1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:08,719 Speaker 1: Life Audio The Bible Study Podcast, Episode nine seventy three. Today, 2 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: The Bible Study Podcast continues the study of the Book 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: of Exodus with chapter thirteen. Welcome to the Bible Study Podcast. 4 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: We've got the people of Israel out of Egypt. There's 5 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 1: still going to be some conflict involved, but first we're 6 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: going to have the consecration of the firstborn. But first 7 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: a word from this sponsor. Exodus thirteen, Consecration of the Firstborn. 8 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 1: The Lord said to Moses, consecrate to me every firstborn male, 9 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: the first offspring of every womb among the Israelites, belongs 10 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: to me, whether human or animal. Then Moses said to 11 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: the people, commemorate this day, the day you came out 12 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,279 Speaker 1: of Egypt, out of the land of slavery, because the 13 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: Lord brought you out of it with a mighty hand. 14 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: Eat nothing containing yeast. Today, in the month of Aviv, 15 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 1: you are leaving when the Lord brings you into the 16 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 1: land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites, the 17 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: land he swore to your ancestors to give you a 18 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,679 Speaker 1: land flowing with milk and honey. You are to observe 19 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: this ceremony in this month, for seven days, eat bread 20 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: made without yeast, and on the seventh day hold a 21 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 1: festival to the Lord. Eat unleavened bread. During those seven days, 22 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: nothing with yeast in it is to be seen among you, 23 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,119 Speaker 1: nor shall any yeast be seen anywhere within your borders 24 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: on that day. Tell your son, I do this because 25 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 1: of what the Lord did for me when I came 26 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 1: out of Egypt. This observance will be for you like 27 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 1: a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead, 28 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: that this law of the Lord is to be on 29 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: your lips, for the Lord brought you out of Egypt 30 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: with his mighty hand. You must keep this ordinance at 31 00:01:55,600 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 1: the appointed time, year after year. This kind of is 32 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 1: a duplicate of what we just had in the last 33 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: chapter here, so I'm not going to spend a lot 34 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:08,839 Speaker 1: of time, But basically they're sporced to remember pass Over 35 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: and celebrate it annually, as the Jewish people do to 36 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: this day, although did not historically in the time of 37 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: the Kings, for instance, in the Old Testament. Do it 38 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: faithfully after the Lord brings you into the land of 39 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: the Canaanites and gives it to you as he promised 40 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: an on oath to you and your ancestors. You were 41 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 1: to give over to the Lord the firstborn of every womb, 42 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: All the first born males of your livestock belong to 43 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: the Lord. Redeem with a lamb every firstborn donkey. But 44 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Remember, 45 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: redeem every firstborn among your sons. In days to come, 46 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: when your son asks you what does this mean, say 47 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 1: to him with a mighty hand. The Lord brought us 48 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. When 49 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord killed 50 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,799 Speaker 1: the firstborn of both people and animals in Egypt. This 51 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: is why I sacrificed to the Lord the first male 52 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: offspring of every womb, and redeem each of my firstborn sons. 53 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: And it will be like a sign on your hand 54 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 1: and as symbol on your forehead, that the Lord brought 55 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 1: us out of Egypt with his mighty hand. So at 56 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 1: the Passover they sacrificed the lambs and the goats so 57 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: that the firstborn would not die. The redemption of the 58 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: firstborn is basically carrying that into the future, so that 59 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: every firstborn would have the same thing, the same sacrifice 60 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: given for them, so that we would remember this day 61 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: crossing the sea. When Pharaoh let the people go, God 62 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, 63 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: though that was shorter, for God said if they face war, 64 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 1: they might change their mind and return to Egypt. So 65 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: God led the people around the desert road toward the 66 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 1: Red Sea. The Israelites went up out of Egypt ready 67 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: for battle. Moses took the bones of Joseph with him 68 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: because Joseph had made the Israelites swear and oath. He 69 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 1: had said, God will surely come to your aid, and 70 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 1: then you must carry my bones up with you from 71 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: this place. So they're heading out towards the promised land. 72 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: They're not going the most direct route, which would be 73 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: along the Mediterranean Sea, but they're heading towards the Red Sea, 74 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,839 Speaker 1: which would seem to be a problem because there's a 75 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: lot of water there and it's going to be traditionally 76 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: hard to cross with six hundred thousand men plus women 77 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: and children. So we don't know what they had in mind. 78 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,480 Speaker 1: So we don't know what they said. Now. Some versions 79 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: of Exodus thirteen eighteen say the Sea of Reeds instead 80 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 1: of the Red Sea. That is a different way to 81 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 1: trans that. And some people wonder if this is a 82 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 1: shallower part of the Red Sea. I will not debate 83 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 1: that I do not know. And then it continues. After 84 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 1: leaving Sukkoth, they camped at Etham on the edge of 85 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 1: the desert. By day the Lord went ahead of them 86 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 1: in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way, 87 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 1: and by night in a pillar of fire to give 88 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: them light so they could travel by day or night. 89 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 1: Neither the pillar of cloud nor the pillar of fire 90 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 1: by night left its place in front of the people. 91 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 1: So this is something we will see on the road 92 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: on the rest of this journey, is this pillar of 93 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,359 Speaker 1: cloud and this pillar of fire. But imagine if you 94 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: were the Israelites and you're coming out of Egypt, and 95 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 1: you were slaves in Egypt, and you didn't really have 96 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 1: your own religion per se at that point, right, the 97 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,679 Speaker 1: people believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, 98 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 1: but there wasn't a lot of formal ceremonies, and there 99 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: wasn't a lot of things like that at the time. 100 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 1: And you come out and one of the first things 101 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:06,840 Speaker 1: that happened is you see that this sign that the 102 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:11,159 Speaker 1: God who performed all these wonders in Egypt is coming 103 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 1: with you. You see this pillar of cloud that moves 104 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 1: in front of you. You see this pillar of fire 105 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,559 Speaker 1: that is there at night. I would think that would 106 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: be both very frightening and very comforting in maybe equal measures. 107 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: You know that the God who is bringing you out 108 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 1: of Egypt is leading you to somewhere new. Now, later on, 109 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 1: we'll read in this story here that sometimes the pillar 110 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: of cloud wouldn't rise from the tabernacle, which will be 111 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 1: built in a bit, and so that would mean they stay. 112 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,599 Speaker 1: And so they're literally being told today we go today, 113 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:52,559 Speaker 1: tomorrow we don't by this physical presence of God here 114 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:55,719 Speaker 1: in the pillar of cloud and the pillar of fire. 115 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 1: And then Joseph, Remember Joseph was someone who who was 116 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: given by God the ability to see the future, and 117 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: he was able to predict through dreams the famine that 118 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: was coming to Egypt. You could find this all at 119 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: the end of the book of Genesis. And so he 120 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 1: was raised up from a slave into the second in 121 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: command in Egypt under Pharaoh. Well, when he is restored 122 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: to his family, when they all come and they move 123 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: into the land of Goshen, and they get fruitful and multiply, 124 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: and they become the six hundred thousand men plus women 125 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: and children now who are leaving Egypt. Joseph sees that 126 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: the day will come where they become slaves and where 127 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 1: they need to flee and seize that God will provide, 128 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: and so he says, when that day comes, bring along 129 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: my bones. I don't want to be buried forever in Egypt. 130 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: And so they bring the bones of Joseph with them 131 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: as they go into the Promised Land. The bones of 132 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 1: their father Israel, as I recall there, already took back 133 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 1: and buried in what would become the Promised Land. But 134 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 1: Joseph is coming with them on this journey. I'm going 135 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: to end that there, because next week's chapter is going 136 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 1: to be fairly eventful as the Pharaoh follows them on 137 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: this trip. But if you have any questions, send an 138 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: email to Chris two x at gmail dot com, or 139 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 1: better yet, leave a comment on this episode at the 140 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: Bible Study podcast dot com. And as always, thanks so 141 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 1: much for listening. I want to take just a second 142 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:44,320 Speaker 1: to thank the team at Life Audio for their partnership 143 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:47,239 Speaker 1: with us on this podcast. 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