Read Exodus 12:29-13:16 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
12:29-36 {p} Final plague: death of the firstborn
12:37-42 {p} Israel ceased their sojourn in Egypt
12:43-50 {s} The ordinance of the Passover
12:51 {p} YHVH brought Israel out of Egypt
13:1-10 {p} Ordinance of the firstborn + Unleavened Bread
13:11-16 {p} Ordinance of the firstborn a sign to future generations
Strong themes of the parashah
12:21-42 {s+p+p} On the night of the Passover, the death of the firstborn; so that Israel ceased their sojourn in Egypt
12:43-51 {s+p} Keep the Passover, for by it YHVH brought Israel out of Egypt
Exo 12:29-13:16 Chiastic structure
Download the fully expanded Exo 12:29-13:16 Triennial Bachatzi chiasm pdf (Coming …).
Theme of the parashah
The firstborn sanctified to YHVH through the death and redemption of the firstborn.
Finding Messiah in Triennial Bachatzi
Exo 12:37-51 resolves into the following chiastic structure.
The central axis highlights that the bones of the Passover lamb shall not be broken.
I am poured out like water,
And all My bones are out of joint;
My heart is like wax;
It is melted within Me.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd;
And My tongue cleaves to my jaws;
And You have brought Me into the dust of death.
For dogs have encircled Me;
The assembly of the wicked have enclosed Me;
They pierced My hands and My feet.
I can count all My bones;
They look and stare upon Me.
They part My garments among them,
And cast lots upon My clothing. Psa 22:14-18
This Messianic psalm is prophetic of Yeshua’s crucifixion.
The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with Him. But when they came to Yeshua, and saw that He was dead already, they did not break His legs. Joh 19:31-33
The bones of the Passover Lamb were not broken. His crucifixion is the event which fulfills the feast day of Passover.
There is another prophecy of Messiah in the law of the firstborn, Exo 13:1-16 . Three separate times in chapter 13 alone, YHVH commands that the firstborn be set apart to Him.
“Sanctify unto Me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast; it is Mine.” Exo 13:2
“… that you shall set apart unto YHVH all that opens the womb, and every firstling that comes of a beast which you have; the males shall be YHVH’S. And every firstling of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you wilt not redeem it, then you shall break his neck: and all the first-born of man among your children you shall redeem.” Exo 13:12-13
“… and it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that YHVH slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast. Therefore I sacrifice to YHVH all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.” Exo 13:15
Three—a sign of Messiah in Scripture. The repetition draws our attention so that we don’t miss what Scripture is teaching.
The firstborn of the Egyptians were subject to death in the tenth plague; however, the firstborn of Israel were redeemed from death by the Passover. In the future, the firstborn of livestock were sacrificed to YHVH; they died. The firstborn of donkeys were redeemed with a lamb, and if they were not redeemed, then they also died. The firstborn of men were redeemed with a lamb, and did not die.
Those who are redeemed by the Lamb, live. Those who are not redeemed, die.
Additional readings for this parashah
Psa 49 (my notes) | Isa 21 (my notes) | Rev 18 (my notes)
Studies in Triennial Bachatzi
Exodus 12:21-36, Strong theme
Exodus 12:29-13:16, Chiastic structure
Exodus 12:37-51, Moses wrote about Messiah
Exodus 11 and 12, Finding Messiah in Passover
Exodus 13:1-16, Strong theme
Studies off site
Patterns of Evidence: Exodus – Thinking Man Films
SCRIPTURE REVEALED SERIES by CHRISTINE MILLER:
THE LAW of LOVE | FINDING MESSIAH in TORAH | EXODUS in CHIASTIC STRUCTURE
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