Sermon Tone Analysis

Exodus 13:17-14:31

Introduction

In our last Torah Portion we talked about the Plagues

7 plagues in the previous Torah Portion:

1-Egyptian Plague- Water Turned to Blood

Exodus 7:17

- Hapi- Egyptian God of the Nile

This Egyptian God was a water bearer.

The worship of the Nile as a pagan ritual, although many anthropologist say Egypt was monotheistic, the Bible seems to suggest differently:

The Nile river was worshipped by Egypt and thus, by having the river turn into blood (the first plague) and then become the source of disgusting frogs pervading every one's life, the Nile was thoroughly discredited as a true deity, as the Egyptians saw the Nile as a god which provide, as their source

https://www.chabadwestside.org/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/353642/jewish/VaEra.htm

The first plague that turned the Nile into blood was aimed at destroying the fallacious belief that the Nile was the true source of Egyptian sustenance, and parallels to the first commandment: "I am the L-rd your God, who has taken you out of the land of Egypt."

Lasted 7 days

2-Egyptian Plague- Frogs coming from the Nile River

Exodus 8:3

Heket- Egyptian Goddess of Fertility, Water, Renewal

Heket the Egyptian Goddess, had the head of a frog.

Frogs - Fertility

3- Egyptian Plague- Lice from the dust of the earth

Exodus 8:16-17

Geb- Egyptian God of the Earth

The Egyptian God Geb, was over the dust of the earth.

4- Egyptian Plague- Swarms of Flies

Exodus 8:21

Khepri- Egyptian God of creation, movement of the Sun, rebirth

Khepri, the Egyptian god had the head of a fly.

5- Egyptian Plague- Death of Cattle and Livestock

Exodus 9:3-4

Hathor -Worship of Bull and Oxen

Usually this Egyptian Goddess was depicted with the head of a cow.

6- Egyptian Plague- Ashes turned to Boils and Sores

Exodus 9:6

Isis- Egyptian Goddess of Medicine and Peace

Egypt could not find cure for her people

7- Egyptian Plague- Hail rained down in the form of fire

Exodus 9:18

Nut- Egyptian Goddess of the Sky

They believed that gods came from above

3 Plagues

The Locus

Exodus 10:4

3 Days of Darkness

Exodus 10:21-22

Death of First Born

Exodus 11:4-5

יהוה

‌(Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh)

The Lord used all these plagues to demonstrate the He is: ‌(Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh)

Commonly known as Lord

Yahweh

YHWH

Adonai

The Torah is the manual how to serve God- gives a sense of direction, like a compass

W/o direction you do not know where you are going or what you are doing.

All of us are born without direction.

We need to learn it.

God gives us the compass and we chose not to take it- we want to do it on our own.

If we do not have direction we will be confused.

Torah is not law (to be under the law), but instruction, teaching, guidance.

Example - operation manual - follow instructions

He said GO/ but it is actually COME

The Lord called Moses and Aaron to see what He was about to do to Egypt and Pharaoh

Made Pharaoh’s heart heavy - God wants to demonstrate His ultimate power

These last three plagues are about the power of the HS

Locust symbolized the powerful and large enemy armies which completely destroyed the earnings of man’s toil (Jdg 6:5; Isa 33:4; Jer 46:23; 51:27; Nah 3:15).1

1 John W. Klotz, “Animals of the Bible,” ed.

Charles F. Pfeiffer, Howard F. Vos, and John Rea, The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia (Moody Press, 1975).

So Moses: stretched out his hand toward heaven and there was thick darkness in all the LAND of Egypt for three days

Two important concepts

A- Death

B- Removal from the Garden

We talked about Israel being multiplied in Egypt, and leaving Egypt, and are going back to the ancestors’ plot of land

Cross Sign

Picture Jesus Reigning

We spoke about a third principle

Yeshua is the only one who can claim the land as inheritance because He is the only one who fulfilled the law, according to Numbers 25:39-34

In this Torah portion, I will present the meaning of Beshelach

I will give you an overall view of the Torah Portion and will zoom in on certain specific points

We did a presentation of this Torah Portion last year, and will suggest you listen to it in our Podcast

I hope to bring a different insight of the crossing of the Red Sea and explain why this is not a one time event

At the end- we will see the eschatological implications of the Exodus

Presentation

Beshelach

Beshallah - When Set forth

Exodus 13:17-17:16

Send

8938 שָׁלַח (šā·lǎḥ): v.; ≡ Str 7971; TWOT 2394—1.

LN 15.34–15.74

(qal) send out, dispatch, i.e., have an object leave an area by linear motion to another place, usually for a purpose (1Ki 5:28); (qal pass.)

be sent (Ge 32:19[EB 18]; 1Ki 14:6; Jer 49:14; Eze 3:5; 23:40b+); (nif) be sent (Est 3:13+); (piel) send away (Ge 8:7); (pual) be sent away (Ge 44:3; Pr 17:11; Isa 50:1; Da 10:11; Ob 1+); (hif) send out, cause a messenger or entity to go out (Ex 8:17[EB 21]; Lev 26:22; 2Ki 15:37; Eze 14:13; Am 8:11+), note: this can refer to an event happening, see also domain LN 13.104–13.163;

2. LN 16 (qal) reach out, stretch out, i.e., the non-linear movement of a limb extending from a source (Ex 4:4); (qal pass.)

be stretched out (Eze 2:9+); (piel) extend (Pr 31:20), note: the extension of the hand often refers taking an action, either in violence or help; 3. LN 37.127–37.138

(qal pass.)

be set free, i.e., be released from the control of another (Ge 49:21+); (piel) let go, release (Lev 14:7); 4. LN 15.245 (qal) shoot, hurl, i.e., make a missile fly through the air, not under its own power (Ps 18:15[EB 14]); 5. LN 15.1–15.17

(piel) let stray, i.e., allow an object to wander to another area (Ex 22:4[EB 5]); 6. LN 23.188–23.196

(piel) let grow, i.e., have something become larger or longer (Eze 44:20), note: referring here to hair; 7. LN 68.34–68.57

(piel) end, stop, i.e., have an activity end or cease (Job 39:3); 8. LN 34.66–34.78

(piel) give a child in marriage, formally, send out, i.e., arrange a wedding for a child (Jdg 12:9); 9. LN 34.66–34.78

(piel) divorce, formally, send away, i.e., no longer be in a socially recognized marriage relationship (Dt 21:14); 10.

LN 19.43–19.54

(pual) be thrust, i.e., pertaining to a pressing, pushing motion propelling oneself or another object (Jdg 5:15; Job 18:8; Isa 16:2+); 11.