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ernacle. 1869 2514.
8. Meaning of the word Exodus2 A
going forth.
10. No. of chapters? 40.
II. No. of verses? 1,209.
IL. No. of words? 1858.
ID. No. Of letters? 63,476
IA. Middle verse? %: %.
10. Time Of translation ? 1920 A. D.
JIG. Grand divisions? / to vi.
Section A is to ~.
Section is and VI.
IL. Subjects in Section A:
a. Israelites oppressed. Chap. 1.
b. Rise and Call of Moses. Chapters
2to6.
c. Plaques. Chapters 7 to IL: 1876.
d. Route from Egypt TO Mt. Sinai.
Chapters IL: 81 to Is.
18. Subjects in Section b:
a. Giving of the Law. Chapters 80
"a.
.. Building of the Tabernacle. 25-
40.
10. New Testament references? By Christ
SITS. Peter, Stephen, Paul, and some Jews.
90 Numerical order in Pentateuch? Sec
ond.
q. Numerical order in Bible Second
o. Order in historical books of the Bible
Second.
%. Principal male persons mentioned in
the book of Exodus? Moses, Aaron, Joshua,
Pharaoh, Reael, Jethro, Bezalleel, Ahoiab.
"a. Principal female persons? Miriam,
Jochebed, Zpporah, Pharaohs daughter.
%. Types of Christ in Exodus? Mamma,
Rock, Water
Notes on Outline.
1. A general symbolism has been noticed,
as follows: Egypt stands for Sin, Pharaoh
for Satan, the Exodus, Redemption.
2. Rivet says that Christ and the Apostles
quote from the book Of Exodus expressly %
times, and by suggestion 10 times.
3. The name, Exodus, was given to the
book by those who rendered the Hebrew
Old Testament into Greek. The details of
the Exodus take up large part of the book;
TO wit, chapters 2 to Is. The name of the
book III Hebrew is Ve-eleh .Shemoth, mean
ing, And these are the names In fact, they
are the first two words Of the Hebrew book
of Exodus
r Elk, LILA.
= SUBJECT:
The Condition of The Isrdelites in Egypt after
,Joseph's Death.
AS assigned, Jacob and family took possess
sion of Goshen. (Gen., Al; a, II, 27.) Through
removal from Canaan they lacked nothing.
The famine became very severe, forcing
Egyptian people to part with cattle and
money and lands and with liberty. They
actually sold themselves for food. (47 49,
Five Summers passed without harvest.
Then followed seed-time, with ordinary pro-
ductiyeness.
Seventeen years had passed since Jacob
arrived in Egypt. He then sickened, and
was not far from death. AS soon as Joseph
heard of this he took his two sons, Ephraim
and Manasseh, and went to the bedside of
his dying father. (48:L Jacobs age at
death was 147 years. (47:28.) Joseph at
that time was Sc years old. He had been
Governor 26 years. He mourned deeply the
decease of his father, and buried him with
royal dignity. AS requested by his father
the body was deposited in the cave of Mach
pelah at Hebron. (49: %, 30.) Though
his brothers were apprehensiye Joseph's
feelings toward them might change now that
their father was dead, yet there was no oc-
casion for fear, for throughout his life he was
kind to them. At length Joseph himself
died, aged 10 years. 5o:22) Jacob had
prophesied the Israelites would again return
to Canaan, and Joseph, in full faith of the
Exodus, requested that his bones be not left
behind in Egypt, but carried to Canaan. In
time all the 70 named as accompanying Jacob
into Egypt died. (See the names of the 20,
Gen., 46: 1921
Verse covers the entire time the Israel
ties were in Egypt.
We see Jacob went into Egypt midway
between the Call of Abraham and the Exc
dus, or midway of the 430 years. Abrams
Gall in ha A
years and we have 2298 A. NJ, the year in
which Jacob entered Egypt. Add 215 years
and we have 2513 A. M, the year of the
Exodus.
Goshen.
A district of lower Egypt-each side of the
Pelusiac arm of the Mic. The Israelites
increasing the region became overcrowded,
and 1sraelites began to live more among
the Egyptians. (3:22.) Il
Pharaoh.
By the "new King" ". 81 we infer the
successor of the Pharaoh of Joseph's days
was of q new dynasty. This may be the
reason the Israelites were treated so harshly.
We suppose the new rsilers,were the Hyksos.
Erplaaattoas.
TO secure the allotted work the new King
appointed bodies Of taskmasters, whose bust
ness was to force the Israelites to labor. On
the walls Of tomb in Thebe5 there is rep
resentation Of the " Bondage" Rossellni,
an Italian scholar, says it is "a picture rep
resenting the Hebrews as they were engaged
in making brick" Four persons of different
size, color and physiognomy than the labor
ers, stand or sit, rod in hand, ready to strike
any Hebrew who relaxes his energy or in
clines to rebel. Thus the Israelites toled
under the eye and lash of Overseers, who
gave them certain jobs to accomplish in
specified times. Paintings and monuments
in Egypt, and specially in Thebes, bear wit
ness to the labors of the Israelites under
taskmasters with whips in hand.
Some of their works are specified. They
built the cities of Pithon and Raamses, used
as places for gathering and storing grain, etc.
We get hints as to the nature Of their work
reading verse IA. Their lives were made
bitter with hard bondage, in mortar and in
brick, and in all manner of service in the
field" The word "rigor" ". 14) is from a
Hebrew root which means to crush, to break
down, and is employed, e. g., when speaking