Read Exodus 6:2-9:35 at Bible Gateway.
The Teaching Tools of Scripture
Genesis 1:1-2:3, The Teaching Tools of Scripture, part one and part two
Genesis 6, And the Strong Themes Teaching Tool
Genesis 1:1-6:8, Finding the Topic Themes of Scripture
Hebrew paragraph divisions
6:2-9 {p} YHVH to reveal the meaning of His name by redeeming Israel from Egypt
6:10-12 {p} Speak to Pharaoh/ How shall he heed me? (Moses’ question)
6:13 {s} YHVH commanded Israel and Pharaoh, through Moses and Aaron
6:14-28 {s} Moses and Aaron the seed of Levi
6:29-30 {p} I am YHVH (YHVH’s answer)
7:1-7 {p} Moses to tell the word of YHVH to Pharaoh, but Pharaoh will not heed
7:8-13 {s} Aaron’s rod becomes a serpent/ magicians did also
7:14-18 {s} Warning re: the river will become blood
7:19-25 {p} The river becomes blood/ magicians did also
8:1-15 {s} The plague of frogs/ magicians did also
8:16-19 {s} The plague of lice/ magicians could not do also
8:20-32 {p} The plague of flies, but no flies in Goshen
9:1-7 {p} The plague of pestilence on the cattle
9:8-12 {s} The plague of boils
9:13-21 {p} Warning re: the plague of hail
9:22-35 {p} The plague of hail
Strong themes of the parashah
4:27-6:9 {s+p} Pharaoh does not know YHVH, but YHVH will reveal who He is
6:10-30 {p+s+s+p} Moses’ question and YHVH’s answer: “I have commanded you; I am YHVH”
7:8-25 {s+s+p} YHVH begins to reveal who He is (rod/ river becomes blood)
8:1-32 {s+s+p} YHVH shows Himself great (frogs + lice + flies)
9:8-21 {s+p} The plague of boils a warning to preserve human life
Exodus 6:2-9:35 triennial Torah portions
Exodus 6:2-7:7, Va’era, “And I appeared”
Exodus 7:8-8:19, Ki Y’daber, “When YHVH speaks”
Exodus 8:20-9:35, Hash’kem, “Rise up early”
Exodus 6:2-9:35 Chiastic structure
Download the fully expanded Exodus 6:2-9:35 Va’era chiasm pdf.
Theme of the parashah
God will reveal what “I am YHVH” means through the plagues on Egypt.
Finding Messiah in Va’era
Additional readings for this parashah
Eze 28:25-29:31 (my notes) | Luk 11:14-22 (my notes)
Studies in Va’era
Exodus 6, Bible for Beginners
Exodus 6:2-9:35, Seven plagues reveal the meaning of “I AM YHVH”
Exodus 6:2-9:35, Strong themes reveal the God who performs His word
Exodus 6:2-3, The names of God
Exodus 6:2-9, Chiastic structure
Exodus 6:10-12, Circumcision and grace
Exodus 6:10-30, Moses’ question and YHVH’s answer
Exodus 6:13, The charge of YHVH
Exodus 6 and 7, The teaching tools of Scripture in the first plague
Exodus 7, Bible for Beginners
Exodus 7:1-7, Pharaoh’s hard heart
Exodus 7:8-13, Hebrew root words
Exodus 7:8-25, Strong theme
Exodus 7:14-25, The water becomes blood
Exodus 7 and 8, Multiplying wonders in Egypt
Exodus 8, Bible for Beginners
Exodus 8:1-15, The plague of frogs
Exodus 8:16-19, The plague of gnats
Exodus 8:20-32, The plague of flies
Exodus 8:20-32, Set apart and distinct
Exodus 8:1-32, Strong theme
Exodus 9, Bible for Beginners
Exodus 9:1-7, Fifth plague on livestock
Exodus 9:8-21, Two warnings
Exodus 9:22-35, The plague of hail
Exodus 8 and 9, YHVH reveals the meaning of His name: mercy in the midst of judgment
Off-site studies
Va’era – Restoration of Torah
Va’era Torah Pearls – Nehemiah Gordon and Keith Johnson
SCRIPTURE REVEALED SERIES by CHRISTINE MILLER:
THE LAW of LOVE | FINDING MESSIAH in TORAH | EXODUS in CHIASTIC STRUCTURE
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