Shaila Touchton's Prayer Ministries Bible Study Blog

What is the relationship of Exodus 13:1-2 to the taking of the “first born” of Egypt? Ans. The firstborn of all the Egyptians were smitten, while those of the Israelites were spared. We must acknowledge that God had the right (as He still does) to smite the firstborn of Egypt. Indeed, He had the right to smite the firstborn of Israel as well, and this would have happened apart from the provision of the Passover lamb and the shedding of its blood. God therefore struck down the Egyptian firstborn while He spared the Israelite firstborn. Because the sparing of the Israelite firstborn was not a matter of merit, but of grace, God owned them. Since He had spared their lives, He possessed them. The rite of redeeming the firstborn was a constant reminder to the Israelites of all subsequent generations that the firstborn belonged to God, and that this was due to the sparing of the firstborn at the Exodus. Thus, every time the first boy was born to an Israelite family, the parents were reminded

Read Exodus 19:1. How long after Israel left Egypt was it before they came to Mount Sinai? Look back earlier in Exodus and determine on what day was the Passover kept and the day they left Egypt? Ans: The Passover was killed on the 14th, 'between the two evenings,' and eaten with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, that night, Exodus 12:6-8. See also Numbers 9:11. Notice what this verse actually instructs: not only was the Passover to be killed on the 14th day, but the people were also 'EAT' unleavened bread, on the 14th day. The Jews today do not observe this! They only eat unleavened bread on the 15th day, whch is when they observe 'their' Passover. Unleavened bread was (and is today) not eaten by the Jews prior to the Passover ceremony. Thus when the Jews only observe their Passover at the beginning of the 15th day, it means that they also don?t eat any unleavened bread prior to the 15th. 7) Notice also Exodus 12:10, 'And ye shall let nothing of it remain

Read Exodus and Leviticus in regard to the priesthood. Who did God set aside as priests? As High Priest? What tribe were they from? How did God relate the Levites to the term “first born”? If one looks at Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, the Law repeatedly establishes a priesthood for those who are descendants of Levi through Aaron. But now God is changing the priesthood to a line that has never officiated 'at the altar.' Verse 14 continues, 'For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, a tribe with reference to which Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.' The Mosaic Law never even remotely implied that it would be acceptable for a person from the tribe ofJudah to function as a priest. If there is going to be a new priesthood, the old Law has to be replaced as well. Clear form of worship and the atmosphere within which it was to take place was part of the revelation of God to the Children of Israel. The tribe of Levi was set aside to serve as p