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Commentary and Questions by Wayne Harlan
Landmark Publications, Inc., 1045 Maynor Avenue, Nashville, TN 37216, U.S.A., John C. Sewell, Ph.D., Editor.
OPPOSITION TO THE PLAN OF GOD
THE ASSURANCE OF DELIVERANCE
EXODUS 5:1-23
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OPPOSITION TO THE PLAN OF GOD
THE ASSURANCE OF DELIVERANCE
Text: Exodus 5:1-22,
1. Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “Thus says
the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Release my people so that they may hold
a pilgrim feast to me in the desert.’”
2. But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord that I should obey him by
releasing Israel? I do not know the Lord, and I will not release Israel!”
3. And they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Let us go
a three-day journey into the desert so that we may sacrifice to the
Lord our God, so that he does not strike us with plague or the sword.”
4. The king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you
cause the people to refrain from their work? Return to your labor!”
5. Pharaoh was thinking, “The people of the land are now many, and
you are giving them rest from their labor.”
6. That same day Pharaoh commanded the slave masters and foremen
who were over the people:
7. “You must no longer give straw to the people for making bricks as
before. Let them go and collect straw for themselves. 8. But you must
require of them the same quota of bricks that they were making
before. Do not reduce it, for they are slackers. That is why they are
crying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to our God.’
9. Make the work harder for the men so they will keep at it and pay
no attention to lying words!”
10. So the slave masters of the people and their foremen went to the
Israelites and said, “Thus says Pharaoh: ‘I am not giving you straw.
11. You go get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, because
there will be no reduction at all in your workload.’”
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12. So the people spread out through all the land of Egypt to collect
stubble for straw.
13. The slave masters were pressuring them, saying, “Complete your
work for each day, just like when there was straw!”
14. The Israelite foremen whom Pharaoh’s slave masters had set over
them were beaten and were asked, “Why did you not complete your
requirement for brickmaking as in the past—both yesterday and
today?”
15. The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh, “Why are
you treating your servants this way?
16. No straw is given to your servants, but we are told, ‘Make bricks!’
Your servants are even being beaten, but the fault is with your
people.”
17. But Pharaoh replied, “You are slackers! Slackers! That is why you
are saying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to the Lord.’
18. So now, get back to work! You will not be given straw, but you
must still produce your quota of bricks!”
19. The Israelite foremen saw that they were in trouble when they
were told, “You must not reduce the daily quota of your bricks.”
20. When they went out from Pharaoh, they encountered Moses and
Aaron standing there to meet them,
21. and they said to them, “May the Lord look on you and judge,
because you have made us stink in the opinion of Pharaoh and his
servants, so that you have given them an excuse to kill us!”
22. Moses returned to the Lord, and said, “Lord, why have you caused
trouble for this people? Why did you ever send me?
23. From the time I went to speak to Pharaoh in your name, he has
caused trouble for this people, and you have certainly not rescued
them!” (NET)
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Introduction:
I. The main points of Chapter 5.
A. Pharaoh rejects the request of Moses and Aaron for a three (3)
day pilgrimage.
B. Pharaoh increases the labor and suffering of the Israelites.
C. The Israelites blame Moses for their increasing hardships.
II. In verses 1-2 Moses and Aaron present their first request to Pharaoh
to allow the Israelites to make a pilgrimage to worship God. Pharaoh
refuses, saying “I do not know the Lord.”
A. Exodus 4:21, The Lord said to Moses, “When you go back to
Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders I have put
under your control. But I will harden his heart and he will not let
the people go. (NET)
B. Exodus 3:19, But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you
go, not even under force. (NET)
III. Moses and Aaron in verses 3-4 again ask for a three day journey to
sacrifice to the Lord God. Pharaoh refuses this time revealing why he
thinks they really want to leave.
A. Moses states his reason for the pilgrimage is to make sacrifices
to God to avoid the wrath of God through plague and sword.
Later Moses explains why they must travel out of Egypt to make
their sacrifices to God.
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1. Exodus 8:25-27, Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and
Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within the land.”
But Moses said, “That would not be the right thing to do,
for the sacrifices we make to the Lord our God would be an
abomination to the Egyptians. If we make sacrifices that
are an abomination to the Egyptians right before their
eyes, will they not stone us? We must go on a three-day
journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God,
just as he is telling us.” (NET)
C. Pharaoh is thinking they just want to rest from their hard labor,
that they were “slackers.”
IV. Pharaoh’s retaliation for this request is shown in verses 6-14.
A. Pharaoh orders the slave masters to no longer supply straw to
make the bricks.
1. Genesis 11:3, Then they said to one another, “Come,
let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” (They had
brick instead of stone and tar instead of mortar.) (NET)
2. Exodus 1:11, 14, So they put foremen over the Israelites
to oppress them with hard labor. As a result they built
Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh. They
made their lives bitter by hard service with mortar and
bricks and by all kinds of service in the fields. Every kind of
service the Israelites were required to give was rigorous.
(NET)
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B. Pharaoh reveals he thinks Moses is lying. His ultimate goal is to
discredit Moses and thereby put an end to the confidence the
Israelites first showed in Moses and God.
C. The Israelites were not able to meet their production quotas,
because now they had to search to supply the straw.
Consequently the Israelite foremen were beaten because of the
declining production.
1. Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary, pg. 238, “Both straw-
made bricks and bricks of pure clay have been found at
Pithom and Rameses”
a. Exodus 1:11, So they put foremen over the
Israelites to oppress them with hard labor. As a result
they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for
Pharaoh. (NET)
V. The Israelite foremen complain to Pharaoh about the unjust
punishment they are receiving and tell him that the fault lies with the
Egyptians as they are not supplying the raw material (straw) to make
the bricks.
A. Exodus 5:15-16, The Israelite foremen went and cried out to
Pharaoh, “Why are you treating your servants this way? No
straw is given to your servants, but we are told, ‘Make bricks!’
Your servants are even being beaten, but the fault is with your
people.” (NET)
VI. When the foremen encounter Moses and Aaron, they make it
abundantly clear that they place all the blame for their mistreatment
on them. This is a pattern that will repeat throughout Exodus.
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A. Exodus 14:12, Isn’t this what we told you in Egypt, ‘Leave us
alone so that we can serve the Egyptians, because it is better for
us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!’” (NET)
B. Exodus 15:24, So the people murmured against Moses, saying,
“What can we drink? (NET)
C. Exodus 16:3, The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died
by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the
pots of meat, when we ate bread to the full, for you have
brought us out into this desert to kill this whole assembly with
hunger!” (NET)
D. Exodus 17:3, But the people were very thirsty there for water,
and they murmured against Moses and said, “Why in the world
did you bring us up out of Egypt—to kill us and our children and
our cattle with thirst?” (NET)
Note:These few examples show how the Israelites continued to test
Moses, and, by doing so, tested God’s patience. Exodus 32:9, Then the
Lord said to Moses: “I have seen this people. Look what a stiff-necked
people they are! (NET)
VII. Chapter five (5) ends with Moses again questioning his abilities and
God’s plan for his chosen people. God had explained to Moses this was
not going to be an easy task, but he was still in charge.
A. Exodus 3:19-20, But I know that the king of Egypt will not let
you go, not even under force. So I will extend my hand and strike
Egypt with all my wonders that I will do among them, and after
that he will release you. (NET)
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B. Exodus 4:21, The Lord said to Moses, “When you go back to
Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders I have put
under your control. But I will harden his heart and he will not let
the people go. (NET)
Commentary:
I. Verses 1-5 recount Moses’ first encounter with Pharaoh. Moses and
Aaron explain they had been directed by God to lead the Israelites on a
pilgrimage to sacrifice to God.
A. NET studynote 13, pg. 128 “The point is clear that when the
people of God attempt to devote their full service and allegiance
to God, they encounter opposition from the world. Rather than
finding instant blessings and peace, they find conflict.”
B. Pharaoh rejects the request and insults God by saying, “Who is
the Lord that I should obey him by releasing Israel? . . . I do not
know the Lord, and I will not release Israel.” (verse 2)
1. That is the lesson of the plagues. Pharaoh and the
Egyptian people may not know God, but through their
suffering they will come to understand the rule of God over
man and nature.
C. In verse 3 they again ask for a three-day (3) journey and again
Pharaoh refuses.
1. NET note: pg. 129, “The word ‘journey’ . . . is telling the
distance Moses wanted the people to go. It is not saying
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that they will be gone three (3) days, but that they will go a
distance that will take three days to cover.”
II. Pharaoh orders the slave masters to stop supplying straw for this
brick production.
A. Using slave labor to manufacture bricks was practiced in
Biblical times by conquering nations.
B. The Israelites now have effectively had their workload doubled.
The slave masters still required the same quota of bricks, but now
they had to scrounge for straw or stubble, whatever they could
find.
1. Straw was a necessary component of early brickmaking,
as it was the binding agent that helped hold the clay
together. Up to this time the Egyptians had supplied the
straw.
a. Exodus 5:7, “You must no longer give straw to the
people for making bricks as before. Let them go and
collect straw for themselves. (NET)
2. Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, CH. 13, 4:288-289, “
. . . and he commanded him that was the chief taskmaster
over the Hebrews, to give them no relaxation from their
labors, but to compel them to submit to greater oppressions
than before; and though he allowed them chaff before for
making their brocks, he would allow it them no longer; but
he made them to work hard at brickmaking in the daytime
and to gather chaff at night.”
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III. Verses 10-14 relate how difficult the task of finding straw was for
the Israelites. Verse 11 states, “You go get straw for yourselves
wherever you can find it . . . And verse 12 . . . the people spread out
through all the land of Egypt to collect stubble for straw.”
A. Holman illustrated Bible Dictionary, pg. 1537, stubble, “stalks of
grain dried out in the field or left on the threshing floor.”
B. American Heritage Dictionary, “Stubble: The short stiff stalks of
a grain or hay crop remaining in a field after the crop has been
harvested.”
C. This shows the Israelites had to search for left overs that were
not sufficient for any other use.
D. In verse 12 it is written “The people spread out through all the
land of Egypt to collect stubble for straw.”
1. To find sufficient stubble to substitute for straw was going
to be a massive undertaking requiring searching throughout
the land at night.
E. Pharaoh’s slave masters increased their oppression of the
Israelite foremen with beatings and harassments for not fulfilling
their daily quota.
IV. The Israelite foremen approached Pharaoh with the complaint that
it was not their fault brick production had decreased, rather it was the
fault of the Egyptians who failed to supply the necessary raw materials.
A. Pharaoh’s response was the Israelites were lazy and trying to
get out of work. He stated the journey to sacrifice to the Lord was
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merely an excuse to avoid work! He emphasized, “You must not
reduce the daily quota of your bricks.” (19B)
1. Exodus 3:19, But I know that the king of Egypt will not let
you go, not even under force. (NET)
2. Exodus 4:21B, But I will harden his heart and he will not
let the people go. (NET)
V. After this meeting with Pharaoh failed, the Israelite foremen saw
Moses and Aaron and began heaping blame on them for the increased
hardships they have to endure, even calling on the Lord to judge them.
This attitude against Moses prevailed throughout Exodus. The Israelites
lost sight of what God was doing for them through Moses.
A. Related Scriptures: . . .
1. Exodus 15:24, So the people murmured against Moses,
saying, “What can we drink?” (NET)
2. Exodus 16:2, The entire company of Israelites murmured
against Moses and Aaron in the desert. (NET)
3. Exodus 17:3, But the people were very thirsty there for
water, and they murmured against Moses and said, “Why
in the world did you bring us up out of Egypt—to kill us and
our children and our cattle with thirst?” (NET)
B. Moses prayed to God and again asked “Why did you send me
to Pharaoh?” He still doubts his abilities, and by doing so doubts
God. Another one chosen by God expressed similar misgiving
about his calling.
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1. Jeremiah 20:7, Lord, you coerced me into being a
prophet, and I allowed you to do it. You overcame my
resistance and prevailed over me. Now I have become a
constant laughingstock. Everyone ridicules me. (NET)
C. We are told to obey the Lord our God. Obedience brings the
promise of a better life.
1. Exodus 19:5, And now, if you will diligently listen to me
and keep my covenant, then you will be my special
possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,
(NET)
2. Jeremiah 7:22-23, Consider this: When I spoke to your
ancestors after I brought them out of Egypt, I did not
merely give them commands about burnt offerings and
sacrifices. I also explicitly commanded them: “Obey me. If
you do, I will be your God and you will be my people. Live
exactly the way I tell you and things will go well with you.”
(NET)
3. 1 Samuel 12:14-15, If you fear the Lord, serving him and
obeying him and not rebelling against what he says, and if
both you and the king who rules over you follow the Lord
your God, all will be well. But if you don’t obey the Lord
and rebel against what the Lord says, the hand of the Lord
will be against both you and your king. (NET)
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Conclusion:
I. In rejecting Moses’ request, Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord that I
should obey him? I do not know the Lord . . .”. He was stating that God
does not exist because he did not know him. God is going to use the
plagues so Pharaoh and the Egyptians will know him and realize that
only he as the one true God has unequaled power over man and
nature.
A. In today’s society more and more people say, “I do not know
the Lord.” Perhaps you have heard someone say this, or “I don’t
believe.”
1. Proverbs 1:7, Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral
knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
(NET)
2. Proverbs 1:29-31, Because they hated moral knowledge,
and did not choose to fear the Lord, they did not comply
with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke. Therefore
they will eat from the fruit of their way, and they will be
stuffed full of their own counsel. (NET)
3. Job 28:28, And he said to mankind, ‘The fear of the
Lord—that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is
understanding.’” (NET)
B. Man does not “discover” God – God reveals himself to man.
1. 1 Chronicles 28:9b, If you seek him, he will let you find
him, but if you abandon him, he will reject you
permanently. (NET)
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2. Isaiah 40:5, The splendor of the Lord will be revealed,
and all people will see it at the same time. For the Lord has
decreed it.” (NET)
3. Matthew 11:27b, No one knows the Son except the
Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and
anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him. (NET)
4. 1 Corinthians 2:9-10, But just as it is written, “Things that
no eye has seen, or ear heard, or mind imagined, are the
things God has prepared for those who love him.” God has
revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all
things, even the deep things of God. (NET)
5. Ephesians 3:3, that by revelation the divine secret was
made known to me, as I wrote before briefly. (NET)
II. To show that he was all powerful, Pharaoh ordered increased
hardships on the Israelites knowing this would diminish Moses’
credibility and put an end to the Israelites requests.
A. God had forewarned Moses that it would be difficult to deal
with Pharaoh. This was God’s plan from the beginning not
Pharaohs.
1. Exodus 3:19-20, But I know that the king of Egypt will not
let you go, not even under force. So I will extend my hand
and strike Egypt with all my wonders that I will do among
them, and after that he will release you. (NET)
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2. Exodus 4:21, The Lord said to Moses, “When you go back
to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders I
have put under your control. But I will harden his heart and
he will not let the people go. (NET)
B. Since the beginning of time we also have been predestined
according to God’s plan.
1. Ephesians 1:11, In Christ we too have been claimed as
God’s own possession, since we were predestined
according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all
things according to the counsel of his will (NET)
2. Jeremiah 1:5, “Before I formed you in your mother’s
womb I chose you. Before you were born I set you apart. I
appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.” (NET)
3. 1 Thessalonians 1:4, We know, brothers and sisters loved
by God, that he has chosen you, (NET)
4. James 2:5, Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not
God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and
heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love
him? (NET)
5. 1 Peter 2:9, But you are a chosen race, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you
may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of
darkness into his marvelous light. (NET)
III. The Israelite foremen appealed to Pharaoh for leniency and were
rebuffed and told the daily quota would not be reduced. Instead of
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appealing to God for help, the foremen verbally attacked Moses and
Aaron.
A. Do we have a tendency to blame others for our hardships and
ignore help from God in the process?
1. Matthew 6:33, 7:7, But above all pursue his kingdom and
righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as
well. “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will
find; knock and the door will be opened for you. (NET)
2. Psalms 7:1, O Lord my God, in you I have taken shelter.
Deliver me from all who chase me! Rescue me! (NET)
3. Psalms 102:1, O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to
my cry for help! (NET)
B. Moses went back to God, saying this plan is not working. It is
causing trouble and the people are not being rescued. Who are
we to judge God?
1. Isaiah 40:13-14, Who comprehends the mind of the Lord,
or gives him instruction as his counselor? From whom does
he receive directions? Who teaches him the correct way to
do things, or imparts knowledge to him, or instructs him in
skillful design? (NET)
2. Job 38:2, 4, “Who is this who darkens counsel with
words without knowledge? “Where were you when I laid
the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess
understanding! (NET)
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3. 2 Peter 3:8b, 3:9a-c, that a single day is like a thousand
years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single
day. The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some
regard slowness, but is being patient toward you, (NET)
C. Following Pharaoh’s rejection, Moses was doubtful of God’s
plan and unsure of himself. Compare his response to David when
he faced his battle with Goliath. In 1 Samuel 17:26, David says
“For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he defies the
armies of the Living God?” David understood this was not a
battle between Israelites and Philistines, but God and the false
gods of the Philistines. His first response is to defend the living
God.
D. Are you sure of God’s plan for you and secure in it, as David
was, or are you doubtful of your abilities and God’s calling? Are
you confident? If not, ask God for strength.
1. Psalm 25:2, My God, I trust in you. Please do not let me
be humiliated; do not let my enemies triumphantly rejoice
over me! (NET)
2. Psalm 56:3, When I am afraid, I trust in you. (NET)
3. Proverbs 3:5, Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and
do not rely on your own understanding. (NET)
4. Psalms 13:5, But I trust in your faithfulness. May I rejoice
because of your deliverance! (NET)
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5. Isaiah 12:2, Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him
and not fear. For the Lord gives me strength and protects
me; he has become my deliverer.” (NET)
E. Through God’s word he tells us to trust in him.
1. Philippians 4:13, I am able to do all things through the
one who strengthens me. (NET)
F. David was called at a young age while Moses was given his call
as an old man. Both were men of God who answered the Lord.
David was ready to fight Goliath with the confidence that is
inherent in young men. Moses did not accept so quickly, perhaps
because of the more cautious instincts that come with age and
wisdom, but accept he did.
1. These two became the most important figures of the Old
Testament because they faithfully followed God’s call to
service. They were not perfect, but God had a plan to use
them when the time was right.
2. Be aware that the Lord our God is capable of using each of
us at any stage of our lives. We are not too young or too old
to serve God as he determines.
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Questions
on
Exodus 5
1. Why did Pharaoh immediately reject the request for a pilgrimage?_
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2. Moses said the pilgrimage was to allow the Israelites to
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3. What was Pharaoh really meaning when he stated, “I do not know
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4. How long was the journey to be? _____________________________
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5. Moses said to Pharaoh the Hebrews were required to sacrifice to
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6. How did Pharaoh retaliate against the Israelites for asking for time
away from work? ____________________________________________
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7. How did this affect the brickmaking process for the Israelites? _____
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8. Did God forewarn Moses of difficulties with Pharaoh? ____________
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9. Referring to question 8, how did God say this would happen? ______
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10. The Israelite foremen told Pharaoh the decreased brick production
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