Exodus 12:1-7, 12-13

Summer Reading 1:The Books of Moses

The Hebrew Scriptures

The Law (Torah)

• Genesis• Exodus• Leviticus• Numbers• Deuteronomy

The Prophets(Nevi’im)

A. Former Prophets1. Joshua2. Judges3. Samuel4. Kings

B. Latter Prophets1. Isaiah2. Jeremiah3. Ezekiel4. The Twelve

The Writings(Kethuvim)

A. Poetical Books1. Psalms2. Job3. Proverbs

B. Five Rolls(Megilloth)

1. Ruth2. Song of Songs3. Ecclesiastes4. Lamentations5. Esther

C. Historical Books1. Daniel2. Ezra-Nehemiah3. Chronicles

GENESIS

AUTHOR MOSES

WHAT The Beginning

WHERE What we know as the Middle East & Egypt

WHEN 1450-1410 B.C.

WHYTo record God’s creation of the world

and of God’s desire to have a people set apart for special service

KEY PEOPLE

Adam, Eve, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob, Joseph

FOCUS FOUNDATION EVENTS FOUNDATION PEOPLE

DIVISIONS 1-2Creation

3-5The Fall

6-9The Flood

10-11The

Tower

12-24Abraham

25-26Isaac

27-36Jacob

37-50Joseph

TOPICS

History of the Human Race History of the Jewish People

The Faithlessness of Humankind The Faithfulness of One Family

PLACE Eastward: from Eden to Ur Westward: from Canaan to Egypt

TIME 2,000 + years (20% of Genesis) c. 350 years (80% of Genesis)

GEN

ESIS

GENESIS: Key Verses

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters (Genesis 1:1-2).

GENESIS: Key Verses

So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground” (Genesis 1:27-28).

GENESIS: Key Verses

By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done (Genesis 2:2-3).

GENESIS: Key Verses

“And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel” (Genesis 3:15).

GENESIS: Key Verses

The LORD had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you” (Genesis 12:1-3).

GENESIS: Key Verses

“The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he to whom it belongs shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his” (Genesis 49:10).

GENESIS: Key Verses

“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives” (Genesis 50:20).

EXODUS

AUTHOR MOSES

WHAT Deliverance from Slavery

WHERE Egypt and the Desert of Sinai

WHEN 1450-1410 B.C.

WHYTo record the events of Israel’s deliverance from Egypt

and their development as a nation

KEY PEOPLE

Moses, Miriam, Pharaoh, Pharaoh’s daughter, Jethro, Aaron, Joshua, Bezalel

FOCUS SLAVERY SALVATION SANCTIFICATION

DIVISIONS 1-2 The Birth of Moses3-6 The Call of Moses

7-10 Conflict with Pharaoh11-12 Exodus from Egypt13-15 Red Sea Crossing16-18 Journey to Sinai

19-24 Laws & Ceremonies25-31 Tabernacle Blueprint

32-34 The Golden Calf35-40 Tabernacle Dedication

TOPICS

Deliverance from Oppression Preparation for Worship

Getting Israel out of Egypt Getting Egypt out of Israel

PLACE In Egypt On the March At Sinai

TIME 430 years (15% of Exodus)

2 months(30% of Exodus)

10 months(55% of Exodus)

EXO

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EXODUS: Key Verses

God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you’” (Exodus 3:14).

EXODUS: Key Verses

“On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD. The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt” (Exodus 12:12-13).

EXODUS: Key Verses

But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left (Exodus 14:29).

EXODUS: Key Verses1. “You shall have no

other gods before me.”2. “You shall not make for

yourself an image . . . .”3. “You shall not misuse

the name of the LORD your God.”

4. “Remember the Sabbath Day by keeping it holy.”

5. “Honor your father and your mother.”

6. “You shall not murder.”7. “You shall not commit

adultery.”8. “You shall not steal.”9. “You shall not give false

testimony.”10. “You shall not covet.”

(Exodus 20:1-17).

EXODUS: Key Verses

Then the LORD came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the LORD. And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin . . . .”

EXODUS: Key Verses

“Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation” (Exodus 34:5-7).

EXODUS: Key Verses

“Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the plowing season and harvest you must rest” (Exodus 34:21).

LEVITICUS

AUTHOR MOSES

WHAT Holiness: Law & Sacrifice

WHERE Mount Sinai

WHEN 1445-1444 B.C.

WHYA handbook for the priests and Levites outlining their duties in worship,

and a guidebook of holy living for the Hebrews

KEY PEOPLE

Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, Ithamar

FOCUS WORSHIP WALK

DIVISIONS 1-3 Sweet Savor Sacrifices4-7 Non-Sweet Savor Sacrifices8-10 Priestly Role in Sacrifices

11-15 Personal Purity for God’s People16-17 The Day of Atonement

18-20 Distinctiveness in the Nation21-23 Holy Priests & Yearly Feasts

24-27 Holiness in the Promised Land

TOPICS

Sacrifice Sanctification

Access to God Fellowship with God

PLACE Mount Sinai

TIME About 1 Month

LEVI

TICU

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LEVITICUS

FIVE OFFERINGS1. The Burnt Offering2. The Grain Offering3. The Peace Offering4. The Sin Offering5. The Guilt Offering

SEVEN FESTIVALS1. Passover2. Unleavened Bread3. Firstfruits4. Pentecost5. Trumpets6. Tabernacles7. The Day of Atonement

LEVITICUS: Key Verses

“Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD” (Leviticus 19:18).

LEVITICUS: Key Verses

“You are to be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own” (Leviticus 20:26).

LEVITICUS: Key Verses

“Anyone who injures their neighbor is to be injured in the same manner: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. The one who has inflicted the injury must suffer the same injury” (Leviticus 24:19-20).

Lex talionis

LEVITICUS: Key Verses

“But if they will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors—their unfaithfulness and their hostility toward me . . . then when their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they pay for their sin, I will remember my covenant with Jacob and my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham” (Leviticus 26:40-42).

LEVITICUS: Key Verses

“A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD” (Leviticus 27:30).

NUMBERS

AUTHOR MOSES

WHAT Census & History

WHERE The Desert of Sinai and the Borders of Canaan

WHEN 1450-1410 B.C.

WHYTo tell the story of how Israel prepared to enter the Promised Land,

how they sinned and were punished, and how they prepared to try again

KEY PEOPLE

Moses, Aaron, Miriam, Joshua, Caleb, Eleazar, Korah, Balaam

NU

MBE

RSFOCUS WALKING WANDERING WAITING

DIVISIONS1-4 Counting & Camping

5-8 Cleansing & Congregating

9-12 Carping & Complaining

13-16 Twelve Spies & Death in the Desert

17-20 Aaron & Levites in the Wilderness

21-25 Serpent of Brass & Story of Balaam

26-30 Second Census & Laws of Israel31-33 Last Days

of Moses’ Leadership34-36 Sections, Sanctuaries

& Settlements

TOPICS

Law & Order Rebellion & Disorder New Laws for the New Order

Moving Out Moving On Moving In

PLACE En route to Kadesh En route to Nowhere En route to Canaan

TIME 2 months 38 years A few months

NUMBERS: Key Verses

The LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them: “The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace”’ So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them” (Numbers 6:22-27).

NUMBERS: Key Verses

“Only do not rebel against the LORD. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will devour them. Their protection is gone, but the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them” (Numbers 14:9).

NUMBERS: Key Verses

The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the Levites and say to them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe I give you as your inheritance, you must present a tenth of that tithe as the LORD’s offering” (Numbers 18:25-26).

NUMBERS: Key Verses

[Moses] and Aaron gathered the assembly together in front of the rock and Moses said to them, “Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?” Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank. . . .

NUMBERS: Key Verses

But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them” (Numbers 20:10-12).

NUMBERS: Key Verses

The LORD said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live” (Numbers 21:8).

DEUTERONOMY

AUTHOR MOSES

WHAT Moses’ Farewell Sermons

WHERE The Plains of Moab on the east side of the Jordan, in view of Canaan

WHEN 1407-1406 B.C.

WHYTo remind the people of what God had done

and to encourage them to rededicate their lives to God

KEY PEOPLE

Moses, Joshua

DEU

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MY FOCUS REMEMBRANCE REMINDER REFRAIN

DIVISIONS1-4 Motives for Obedience5-7 Measures of Obedience

8-11 Mentality of Obedience

12-16 Ceremonial Regulations17-20 Civil Regulations

21-26 Societal Regulations

27-30 Commitment to the Covenant

31-34 Culmination of Moses’ Ministry

TOPICS

Learning from the Past Looking to the Future Legacy of a Leader

Israel’s History Israel’s Holiness Israel’s Hero

PLACE Moab (East of Jordan)

TIME About 2 months

DEUTERONOMY: Key Verses

The LORD will scatter you among the peoples and only a few of you will survive . . . But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul” (Deuteronomy 4:27, 29).

DEUTERONOMY: Key Verses1. “You shall have no

other gods before me.”2. “You shall not make for

yourself an image . . . .”3. “You shall not misuse

the name of the LORD your God.”

4. “Observe the Sabbath Day by keeping it holy.”

5. “Honor your father and your mother.”

6. “You shall not murder.”7. “You shall not commit

adultery.”8. “You shall not steal.”9. “You shall not give false

testimony.”10. “You shall not covet.”

(Deuteronomy 5:6-21).

DEUTERONOMY: Key Verses

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up (Deuteronomy 6:4-7).

DEUTERONOMY: Key Verses

Man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD (Deuteronomy 8:3).

DEUTERONOMY: Key Verses

When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the LORD your God for the good land he has given you. . . . You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today (Deuteronomy 8:10, 17-18).

“Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave of sin” (John 8:34).

• “If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us” (1 John 1:8).• “Without the shedding of blood,

there is no forgiveness” (Hebrews 9:22).• Jesus “took blood into that Most Holy Place,

but not the blood of goats and calves. He took his own blood, and with it he secured our salvation forever” (Hebrews 9:12, NLT).

“I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy,

to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—

this is your true and proper worship” (Romans 12:1).

“Consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus,” Paul wrote.

“Use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God” (Romans 6:11-13, NLT).

There Is a Fountain#336

There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Immanuel’s veins,

and sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains: lose all their guilty stains, lose all their guilty stains;

and sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains.

The dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in his day,

and there may I, though vile as he, wash all my sins away: wash all my sins away, wash all my sins away;

and there may I, though vile as he, wash all my sins away.

Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood shall never lose its power,

till all the ransomed Church of God be saved to sin no more: be saved to sin no more, be saved to sin no more:

till all the ransomed Church of God be saved to sin no more.

E’er since, by faith, I saw the stream

Thy flowing wounds supply,redeeming love has been my theme

and shall be till I die; and shall be till I die, and shall be till I die;

redeeming love has been my theme and shall be till I die.

When this poor lisping, stammering tongue lies silent in the grave,

then in a nobler, sweeter song I’ll sing Thy power to save: I’ll sing Thy power to save, I’ll sing Thy power to save;

then in a nobler, sweeter song I’ll sing Thy power to save!