Sermon Tone Analysis

Introduction

Biblical Timeline

Israelites were going to and in Egypt.

They were brought into Egypt through Joseph to be saved from the famine.

They were later put into slavery by the Egyptians.

God would deliver them from slavery and bring them into the promise land through Moses.

Within this time, God establishes his covenant relationship with the nation of Israel, establish the Law and Sacrifices, the tabernacle, and guides them to the promise land.

Moses

After the Exodus, Moses and the Israelites returned to Mt. Sinai.

"Chapter 24 describes the sealing of the covenant between God and the Israelites.

Having been invited to become God’s special possession (19:5), and having received both the general obligations (20:1–17) and the detailed obligations (20:22–23:33), the Israelites unanimously affirm their willingness to accept the terms of God’s covenant.”

(Alexander, T. Desmond.

Exodus.

Ed.

John H. Walton.

Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books: A Division of Baker Publishing Group, 2016.

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Preparation for ratification (24:1-4a)

Preparation (1-2)

Exodus 24:1–2 (ESV)

1 Then he said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar. 2 Moses alone shall come near to the Lord, but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him.”

Those called up to the Lord

Moses - Mediator

Exodus 20:19 (ESV)

19 and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.”

Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu

Priesthood - Aaron is the High Priest and Nadab and Abihu are his children

70 elders of Israel

Elder leader n., an older person in the community involved in important religious and social decisions.

(The Lexham Analytical Lexicon of the Hebrew Bible 2017: n. pag.

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