1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:08,719 Speaker 1: Life Audio The Bible Study Podcast, Episode nine to sixty five. Today, 2 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: The Bible Study Podcast begins a study of the Book 3 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:23,480 Speaker 1: of Exodus. Welcome to the Bible Study Podcast. I'm your host, 4 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,159 Speaker 1: Chris Christensen. I know I said I was going to 5 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: study Leviticus, but we're going to do that sometime later. 6 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 1: First we're going to do the Book of Exodus, and 7 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: I'll tell you why right after a word from this sponsor. 8 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,480 Speaker 1: So I was planning, as I said, of doing Exodus 9 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: or Leviticus, but was leaning towards Leviticus. And I had 10 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: a number of people ask me to do at the 11 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:48,639 Speaker 1: Book of Exodus, and I am going to do that 12 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: because it really is one of the major stories of 13 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: the Old Testament upon which everything keeps looking back on, 14 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: except for obviously the Book of Genesis that I haven't 15 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: covered yet on the Bible Study Podcast. I really haven't 16 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 1: covered that whole book. If you wonder why I hesitate, 17 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: Either book that I start is probably a year long study, 18 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: as the study of Luke was. I actually did fifty 19 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: two different episodes on Luke and they came out weekly, 20 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 1: So you do the math. It took a year to 21 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 1: walk through the Gospel of Luke, we're probably talking about 22 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: a year or so to walk through either of these books. 23 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: I will do Leviticus at some time later. I don't 24 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: know if it'll be the next thing I do. I'll 25 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,119 Speaker 1: decide that a year from now. But first let's jump 26 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 1: into Exodus one the Israelites oppressed. These are the names 27 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, 28 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: each with his family Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Isakar 29 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 1: Zebulon and Benjamin, Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. The 30 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all. Joseph was already 31 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 1: in Egypt, so let's pause here for a second. We're 32 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: continuing on a story that was started in the Book 33 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: of Genesis. And if you go back to the study 34 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: we did on Genesis, or just open up your Bible 35 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: to the Genesis, you'll get the story of Joseph and 36 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 1: his amazing technicolor dream code if you do the Broadway 37 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 1: version of it. But Joseph and his coat of many colors, 38 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: who he's one of twelve brothers, and his brothers are 39 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: jealous of him and they sell him into slavery into Egypt, 40 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 1: where he rises to prominence because he can interpret dreams 41 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 1: and helps Egypt get through a terrible, terrible famine and 42 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 1: becomes second in charge, second only to Pharaoh. And because 43 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: of this terrible famine, his family, his eleven brothers and 44 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 1: his father end up moving to Egypt, and they settle 45 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: in Egypt, in the land of Goshen. And that's where 46 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: our story starts. But this is a number of years later, 47 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:00,359 Speaker 1: and we'll find out how many in a little bit here. Now, 48 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died, 49 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 1: But the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful. They multiplied greatly, increased 50 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 1: in numbers, and became soon numerous that the land was 51 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: filled with them. Then a new king, to whom Joseph 52 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:17,119 Speaker 1: meant nothing, came to power in Egypt. Look, he said 53 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 1: to his people, the Israelites had become far too numerous 54 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: for us. Come. We must deal shrewdly with them, or 55 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: they will become even more numerous. And if war breaks out, 56 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 1: we'll join our enemies fight against us and leave the country. 57 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 1: So they put slave masters over them to oppress them 58 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: with forced labor, and they built Pithon and Rameses as 59 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: store cities for pharaoh. But the more they were oppressed, 60 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: the more they multiplied and spread. So the Egyptians came 61 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: to dread the Israelites and worked them ruthlessly. They made 62 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 1: their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar, 63 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: and with all kinds of work in the fields, and 64 00:03:55,320 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: in their harsh labor, the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly. So 65 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: at this point the Israelites have become slaves in Egypt. Now, 66 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 1: remember they were never a nation when they moved into Egypt, 67 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 1: they were seventy people. But they've now become so numerous 68 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 1: that they're a threat to the nation they'rein, or at 69 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 1: least that's how this new pharaoh, this new king perceives them. 70 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: In terms of what time frame we're talking about, this 71 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: is most likely the pharaoh here being Ramses, the second 72 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: or the nineteenth dynasty pharaoh in the New Kingdom. And 73 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 1: we say that because of that of those treasure cities 74 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 1: that were built, and this would be the Ramses of 75 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 1: Abu Simbal. If you're in Egypt, there's not Egyptian history 76 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 1: to corroborate with that, and so take that with a 77 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:55,719 Speaker 1: grain of salt. The King of Egypt said to the 78 00:04:55,760 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 1: Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiprah and Pua, when you 79 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 1: were helping the Hebrew women during childbirth on the delivery stool, 80 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him, 81 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: but if it is a girl, let her live. Then 82 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: the midwives, however, feared God and did not do what 83 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: the King of Egypt had told them to do. They 84 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: let the boys live. Then the King of Egypt some 85 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: of the midwives and ask them, why have you done this? 86 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: Why have you let the boys live? Then midwives answered Pharaoh, 87 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 1: Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women. They are vigorous 88 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: and give birth before the midwife arrives. So God was 89 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: kind to the midwives, and the people increased and became 90 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: even more numerous. And because the midwives feared God, he 91 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: gave them families of their own. Then Pharaoh gave this 92 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:45,559 Speaker 1: order to all his people. Every Hebrew boy that is born, 93 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: you must throw into the nile, but let every girl live. 94 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 1: So things have gotten really bad here where They're gotten 95 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: to the point where they are so afraid of these 96 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,600 Speaker 1: people and how numerous they're becoming. They want to kill 97 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 1: all the boys that are born. And that leads right 98 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,479 Speaker 1: into the story of Moses. So we're gonna move on 99 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 1: into chapter two, the Birth of Moses. Now, a man 100 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 1: of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, and 101 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 1: she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When 102 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: she saw that he was a fine child, she hid 103 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,720 Speaker 1: him for three months, But when she could hide him 104 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and 105 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the 106 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 1: child in it and put it among the reeds along 107 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: the bank of the Nile. His sister stood at a 108 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 1: distance to see what would happen to him. Then Pharaoh's 109 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 1: daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her 110 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 1: attendants were walking along the river bank. She saw the 111 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:43,160 Speaker 1: basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to 112 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:45,720 Speaker 1: get it. She opened it and saw the baby. He 113 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 1: was crying, and she felt sorry for him. This is 114 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: one of the Hebrew babies, she said. Then his sister 115 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 1: asked Pharaoh's daughter, shall I go and get one of 116 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 1: the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you? Yes, Goo, 117 00:06:57,880 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: she answered, So the girl went and got the bait 118 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: baby's mother. Pharaoh's daughter said to her, take this baby 119 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: and nurse her for me, and I will pay you. 120 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 1: So the woman took the baby and nursed him. When 121 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 1: the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh's daughter 122 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: and he became her son. She named Moses, saying I 123 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 1: drew him out of the water, and Moses sounds like 124 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: the Hebrew word for to draw out. So because the 125 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: boys are being targeted by Pharaoh, we see that first 126 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: Moses is being hidden by his mother, and at some 127 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: point she doesn't think she can hide him any longer, 128 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: so she puts him in this basket, but sends along 129 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 1: his sister, and we are not told her name here, 130 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: but we know that her name was Miriam. We will 131 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: meet her later on. He has an older brother as well, 132 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: who is not included in this account, but will be 133 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: meeting him pretty soon. And the sister is watching this 134 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 1: basket keeping an eye on him when Pharaoh's daughter comes. 135 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: And this is where everything changes for Moses. And if 136 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 1: you've ever seen the movie A Prince of Egypt, this 137 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 1: is how Moses becomes a Prince of Egypt. This is 138 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: how he is raised not as a slave, as a 139 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: Hebrew slave, but raised in Pharaoh's court, raised as Pharaoh's 140 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 1: daughter's son. Now Pharaoh has a lot of daughters and 141 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: a lot of wives, so it doesn't mean that he's 142 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 1: heir to the throne or anything like that, but it 143 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: is a very different change in position. It all happens 144 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 1: because Pharaoh's daughter stumbles across this child and the sister, 145 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: and I think the sister is the one who really 146 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 1: is smart in this. Shall I get you one of 147 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 1: the Hebrew women to nurse well, gets his mother. So 148 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 1: the mother nurses Moses, and when he is weaned, apparently 149 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 1: brings this baby back to Pharaoh's daughter and he becomes 150 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: her son. And so he is going to grow up 151 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 1: in the palace, although we're going to see very very 152 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 1: little of that. We're going to see what happens instead 153 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: next week when we continue the story. But with that, 154 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: we're going to end this episode of the Bible Study Podcast. 155 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: If you have any questions, send an email to Chris 156 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 1: two x at gmail dot com, or, better yet, leave 157 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: a comment on this episode at the Bible Study Podcast 158 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: dot com. And as always, thanks so much for listening. 159 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 1: I want to take just a second to thank the 160 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 1: team at Life Audio for their partnership with us on 161 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: this podcast. If you go to lifeaudio dot com. 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