The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-05-11
The SUNDAY SCHOOL.
International Lesson for May ~. 1901
Israel IN Ieypt-Ixcdus 4; liza.


Especially Arranged from Pelouhcrs Notes
snibiN lhAr Our help is Ia the Tame Of
tho Lord -Ps l.s.G
TIE Book on ExoDUs--Exodus means dc
rartlFe, ana the book Is - named because The
exodus or departure 81 the lsr1clics Is rs
man ita'rr" Tor the author. date. etc. see
me hook 81 Gsrrsls. lesson /. ilrst quarter
TINE The Time of this lesson extends from
he time 81 J,s'rh. u G. 1915. 10 the birth Of
Moses, Is e. i5sl-ci Years. according To CON.
mon chronology. cr to Is G 1878 the date Of
Moses birth according 10 many Others
iLlcr - Egypt particularly the land OF
Goshen
tnKoSof ocy.-1hcrc f. a general agreement
~ the DID, with the chronology derived from
The monuments iips u must be understood
hat all The dates applied TO the Egyptian cyn-
astics are very uncertain and indefinite Tho
general order Is clear. but the exact dates are
unknown The dates given In all tho best
books IN Lgypt are tentative only. and vary
greatly among themselves There Is no GER
tain chronology, In the Bible or in history III
about Is G. lo0
DURATION or THE BONDAGE IN Ecyrr
We have TWO measures by which 20 ascertain
the duration o. the bondage The first IS tho
four hundred aud eighty years OF ! Kings Gil
second Il the four hundred aad ihirt; years Of
Tx !. ". and Gal 3:is
N) In Kings OIL IL Is stated that the build
Ing OF the temple. in the fourth year OF Solo
mon. was the four hundred and c.chtlcth
year after the exodus The fourth year OF
solomon was about u. G. III. Add tho four
huadrcs ana eighty years ceavirg On one year
because neither the fourth nor the four hurdrc /
and ei-hicth were full years, and We have
Is c 1881 a. the Gate OF the exodus The bond.
nge Is the preceding four hundred ana
thirty years, extending from IL G. 1891 70 1921,
tho date OF hbrahams Call from Cha,cca, 70
enter upon the long, homeless period 0: himself
ana descendants. Of which two hundred and
fifteen years were spent ia Egypt
ca IL Elk IL 90 A. ara Gal II. the cura.
ton Of the bondage Is given as four hundred
and thirty years Tie common chronology, as
We have seen. makes IL extend from the call OF
Abraham 70 the exodus onc-half OF IT, or two
hundred AID l.tcca years. being srcnt in
Egypt, am the other half in the wandcr.nrs OF
Abraham. Isaac and Jacob. as pilgrims and
strangers In favor Of this view, IT Paul SAYS
Ia Gal Si7. That from the toycran. COR call cD
with Ab-@lar1 70 the giving OF the law ,css than
a year after the exodus was four hundred and
thirty year. But in Cen 1913, ~, IL Is said
that they should be strangers in strange
land. and be afflicted four hundred
years ana nearly The same Is said a. TX.
i.,il Bur. IN very truth The children Of Israel
were strangers In a strange land from the time
that Abraham left his home for the promised
Land. and during that whole period o. four hun.
ur,c and thirty years 70 the exodus the were
nowhere ra,crs IA the laad SO In TX ~ Il
Il Is saii tha, the so.ourn.rg ~ the children
OF Israel who dwell IN Egypt was four hun.
drcd and thirty years But II does not sag that
the sol0urninr was ell in Egypt but this people
who lived IN Egypt had been scjourners FOX
four hundred anu thirty years
on the other hand. many think that the -four
hundred ana thirty years were all spent il
Egypt and must date from Jacobs immigration
TWO changes. Either we must put the date OF
Jacobs comm; 10 Egypt some two hundred
years earlier than The common chronology
n.UGl 10 u. 1907. which makes room for III,
four hundred and eighty years. bat con.uses
the previous dates. or. starting with l.. &. lsG
the COMMON date 81 Jacobs Immigration
brings the exodus 10 little tcyond. b. {. 1870
la Tits case there must be some error In III,
,ou- hundred and eighty years Of Kings c.i
and great dinl Guilty IN the numbers given ii
JUICES. The principal reason for this view i:
tina, II gives abuEdan. time for the Increase Of
the Isrselit,s from sixty-cight men 20 tho
CU.oJo VI the exodus tscc below IN -.
ISRAEL IN EGYPT.
The Immigrants Into Egypt-vA l.
6. Bv series of strange providences
and for tie purpose Of developing and
training them into people who coult
cmbody the kingdom of God on earth
Jacob and his sons had come into
Egypt. The names are gwen here 81
the heads of the tribes or families. I,
is TO pc noticed that they came every
man and his household. which fact j.
Of some Importance in computing tn,
time ncc,lful for their increase to Goo.
600 men who went out from Egypt in
the exodus Mum 1870 a hint as q
the numbers of the households may lie
gained from the fact that in Abra hams
household there were AT least Sls men
who could bear arms tien. -: ~
1.-The servants were reckoned a part
of the household. and were admitted e
ties Gen. H.: .1l."-Todd. The seventy
souls are given in detail in Gen. 90. 81
these sixty-ci-ht are men. Their wives
and daughters were additional. This
fact also is to be taken into account in
the calculation in regard to the in.
crease.
g. And Joseph died. y. c. 1855. aged
one hundred and ten years. For sew.
enteen years lie lived at home. in Heb.
ron: ten years nc was a slave in Egypt.
three years in prison. and eighty years
hc was rulerin Egypt lie lived 10 sec
his grcat-grandchildre lGcn. 5o:.3l.
His body was cmbalmet. and kept in
Egypt till the lsraelitcs went out n
great nation. when it was taken to the
land Of Canaan and buried in Shechcm.
near Mounts Ebal and Gerizim (Ex.
1919.
The Numbers Of the lsraclites.
When the Israelitcs left Egypt
they numbered about 100000 men
Mum. l:4cD. which implies a popula-
ton Of about two million. From Jacob
to Joshua was eleven generations. ac-
cording 10 | Chron. :: 1927. The third
generation. Ephrain. was born before
Jacob came To Egypt in 1906. For the
remaining eight generations. q very
simple calculation shows that IL each
Of the fifty-fvc males tleaving out Ja-
cob and his sons from the sixty-cight
male descendants at this tincl should
have less than an average OF
four male children. the total would
amount 10 100000 males in the two
hundred and fifteen years to the exc
dus. Bat il we take into account that
IN addition there were considcrah bile