Questions tagged [exodus]
Exodus is the second book of the Hebrew Bible, telling the story of the Israelites' slavery in Egypt, their deliverance, and their journey to Mount Sinai.
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What translation philosophies have caused such a wide variation in the translation of *tachash* skins?
In Exodus (e.g. 26:14), we learn one of the coverings for the tabernacle is to be made of "תחש" (tachash) skins. The translation of this term appears to be especially difficult or contentious as there ...
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In Exodus 2:12, did Moses commit murder?
In Exo. 2:12, it is written,
12 So he looked this way and that way, and when he saw no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. NKJV, 1982
יב וַיִּפֶן כֹּה וָכֹה וַיַּרְא כִּי אֵין אִישׁ ...
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Is there anything in Genesis to suggest why the ancient Israelites were made to be slaves in Egypt?
Is there a reason provided in Genesis for the enslavement of the ancient Israelites for 400 years?:
Genesis 15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed
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Did Moses fear the Angel of God in Exodus 23?
Initially, God had promised Moses that an angel will lead the Israelites and that the Angel will not forgive any trespass
Exodus 23:20-21 NLT
Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the ...
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What does Exodus 26:27 say?
I was reading through Exodus the other day and thought that the translation of Exodus 26:26-27 was odd.
OSB:
"You shall make bars of incorruptible wood: five for the posts on one side of the ...
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"God" or "judges" in Exodus 21:6 and Exodus 22:8-9
Here we have two passages, where in translation, and in translation only the word Elohim is substituted for judges, despite the fact that over 2,500+ times Elohim refers to heavenly beings exclusively,...
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Why does Hebrews 9:19 say the tabernacle was sprinkled with blood?
It is said after the people had made a covenant with God,Moses took the blood and sprinkled the book of the covenant,the people,as well as the tabernacle.
Hebrews 9:19 NASB
19 For when every ...
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Is there a reason that stolen and slaughtered ox or sheep were to be repaid four or five times?
During the reading of Exodus 22:1, I have seen something a bit strange, and I'd like clarification on this topic:
Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back five head ...
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What happened to the jar and the full omer of manna?
In Exodus 16:33 (NASB)
33 And Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar and put a full omer of manna in it, and place it before the Lord to be kept safe throughout your generations.” 34 As the Lord commanded ...
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Why was the punishment of refusal to enter Canaan seemingly more severe than that of the golden calf?
After having heard an adverse report from the ten spies all the fighting men of Israel refused to enter Canaan and possess it.God condenmed all these men to death in a period of forty years.
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What’s the difference between stolen and taken away in Exodus 22:10 and Exodus 22:12
Exodus 22:10-11
If anyone gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep or any other animal to their neighbor for safekeeping and it dies or is injured or is taken away while no one is looking, 11 the issue between ...
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What does "before me" in Exodus 20:3 mean?
In Exodus 20:3, we read:
You shall have no other gods before me. [ESV]
The ESV here provides a textual note on before, saying "or besides." And indeed, many translations use that phrasing.
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Why does God warn Moses to not allow the priests or the people to approach Sinai?
In Exodus 19, God describes a number of preparations that Moses should make before He will ascend to the top of Mount Sinai. One of them is to cordon off an area around the mountain:
You shall set ...
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How do we reconcile Aaron’s eternal priesthood with Jesus’ priesthood?
Q: How do we reconcile these verses?
“You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may
minister to Me as priests; for their anointing shall surely be an
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How do we reconcile Exodus 15:3 with Numbers 23:19?
“God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He
should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and
will He not make it good?” Numbers 23:19
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At John 5:18, did Jesus break the Sabbath?
John 5:18 says
"Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only
was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own
Father, making Himself equal with God."
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Is Exodus 21:21 about a dead slave or one who survives?
Exodus 21:20-21 provides provisions to avenge the maltreatment of a slave:
When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged. But if ...
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Why a double not a four/fivefold restitution in Exodus 22:1 and 4?
KJV Exodus 22 : 4
If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
But earlier on in the text it was said that the thief reimburse the ...
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If a master provides a slave with a wife, is there no way for them to ever go free together?
Exodus 21:1-6 (NIV): If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything. If he comes alone, he is to go free alone; but ...
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Why are female slaves not set free as males in Exodus 21:7?
Exodus 21:7 NASB: Now if a man sells his daughter as a female slave, she is not to go free as the male slaves do
It is clear slaves were treated as property and they were treated similarly both males ...
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Exodus 21 and the Law concerning slaves
Here is my question, Exodus 21 deals with punishments for assaulting and murdering people.
verse 20-21 is hard for me to comprehend:
Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be ...
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Laws About Slavery In Exodus
Does Exodus 21:2-11 imply that God is instituting slavery? Here's the text below:
2 “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, ...
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Exodus 21:20-21 Law of striking a slave
In Exodus we read:
20 When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged. 21 But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be ...
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How long were the Children of Israel enslaved in Egypt, according to the Bible?
In Genesis 15:13 God told Abram that his descendants would be slaves in a foreign land for 400 years. This number is also mentioned in Acts 7:6.
Exodus 12:41 says that the Israelites were in Egypt ...
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Does Exodus 22:28 call for child sacrifice?
In Genesis, we see a motif of first-born sons being overly aggressive and ambitious. Kain slays Abel out of a jealous wrath. Firstborn Esau and Jacob have a long-running rivalry that ends with Jacob ...
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Why so many repetitions in the Torah in relation to Moses and G'd?
Another intriguing question caught my attention today and it is something that is repeated a lot in the Torah - who is G'd? An example of this can be found in Exodus 6:10:
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־...
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Why does Paul say they were baptized in the sea and not in the river in 1 Corinthians 10:2?
KJV 1 Corinthians 10 : 2
And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
The children of Israel crossed two water points a sea and a river on their way to Canaan.There were more or ...
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What does Jesus' command in Matthew 5:34 to not swear oaths mean given the oaths made in other places?
Matthew 5:34:
But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God's throne;
Exodus 22:11:
the issue between them will be settled by the taking of an oath before the LORD that ...
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What does "Jealous" mean in Exodus 34:14?
Most translations seem to agree that "Jealous" is the best translation for this passage. For example:
Exodus 34:14 (NASB)
—for you shall not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is ...
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How does Hebrews 11:29 say it was by faith they crossed the red sea?
Hebrews 11:29 NASB
By faith they passed through the Red Sea as through dry land; and the Egyptians, when they attempted it, were [t]drowned.
But we are told in the original narrative that when they ...
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Exodus 21:22: is "mischief" related only to the mother or to the baby, too?
Exodus 21:22 (KJV):
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart
from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished,
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"Death angel" or "destroyer" or "destruction" in Exodus 12:23?
In Exodus 12, the Israelites were instructed to put blood on their doors, to protect them from the death of the firstborn that the Egyptians would suffer.
In most of Exodus 12, it sounds as though ...
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What is the ancient context of "raised you up", Ex 9:16?
I am studying Exodus right now, and have been digging deep into the Lord hardening Pharaoh's heart. In Exodus 9:15-16, the Lord speaks through Moses to Pharaoh and says,
15For by now I could have put ...
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Didn't G'd answer Moses?
I wondered if I have been reading something wrong, but as in english and in my native tongue, it seems the translation is identical. I comes from Exodus 3:11 in:
But Moses said to God, "Who am I,...
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The Pharaoh at the time of the tenth plague, was he not a firstborn son?
Exodus 12:
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At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the ...
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Tent of meeting vs tabernacle
Exodus 33:7
Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the "tent of meeting." Anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the tent of meeting ...
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Why did Moses claim he was not eloquent when the Lord called him?
Ex 4:10: And Moses said unto the Lord, o my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue
This was Moses ...
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What is the meaning of "Sorceress" in Exodus 22:18?
As I was reading my Bible completely through from the beginning I ran across this verse in Exodus 22:18:
You should not suffer a sorceress to live.
Up to this point, other than God's wonders, and ...
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Why did God ask the Israelites if they would be His people?
"5 `And now, if ye really hearken to My voice, then ye have kept My covenant, and been to Me a peculiar treasure more than all the peoples, for all the earth [is] Mine; 6 and ye -- ye are to Me a ...
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How many times was the owner of the bull that gores warned before punishment in Exodus 21:28-29?
Exodus 21:28-29 NIV
“If a bull gores a man or woman to death, the bull is to be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the bull will not be held responsible. 29 If, however,...
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When does the LORD send an angel to replace Him to lead the Israelites?
Exodus 33
1 The LORD said to Moses, “Depart; go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘...
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Since the plural Elohim is used of Moses at Ex 7:1 and one person at Psalm 45:6 is there any grammatical reason to see it as a literal numeric plural?
Since the plural Elohim is used of Moses at Exodus 7:1 [a] and one person at Psalm 45:6 [b] is there any grammatical reason to see it as a literal numeric plural when used of the one true God?
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Why did the angel of the LORD (YHWH) asked YHWH for information and receive comforting words in Zechariah 1:12 -13?
Zechariah 1:12-13 ASV Then the angel of Jehovah answered and said, O Jehovah of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had ...
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Does Hebrews use Psalm 95 to speak about Jesus and His presence during the Exodus?
Psalm 95 is a "kingship Psalm (see v. 3 the great king), which, after an introductory call to worship (vv. 1-3) focuses on God as creator of the world (vv. 4-5) and creator of Israel (vv. 6-7). ...
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In Exodus 32:20, why did Moses make the Israelites drink the ground calf & water mixture?
The English translation of Exodus 32:20 according to the King James Version states,
And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon ...
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About Exodus 20:3-5
Could someone please explain Exodus 20:3-5 and how are they related?
1 And God spoke all these words, saying: 2 I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of ...
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Was Aaron a high priest of the natural twelve tribes of Israel only?
After Aaron had been chosen as the High Priest of Israel he is said to have worn a breastpiece with twelve precious stones which represented the natural twelve tribes of Israel
Exodus 28:15
“Fashion ...
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The violet, purple and scarlet material, what are they?
Exodus 28:5-6, 8 & 15 NASB
5 They shall take the gold, the violet, the purple, the scarlet
material, and the fine linen. 6 “They shall also make the ephod of gold, of violet, purple, and
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Did Israel ever become a kingdom of priests (Exodus 19:6)? If so, how were they so?
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; 6 and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests ...
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Why does Deut. 5:5 have "you ... did not go up the mountain," as if all of Israel was supposed to have climbed the mountain?
—I stood between the LORD and you at that time to convey the LORD‘s words to you, for you were afraid of the fire and did not [וְלֹֽא־] go up [עֲלִיתֶ֥ם Qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural of עלה -...