WEBVTT - #973 - Exodus 13 – Consecration of the Firstborn

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<v Speaker 1>Life Audio The Bible Study Podcast, Episode nine seventy three. Today,

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<v Speaker 1>The Bible Study Podcast continues the study of the Book

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<v Speaker 1>of Exodus with chapter thirteen. Welcome to the Bible Study Podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got the people of Israel out of Egypt. There's

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<v Speaker 1>still going to be some conflict involved, but first we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to have the consecration of the firstborn. But first

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<v Speaker 1>a word from this sponsor. Exodus thirteen, Consecration of the Firstborn.

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<v Speaker 1>The Lord said to Moses, consecrate to me every firstborn male,

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<v Speaker 1>the first offspring of every womb among the Israelites, belongs

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<v Speaker 1>to me, whether human or animal. Then Moses said to

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<v Speaker 1>the people, commemorate this day, the day you came out

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<v Speaker 1>of Egypt, out of the land of slavery, because the

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<v Speaker 1>Lord brought you out of it with a mighty hand.

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<v Speaker 1>Eat nothing containing yeast. Today, in the month of Aviv,

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<v Speaker 1>you are leaving when the Lord brings you into the

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<v Speaker 1>land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites, the

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<v Speaker 1>land he swore to your ancestors to give you a

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<v Speaker 1>land flowing with milk and honey. You are to observe

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<v Speaker 1>this ceremony in this month, for seven days, eat bread

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<v Speaker 1>made without yeast, and on the seventh day hold a

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<v Speaker 1>festival to the Lord. Eat unleavened bread. During those seven days,

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<v Speaker 1>nothing with yeast in it is to be seen among you,

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<v Speaker 1>nor shall any yeast be seen anywhere within your borders

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<v Speaker 1>on that day. Tell your son, I do this because

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<v Speaker 1>of what the Lord did for me when I came

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<v Speaker 1>out of Egypt. This observance will be for you like

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<v Speaker 1>a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead,

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<v Speaker 1>that this law of the Lord is to be on

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<v Speaker 1>your lips, for the Lord brought you out of Egypt

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<v Speaker 1>with his mighty hand. You must keep this ordinance at

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<v Speaker 1>the appointed time, year after year. This kind of is

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<v Speaker 1>a duplicate of what we just had in the last

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<v Speaker 1>chapter here, so I'm not going to spend a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of time, But basically they're sporced to remember pass Over

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<v Speaker 1>and celebrate it annually, as the Jewish people do to

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<v Speaker 1>this day, although did not historically in the time of

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<v Speaker 1>the Kings, for instance, in the Old Testament. Do it

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<v Speaker 1>faithfully after the Lord brings you into the land of

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<v Speaker 1>the Canaanites and gives it to you as he promised

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<v Speaker 1>an on oath to you and your ancestors. You were

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<v Speaker 1>to give over to the Lord the firstborn of every womb,

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<v Speaker 1>All the first born males of your livestock belong to

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord. Redeem with a lamb every firstborn donkey. But

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<v Speaker 1>if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Remember,

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<v Speaker 1>redeem every firstborn among your sons. In days to come,

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<v Speaker 1>when your son asks you what does this mean, say

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<v Speaker 1>to him with a mighty hand. The Lord brought us

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<v Speaker 1>out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. When

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<v Speaker 1>Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord killed

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<v Speaker 1>the firstborn of both people and animals in Egypt. This

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<v Speaker 1>is why I sacrificed to the Lord the first male

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<v Speaker 1>offspring of every womb, and redeem each of my firstborn sons.

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<v Speaker 1>And it will be like a sign on your hand

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<v Speaker 1>and as symbol on your forehead, that the Lord brought

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<v Speaker 1>us out of Egypt with his mighty hand. So at

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<v Speaker 1>the Passover they sacrificed the lambs and the goats so

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<v Speaker 1>that the firstborn would not die. The redemption of the

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<v Speaker 1>firstborn is basically carrying that into the future, so that

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<v Speaker 1>every firstborn would have the same thing, the same sacrifice

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<v Speaker 1>given for them, so that we would remember this day

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<v Speaker 1>crossing the sea. When Pharaoh let the people go, God

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<v Speaker 1>did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country,

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<v Speaker 1>though that was shorter, for God said if they face war,

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<v Speaker 1>they might change their mind and return to Egypt. So

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<v Speaker 1>God led the people around the desert road toward the

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<v Speaker 1>Red Sea. The Israelites went up out of Egypt ready

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<v Speaker 1>for battle. Moses took the bones of Joseph with him

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<v Speaker 1>because Joseph had made the Israelites swear and oath. He

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<v Speaker 1>had said, God will surely come to your aid, and

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<v Speaker 1>then you must carry my bones up with you from

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<v Speaker 1>this place. So they're heading out towards the promised land.

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<v Speaker 1>They're not going the most direct route, which would be

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<v Speaker 1>along the Mediterranean Sea, but they're heading towards the Red Sea,

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<v Speaker 1>which would seem to be a problem because there's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of water there and it's going to be traditionally

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<v Speaker 1>hard to cross with six hundred thousand men plus women

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<v Speaker 1>and children. So we don't know what they had in mind.

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<v Speaker 1>So we don't know what they said. Now. Some versions

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<v Speaker 1>of Exodus thirteen eighteen say the Sea of Reeds instead

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<v Speaker 1>of the Red Sea. That is a different way to

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<v Speaker 1>trans that. And some people wonder if this is a

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<v Speaker 1>shallower part of the Red Sea. I will not debate

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<v Speaker 1>that I do not know. And then it continues. After

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<v Speaker 1>leaving Sukkoth, they camped at Etham on the edge of

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<v Speaker 1>the desert. By day the Lord went ahead of them

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<v Speaker 1>in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way,

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<v Speaker 1>and by night in a pillar of fire to give

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<v Speaker 1>them light so they could travel by day or night.

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<v Speaker 1>Neither the pillar of cloud nor the pillar of fire

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<v Speaker 1>by night left its place in front of the people.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is something we will see on the road

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<v Speaker 1>on the rest of this journey, is this pillar of

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<v Speaker 1>cloud and this pillar of fire. But imagine if you

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<v Speaker 1>were the Israelites and you're coming out of Egypt, and

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<v Speaker 1>you were slaves in Egypt, and you didn't really have

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<v Speaker 1>your own religion per se at that point, right, the

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<v Speaker 1>people believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,

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<v Speaker 1>but there wasn't a lot of formal ceremonies, and there

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't a lot of things like that at the time.

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<v Speaker 1>And you come out and one of the first things

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<v Speaker 1>that happened is you see that this sign that the

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<v Speaker 1>God who performed all these wonders in Egypt is coming

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<v Speaker 1>with you. You see this pillar of cloud that moves

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<v Speaker 1>in front of you. You see this pillar of fire

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<v Speaker 1>that is there at night. I would think that would

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<v Speaker 1>be both very frightening and very comforting in maybe equal measures.

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<v Speaker 1>You know that the God who is bringing you out

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<v Speaker 1>of Egypt is leading you to somewhere new. Now, later on,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll read in this story here that sometimes the pillar

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<v Speaker 1>of cloud wouldn't rise from the tabernacle, which will be

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<v Speaker 1>built in a bit, and so that would mean they stay.

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<v Speaker 1>And so they're literally being told today we go today,

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<v Speaker 1>tomorrow we don't by this physical presence of God here

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<v Speaker 1>in the pillar of cloud and the pillar of fire.

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<v Speaker 1>And then Joseph, Remember Joseph was someone who who was

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<v Speaker 1>given by God the ability to see the future, and

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<v Speaker 1>he was able to predict through dreams the famine that

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<v Speaker 1>was coming to Egypt. You could find this all at

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<v Speaker 1>the end of the book of Genesis. And so he

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<v Speaker 1>was raised up from a slave into the second in

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<v Speaker 1>command in Egypt under Pharaoh. Well, when he is restored

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<v Speaker 1>to his family, when they all come and they move

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<v Speaker 1>into the land of Goshen, and they get fruitful and multiply,

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<v Speaker 1>and they become the six hundred thousand men plus women

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<v Speaker 1>and children now who are leaving Egypt. Joseph sees that

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<v Speaker 1>the day will come where they become slaves and where

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<v Speaker 1>they need to flee and seize that God will provide,

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<v Speaker 1>and so he says, when that day comes, bring along

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<v Speaker 1>my bones. I don't want to be buried forever in Egypt.

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<v Speaker 1>And so they bring the bones of Joseph with them

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<v Speaker 1>as they go into the Promised Land. The bones of

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<v Speaker 1>their father Israel, as I recall there, already took back

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<v Speaker 1>and buried in what would become the Promised Land. But

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<v Speaker 1>Joseph is coming with them on this journey. I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to end that there, because next week's chapter is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be fairly eventful as the Pharaoh follows them on

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<v Speaker 1>this trip. But if you have any questions, send an

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<v Speaker 1>email to Chris two x at gmail dot com, or

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