chapter 2 & 3 ( CLICK HERE FOR ACCESS) Tom Bradford
2.Exodus Chapter 2 Part 1 ( CLICK HERE FOR ACCESS) Dr. Baruch Korman
3.Exodus Chapter 2 Part 2 ( CLICK HERE FOR ACCESS) Dr. Baruch Korman
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