WEBVTT - #966 - Exodus 2:11-3:22 – The Burning Bush

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<v Speaker 1>Life Audio The Bible Study Podcast, Episode nine sixty six. 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, continuing on from chapter two. Welcome to the

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<v Speaker 1>Bible Study Podcast. I'm your host, Chris Kristensen. We're going

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<v Speaker 1>to continue on with Moses' story talking about Moses as

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<v Speaker 1>an adult, but first a word from this sponsor, so

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to pick this up. In verse eleven of

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<v Speaker 1>chapter two, Moses flees to Midian, so his childhood is

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<v Speaker 1>over and Moses is now grown up. One day, after

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<v Speaker 1>Moses had grown up, he went out to where his

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<v Speaker 1>own people were and watched them at their hard labor.

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<v Speaker 1>He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his

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<v Speaker 1>own people. He looked this way and that, and seeing

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<v Speaker 1>no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in

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<v Speaker 1>the sand. The next day he went out and saw

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<v Speaker 1>two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one and the wrong,

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<v Speaker 1>why are you hitting your fellow Hebrew? The man said,

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<v Speaker 1>who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you

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<v Speaker 1>thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian. Then

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<v Speaker 1>Moses was afraid and thought what I did must have

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<v Speaker 1>become known. When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to

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<v Speaker 1>kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to

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<v Speaker 1>live in Midian, where he sat down by a well. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came

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<v Speaker 1>to draw water and fill the troths to water their

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<v Speaker 1>father's flock. Some shepherds came along and drove them away,

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<v Speaker 1>but Moses got up and came to their rescue and

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<v Speaker 1>watered their flock. When the girls returned to Rueled, our father,

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<v Speaker 1>he asked them, why have you returned so early today?

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<v Speaker 1>They answered, An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He

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<v Speaker 1>even drew water for us and watered the flock. And

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<v Speaker 1>where is he? Ruel asked his daughters, why did you

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<v Speaker 1>leave him? Invite him to have something to eat. Moses

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<v Speaker 1>agreed to stay with a man who gave his daughter, Zipporah,

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<v Speaker 1>to Moses in marriage. Zipporah gave birth to a son,

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<v Speaker 1>and Moses named him Gersham, saying, I have become a

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<v Speaker 1>foreigner in a foreign land. During that long period, the

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<v Speaker 1>king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery

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<v Speaker 1>and cried out, and their cry for help because of

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<v Speaker 1>their slavery went up to God. God heard their groaning,

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<v Speaker 1>and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and

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<v Speaker 1>with Jacob. So God looked on the Israelites and was

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<v Speaker 1>concerned about them. So Moses grows up, remember in Pharaoh's household,

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<v Speaker 1>and so when he goes out to see where his

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<v Speaker 1>own people were and watched them at their hard labor.

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<v Speaker 1>He is not taking part in that. He hasn't had

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<v Speaker 1>to do that, but he knows that he is a Hebrew.

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<v Speaker 1>He would have been told that by people around him.

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<v Speaker 1>And so he is going out to see how his

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<v Speaker 1>people are getting treated and sees one being mistreated and

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<v Speaker 1>kills him, which is not great. I remember when I

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<v Speaker 1>was doing chaplain ministry to youth in juvenile hall, and

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<v Speaker 1>I mentioned in a sermon of my church three people

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<v Speaker 1>that were murderers that I wanted to introduce my kids to,

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<v Speaker 1>and the three of them were Moses and King David

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<v Speaker 1>and Saul also known as Paul, because all three of

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<v Speaker 1>them were murderers. Now, we're not encouraging people to do that.

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<v Speaker 1>But the surprising thing is that even after that terrible act,

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<v Speaker 1>later on, God is able to use them. God is

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<v Speaker 1>able to forgive and use these people, and that was

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<v Speaker 1>something that I thought would bring hope to the people

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<v Speaker 1>who I was teaching in Junle Hall because it was

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<v Speaker 1>a lockdown unit for violent youth offenders and some of

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<v Speaker 1>them were in fact murderers. So it is interesting to

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<v Speaker 1>see that Moses his story doesn't end here. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>end in the desert as a shepherd, although he certainly

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<v Speaker 1>probably thinks it will. At this point. In this beginning

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<v Speaker 1>of this section, he is an Egyptian. Remember that's what

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<v Speaker 1>his soon wife calls him. She and her sisters who

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<v Speaker 1>have him intervene with them, but he is in their

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<v Speaker 1>minds an Egyptian. He probably dresses like an Egyptian. He

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<v Speaker 1>talks like an Egyptian. He grew up in Pharaoh's house,

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<v Speaker 1>although now he is a fugitive. He is fleeing Pharaoh

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<v Speaker 1>because Pharaoh is going to have him executed, and says

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<v Speaker 1>Pharaoh wants to have him killed. When a leader does that,

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<v Speaker 1>we call it an execution, and in this case it

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<v Speaker 1>would have been justified with the Egyptian law. That's what

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<v Speaker 1>Moses deserves. He goes out into the desert. He finds

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<v Speaker 1>this priest of Midian who has seven daughters. He helps

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<v Speaker 1>them drives away the shepherd, and they take him in

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<v Speaker 1>and he becomes a son in law and a husband

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<v Speaker 1>and a brother in law to this group of people

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<v Speaker 1>in the desert. He becomes a father to Gersham, which

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<v Speaker 1>is an aim that sounds like a foreigner there. And

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<v Speaker 1>so this is where he lives. Now he's a shepherd.

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<v Speaker 1>But there's other things going on. The King of Egypt

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<v Speaker 1>is dying, the Pharaoh is dying, and God is hearing

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<v Speaker 1>his people cry out. And God is not done with

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<v Speaker 1>them yet either. So this story is not over. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>continue on to Moses and the Burning Bush Chapter three. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>Moses was tending the flock of jeth Throw, his father

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<v Speaker 1>in law, the priest of Midian. He led the flock

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<v Speaker 1>to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb,

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<v Speaker 1>the mountain of God. There, the Angel of the Lord

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<v Speaker 1>appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush.

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<v Speaker 1>Moses saw that though the bush was on fire, it

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<v Speaker 1>did not burn up. So Moses thought, I will go

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<v Speaker 1>over and see this strange sight. Why the bush does

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<v Speaker 1>not burn up. When the Lord saw that he had

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<v Speaker 1>gone over to look, God called him from within the bush. Moses,

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<v Speaker 1>Moses and Moses said, here I am, do not come

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<v Speaker 1>any closer. God said, take off your sandals, for the

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<v Speaker 1>place that you were standing is holy ground. That he said,

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<v Speaker 1>I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham,

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<v Speaker 1>the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. At

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<v Speaker 1>this Moses hid his face because he was afraid to

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<v Speaker 1>look at God. And I'm gonna pause there for a second.

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<v Speaker 1>You would think, from the way this appears in the

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<v Speaker 1>Book of Exodus that this happens the next day or

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<v Speaker 1>the next week, or a couple months from now, or

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<v Speaker 1>something like this. This is years later. Moses at this

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<v Speaker 1>point is a shepherd, and he's been a shepherd for

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<v Speaker 1>most of his life, and he is at this point

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<v Speaker 1>an old man. So it's taken a while to get

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<v Speaker 1>to this point where he's walking along and he sees

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<v Speaker 1>a bush that is burning but isn't burning up, and

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<v Speaker 1>a voice speaking to him out of that bush, and

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<v Speaker 1>it continues. The Lord said, I've indeed seen the misery

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<v Speaker 1>of my people in Egypt. I've heard them crying out

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<v Speaker 1>because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about

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<v Speaker 1>their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them

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<v Speaker 1>from the hand of the Egyptians. And to bring them

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<v Speaker 1>up out of the land into a good and spacious land,

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<v Speaker 1>a land flowing with milk and honey, the home of

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<v Speaker 1>the Kenaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Parizites, Hibites, and Jebusites. And now

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<v Speaker 1>the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I

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<v Speaker 1>have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. So

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<v Speaker 1>now go, I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring

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<v Speaker 1>my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt. But Moses said

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<v Speaker 1>to God, who am I that I should go to

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<v Speaker 1>Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt? And God said,

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<v Speaker 1>I will be with you, and this will be the

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<v Speaker 1>sign to you that it is I who have sent you.

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<v Speaker 1>When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you

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<v Speaker 1>will worship God on this mountain. Moses said to God,

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<v Speaker 1>Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them,

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<v Speaker 1>the God of your fathers has sent me to you,

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<v Speaker 1>and they ask what is his name? Then what shall

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<v Speaker 1>I tell them? God said to Moses, I am who

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<v Speaker 1>I am? This is what you are to say to

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<v Speaker 1>the Israelites. I am sent me to you. God also

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<v Speaker 1>said to Moses, say to the Israelites, the Lord, the

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<v Speaker 1>God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God

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<v Speaker 1>of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me

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<v Speaker 1>to you. This is my name forever, the name you

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<v Speaker 1>shall call me from generation to generation. Go assemble the

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<v Speaker 1>elders of Israel, and say to them, the Lord, the

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<v Speaker 1>God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,

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<v Speaker 1>appeared to me and said, I have watched over you

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<v Speaker 1>and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.

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<v Speaker 1>And I have promised to bring you up out of

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<v Speaker 1>your misery in Egypt into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Parizites, Hipbites,

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<v Speaker 1>and Jebucites, a land flowing with milk and honey. The

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<v Speaker 1>elders of Israel will listen to you. Then you and

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<v Speaker 1>the elders are to go to the King of Egypt

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<v Speaker 1>and say to him, the Lord, the God of the Hebrews,

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<v Speaker 1>has met with us. Let us take a three day

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<v Speaker 1>journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>our God. But I know that the King of Egypt

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<v Speaker 1>will not let you go unless a mighty hand compels him.

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<v Speaker 1>So I will stretch out my hand and strike the

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<v Speaker 1>Egyptians with all the wonders that I will perform among them.

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<v Speaker 1>After that, he will let you go, and I will

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<v Speaker 1>make the Egyptians favorably disposed toward this people, so that

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<v Speaker 1>when you leave, you will not go empty handed. Every

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<v Speaker 1>woman is to ask her neighbor and any woman living

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<v Speaker 1>in her house for articles of silver and gold, and

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<v Speaker 1>for clothing which you will put on your sons and daughters,

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<v Speaker 1>And so you will plunder the Egyptians. This is not

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<v Speaker 1>the end of this conversation, but we're going to pause

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<v Speaker 1>here for this particular episode and look at what's going

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<v Speaker 1>on here. So Moses is given a command. God is

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<v Speaker 1>ready at this point to bring the people the Israelites

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<v Speaker 1>out of Egypt and bring them into the land of

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<v Speaker 1>the Canaanites, Hitsites, Amorites, Parazites, Hibites, and Jebusites. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>say in this section why them. Why is God giving

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<v Speaker 1>their land to the Israelites, But we'll learn more about

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<v Speaker 1>that later. But this cry has gone out. God has

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<v Speaker 1>heard it, and the person He's going to use to

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<v Speaker 1>do this is Moses. Now, Moses will have some thoughts

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<v Speaker 1>on that, which we'll talk about next week. But moses

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<v Speaker 1>first question is good question. Is who should I say,

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<v Speaker 1>is sending me? And we get this very famous phrase,

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<v Speaker 1>I am who I am? And so God is known

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<v Speaker 1>as the Great I am God, who is, who was

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<v Speaker 1>and who is to come, who is outside of time,

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<v Speaker 1>the Great I Am. This is the name that the

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<v Speaker 1>Jews still use and that we still use sometimes to

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<v Speaker 1>call God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the

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<v Speaker 1>Great I Am. And that's who is sending Moses. And

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<v Speaker 1>God tells him at this point, you're going to go

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<v Speaker 1>to the elders. They're going to listen to you. You're

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<v Speaker 1>going to go to Pharaoh. You're not going to ask

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<v Speaker 1>to get out of Egypt. You're going to ask to

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<v Speaker 1>journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices. You're going to

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<v Speaker 1>be rejected. I'm going to compel him. I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>perform wonders and then he will let you go. And

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<v Speaker 1>not only will he let you go, but you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to actually plunder the people of Egypt. They're going to

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<v Speaker 1>give you gold and silver and clothes because they're going

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<v Speaker 1>to be glad to see the backside of you. All

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<v Speaker 1>of that will happen, but we'll see how as we

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<v Speaker 1>continue this story next week and With that, we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to end this episode of the Bible Study Podcast. If

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