exodus 6

Question	Answer	Note---10-02-2016
		6:1 God answers Moses questions
Why does God single out His name to Moses?		Jehovah=the God who is always present
Why would God make a distinction between the two names, God almighty and Jehovah?		Note that the answer lies with the anti-type. When Jesus comes again he will not leave us again.
We know that Jesus is redeemer, Emmanuel God with us, Michael is battle mode, but what is Jehovah? What mode is that?
		6:9 Moses comes with encouraging words, but the people simply could not receive it.
Did Aaron also hear the voice of the Lord; or did God only speak to Moses?		6:13
Why are the ages of some mentioned and others not mentioned. 6:16 & 18	Levi: Kohath: Amram: Moses	6:20 Amram married to his aunt
What is the significance of the names mentioned here. Are we to understand that these are the chosen ones from God? Or are these the only pure breed that were remaining?  These names do not seem like a great multitude of people.	It seems that not all the children were mentioned, but the firstborn for all mothers/concubines.	` Based on the numb ers of the tribes and people mentioned this does not seem like a great multitude.
		It seems strange that a person would live to 137 years and only have 3 children in a day and age when there were not contraceptives. It was also a time that a man who had man children was called blessed
Is it possibiile that Amram had other wives other than jochebed? Is it possible that he could have had many more children by different mothers?		We are probably told of Jochebed because she is the mother of Moses and she is significant as a result.
Who or what makes an elder in the tribe of Israel?		6:14 & 25 Note there is distinction of the men being mentioned. Note these were the men who spoke to Pharaoh. So the names mentioned are just that, the elders.

exodus 5

Question	Answer	Note---10-02-2016
Did Aaron and Moses come with all the people before Pharaoh?		5:4 Note that Pharoah’s response is that all the people are resting from their work. It seems that there was a large audience there.
		The Israelites seemed to be a set of peaceful people not retaliating for the injustices suffered. They hey could have rebelled when they were forced into slavery. Yet we see them humbly submitting themselves to be led by these Egyptians.
		5:7 It seems that the people were allowed some free time to walk about and worship. Consequently, Aaron was able to visit Moses. After hearing the request to be let go Pharaoh cuts all privileges.
What are the vain words?	Let the people go worship	The people complain, and it seems that they had preferred the bad treatment rather than the bad treatment they were now getting.
		Moses questions God, it seems like Moses is doubting the word of God.

exodus 4

Question	Answer	Note---10-02-2016
		Moses raises objection that the people will not believe his word, that he had an encounter with God. This is the first encounter that Moses had with God, and consequently Moses faith needed to be developed quickly.
		3:3 Moses casts his rod to the ground and it became a scary serpent so that it frightened Moses and he had to run from before it.
		It is usually the case that if you are to take up a snake, you take it by the head, so as to minimize the threat of being hurt. Here God advises Moses to take up the snake in the most dangerous way possible, he was to the snake by the tail. This must have been a frightening moment for Moses, but also a test of his faith.
		3:5 Since it was a dangerous thing to pick up a snake by the tail, this would be the tool God uses to demonstrate His power to the people and to Moses
Why did God chose these type of  miraculous events? Why did the rod become a snake? Why did Moses’ hand become leprous?	As it pertains the the leprosy maybe common knowledge was that leprosy was incurable, hence the miracle to cure and infect his hand would have been seen as a godsend.
	Maybe a snake was chosen because of the reputation it had.
Why was there a need to give Moses a sign to show to the people that they would believe that he had had an encounter with the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.	God has always communicated through human agencies, so that He can maintain a relationship with us. He can do it all by himself, but that would not be a relationship.
		God gave Moses 3 signs.
Did Moses have a speech impediment, f so was it a stuttering tong?
Was Moses requesting the Lord to fix his speech impediment?	It seems he was more using his speech impediment as an excuse, but the Lord made it clear that even his speech impediment was for a purpose.
Where is Aaron? Did he run away from Egypt? How is he coming to meet Moses?		4:14 vs 27
Why is Moses seeking approval from Jethro to leave?	Moses is working for him, is married to his daughter and lives with him. Consequently it is out of respect. Moses was leaving with his family.	4:18-20
		Moses staff is now called the rod of God.
		Note that God sets the stage so that His name be glorified in all the Earth.
How could God destroy so many Egyptians.	Similar to the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, when the sin of a Nation has come up to him, they are punished. So not only did the crying of the Israelites ascend to God, but also the iniquities of the Egyptians.
How could God now call Israel His firstborn?	Unless the type is applied here, this is not clear. Israel was the 3rd in the line of the fathers of the covenenat. Note this has a specific reference to Jesus, but also to Israel as a nation. Never before has God owned a Nation in the way that the Israelites are owned here.	23 Note that God declares Israel to be his firstborn son.,
Note that God warns Phharoah at the onset, that his firstborn will be killed. How then could Pharaoh haved allowed this to happen, inspite of the warning?	Note that Pharaoh was not a beleibver in God, consequently he had no reason to believe that the thing spoken of by Moses would come to pass.
		24 Note that although the verse uses “Lord” it seems it was Moses who was wroth with his wife and threatens to kill child, if he is not circumcised. Zipporah seems to have been disobedient to his command and now, shows her disgust after having completed the ceremony.
How could have Aaron have left Egypt? How was Aron able to go meet Moses?		27-31
		These verses seem to suggest that the children of Israel though slaves still had some amount of freedom.

exodus 3

Question	Answer	Note---10-02-2016
Why did Moses lead the flock to the backside of the desert which is at the  mountain? Was this his custom?	Must be to feed the sheep since it was not likely that green pastures would be in the desert.	Moses became a shepherd, gainfully employed by Jethro
Was this name assigned previously by the Midianites, or was this stating what Moses/scribe knew of the name of the place?	It might be that as in the naming of the places in genesis, that it is the intention of the author to familiarize the reader with which mountain it is. It is not likely that this mountain was called the mount of God before Moses actually went there. See verse 5	It is interesting that this is the first mention of the mount Horeb, and yet it is called the mountain of God.
The text is specific in that it says that the angel appeared unto him. Was there anybody else who could see this bush burning?	Since it does not seem that anyone else was there, it is hard to say that the burning bush would have been visible to anyone else except Moses.	3:2 The text says the Angel of the Lord appeared. This is definitely Christ since He is known as the angel of the covenant. Consequently, Christ was not beside himself when he said in the new testament, before Abraham was I am.
Why is Moses seemingly not startled that a bush is talking to him?	Moses did not seem to have the spirit of fear in him at all. It is likely that he reasoned within himself that this must be the voice of God that addressed him.	This is an extraordinary meeting. Moses approaches a bush that is not being consumed but burns, and hears a voice call out to him, and he simply replies, here am I.
Given that Moses did not have any experience with God prior, who did he think that he was addressing in the bush?	Suddenly Moses demonstrates reverence for God as He identifies Himself as the God of his fathers.	3:6
Why was Moses afraid to look upon God?	We know this was the time in which God had appeared face to face with the fathers of the faith, it could have been thus, that Moses was awestruck or maybe it was too bright for him to look.	3:6
What does it mean that the cry has come up unto Him?	Their cup of crying is full and running over. It is understood that the Israelites had been crying before, but it was just now that God decided to intervene. The time had come for intervention.	3:7-9
Is there a cup of crying that must be filled in order for God to act? Do we continually cry or can we just cry one time and He will hear us…or do we continually cry until our cry cup is full?	Regardless of what we are going through, God has a timetable and consequently acts at the appropriate time. There is no doubt that God hears and there should be no doubt that your cries linger before God. Consequently; we must conclude that it is up to the timetable of events that God acts.
		3:11 Moses doubts the word of God.
		3:14 Although popular opinion has it that God’s name is “I am” the thought does not seem complete unless verse 13 is drafted into the explanation. Note Moses declared that God was the God of the fathers of the children of Israel, and then went on to question what was the name of God. However it seems that God was just telling Moses that He is indeed the God of their fathers and as such this was his reference.
		3:15 Note that God says that his name is the Lord God of your fathers. It seems be a total misconception that God had said that his name is I AM.
		3:18 The elders also went up to pharaoh with Moses and Aaron.
		3:19 Moses is warned that pharaoh will not let the people go….because he is stiff-necked. He will not let the people go by anything that man can do.
		3:20 Consequently God has to deliver his people.
		3:22 Note that God has instructed Moses to tell the Israelites to take the jewelry of Egypt and put it on their sons and daughters.