Read Exodus 11:1-12:28 at Bible Gateway.
The teaching tools of scripture
Gen 1:1-2:3 and the teaching tools of scripture part one and part two
Gen 1:1-6:8 and finding the topic themes of scripture
Hebrew paragraph divisions
11:1-3 {s} One final plague + favor in the sight of the Egyptians
11:4-8 {s} One final plague + distinction between Israel
11:9-10 {s} Pharaoh will/ did not heed + wonders multiplied in Egypt
12:1-20 {p} Passover + Unleavened Bread instruction
12:21-28 {s} Israel observed the Passover as YHVH had commanded Moses
Strong themes of the parashah
11:1-12:20 {sx3+p} Passover warning for Pharaoh, and instruction for Israel
Exo 11:1-2:28 Chiastic structure
I can not make a chiastic structure solely from Exo 11:1-12:28 at this time. This structure is from 11:1-12:36.
Download the fully expanded Exo 11:1-12:36 Triennial Od nega echad chiasm pdf (Coming …).
Theme of the parashah
Moses gave instructions for the Passover; and Israel did so.
Finding Messiah in Triennial Od nega echad
The entire tenth plague is the most well-known Messianic prophecy in the Old Testament. In the beginning of YHVH’s contest with Pharaoh, before Moses performed any signs or any plagues had come upon Egypt, YHVH instructed Pharaoh,
“And you shall say unto Pharaoh, ‘Thus saith YHVH, “Israel is My son, even My firstborn, and I say unto you, ‘Let My son go, that he may serve Me.’ And if you refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay your son, even your firstborn.” Exo 4:22-23
Of course we know that Yeshua is the Son of God. Here we see Israel as a type of Messiah, just as Isaac was, and just as Joseph was.
Israel is also the one nation on the earth who served and worshipped YHVH—they were, and are, His people. He delivered them from bondage in Egypt. He did not deliver them from service, but from service to the Egyptians, to service to God, just as He has delivered us from bondage to the kingdom of darkness, to service and worship in the kingdom of His dear Son.
Exodus chapter 12 contains the instructions for how this deliverance for Israel was to be accomplished.
1) On the tenth of the month each household shall choose a male lamb without blemish. The lamb shall be kept till the fourteenth day of the month. In the days of its separation, the lamb shall be examined, to see that it is without blemish.
Matthew chapter 21 records Yeshua’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. In the church, we commemorate that day as Palm Sunday. But in the year that Yeshua was crucified, it was the tenth day of the first month. Then the questions from the chief priests and authorities commenced, daily, through which He was shown to be a Lamb without blemish.
2) The lamb shall be killed at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
In the year that Yeshua was crucified, He was crucified on the fourteenth day of the first month. Just as the priests were killing the Passover lambs in the Temple, Yeshua cried, “It is finished!” and breathed His last.
3) The lamb’s blood shall be applied to the doorposts and lintels of the houses.
“And the blood shall be to you for a sign upon the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.” Exo 12:13
The blood of Yeshua is a sign for us, that when YHVH sees His blood upon us, He will pass over us, and death shall not be on us to destroy us, as death is on the kingdom of darkness to destroy it. The blood was applied to the doorposts of households by the fathers, and all who were within were saved from death, by his action as the head. Of course God saves individuals, and each person must make their own decision for Yeshua. But when His blood is applied to the household by the father, the children are painted with an enormous target for salvation on their spiritual heads.
Additional readings for this parashah
Psa 48 (my notes) | Jer 46 (my notes) | Joh 3 (my notes)
Studies in Triennial Od nega echad
Exodus 11:1-10, Chiastic structure
Exodus 11:1-12:20, Strong theme
Exodus 11:1-12:36, Chiastic structure
Exodus 12:1-20, Passover instructions
Exodus 12:14-20, Chiastic structure
Exodus 12:15, Hebrew root words
Exodus 12:21-36, Strong theme
Exodus 11 and 12, Finding Messiah in Passover
Studies off site
Ramesses II – Infogalatic
Egypt and the Bible – Associates in Biblical Research
The Egyptian Problem – Biblical Chronology Newsletter
Searching for Moses – Answers in Genesis
Patterns of Evidence: Exodus
SCRIPTURE REVEALED SERIES by CHRISTINE MILLER:
THE LAW of LOVE | FINDING MESSIAH in TORAH | EXODUS in CHIASTIC STRUCTURE
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