Very Effective Knowledge In Scripture: Day 6 Exodus 15:19

Exodus 15:19-17:16 Israel's Murmurings

Three days out from the Red Sea and into the Wilderness of Shur (upper Sinai Peninsula) and the murmurings started about the lack of water. God supplied a tree which when cast into the waters made it sweet and drinkable.
God put forth the If/Then of if the Israelites would hearken to the voice of the Lord and do that which is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments, keep His statutes, then He would not be against them as He was the Egyptians.
Interjection: God's humor is funny ha ha to me....Israel complains about bitter water and He parks them in Elim where there are 12 wells of water and 70 palm trees. What do the Israelites do, they then complain about hunger.
As the Israelites journeyed from Elim and into the Wilderness of Sin (southern Sinai Peninsula), they again murmured with regard to not having all they could eat until they were full. God's answer was to give them manna (manna meaning "what is that?") in the morning and quail in the evening.
The battle of Amalek was him fighting Israel for well water as was the case in Genesis 21:25. Rephidim is located in southern Sinai.

Exodus 18:1-27 Jethro

Chapter 18 in Exodus is a parenthetical so not clear if timeline wise it was before or after the 10 Commandments were issued. Either way, there were clearly laws/ordinances/statutes prior to the defined Commandments issued at Mt. Sinai.
Jethro (Moses' father-in-law, the Midianite priest) met Moses in the Wilderness of Sin because he was bringing Moses back his wife (Zipporah) and his two sons (Gershom and Eliezer). Moses had sent them to Midian previously.
The mount of God is thought by most to be the same as Mt. Horeb and Mt. Sinai (as Mt. Horeb and Mt. Sinai are used interchangeably and thought to be the same mountain with different names at different times in history/writings). Mt. Sinai is located in southern Sinai.

Exodus 19:1-27:21 The Ten Commandments

The reference "in the third month" in Exodus 19:1 is to it being the 3rd month of the year. They left Egypt in the 1st month, so this puts the two months from the Red Sea/in the wilderness (50 days).

Note, that 50 days from Passover is Pentecost (Feast of Harvest/first fruits) which would later become one of the three feasts to be kept through the year.

Ascents Descents

19:3-6 First 19:7-8

19:8-13 Second 19:14-19

19:20-24 Third 19:25

24:9-32:14 Fourth 32:15-30

32:31-33 Fifth 32:34-34:3

34:4-28 Sixth 34:29-35

Exodus 20:5 does not mean that children pay for the sins of their parents. It means that if the sins continue through the generations each will pay for the continued sins. Sins of the Father
When Moses ascended the 3rd time, God gave him the 10 Commandments orally. Moses relayed those laws to all of Israel before ascending the 4th time for the 40 days/40 nights for the Tabernacle and Priest instructions and the stone tablets of the written 10 Commandments.
The 3 feasts to be kept, Exodus 23:14-19:

Feast of Unleavened Bread=Passover, 14 days following Spring Equinox, 1st month of the year which is Abib (March/April).
Feast of Harvest, Firstfruits=Pentecost, 50 days following Passover (May/June)
Feast of Ingathering=Feast of Tabernacle, Sept/Oct

The Spiritual Year begins at Abib/Passover
The Civil Year begins at Feast of Tabernacles which is why it is referenced as end of the year

Exodus 28:1-43 Aaron/Priests Set Apart

An excellent study on the breastplate of the priest was done by E. Raymond Capt, titled "The Gem Stones in the Breastplate".
No instructions on the creation of the Urim and the Thummin, just that they were to be put in the breastplate for judgment, Exodus 28:30. The Urim and the Thummin were most likely two stones for which God's judgment could be relayed through the casting lots (using these stones). More on this in a deeper study later.

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