EXODUS –LESSON 12
LEARN: I Corinthians 10:11-13
Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
READ: Exodus 6: 13-30
1. Verse 13 seems to belong to what follows rather than to what precedes. It is a concise summary of chapters 3-5. What follows in verses 14-27?
2. What two people are the focus of the lineage given?
3. At first glance, the genealogy of the Bible may not be interesting to us, but there is importance in it for God wants us to know it Therefore it becomes interesting to us as we search out what the Lord has for us. How much and what information is given concerning the first two sons of Jacob? vv 14, 15
NOTE: Both in the Old Testament and in the New our attention is directed primarily and mainly to a series of facts. Religion is not put before us in an abstract, but in a concrete form. The Bible represents to us “God in history.” We learn the nature and the will of God from his dealings with nations and individuals at definite times and in definite places. It is a necessary consequence of such a mode of inculcating religious truth, that very dry and mundane details must from time to time be obtruded upon the reader, in order that the narrative may be clear, and that he may understand the circumstances of time and place with which each writer in his turn has to deal. In this way genealogies come in. History cannot be understood without them. We want to know the individuals who are introduced to us afresh at each new stage in the narrative, and in what relation they stand to those other individuals with whom the narrative is concerned before and after. Genealogies convey this knowledge. PULPIT COMMENTARY Genesis Exodus p 156
4. The phrase “heads of their fathers’ houses” as seen is verse 14, can be applied to each of the sons of Jacob as they are listed. Use I Chronicles 4:38 and 7:40 to explain the meaning of “heads of their fathers’ houses?”
5. We see the phrase “according to their generations” used of Levi, because the writer does not stop as in the case of Reuben and Simeon, how far along the family does he take us? vv 16-25
6. What would be the point of listing ages of many in the line of Moses? vv 16, 18, 20
7. Who was the firstborn of Levi? vv 16, 17
8. What son of Levi did Moses and Aaron descend from? vv 18, 20
9. In verse 19 we see the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi listed. Of all the descendents of Kohath these are specially mentioned- they were among the most important of the Levitical families. What further information does Scripture give concerning them? Numbers 3:33-37; 26:57, 58
10. Amram, the son of Kohath became the father of the Amramite house, which at the time of the Exodus numbered over two thousand males. It is to be understood that the second mentioned Amram, was not the original Amram as mentioned in verse 18. What do we learn of the later Amram in verse 20?
NOTE: Marriages with aunts and nieces have been common in many countries, and are not forbidden by natural instinct. They first became unlawful by the positive command recorded in Leviticus18:12.
The name Jochebed is the earliest known compounded with Jah, or Jehovah. It means the “glory of Jehovah.”
PULPIT COMMENTARY Genesis Exodus p 156
11. The second son of Kohath was Izhar. Who is his descendent mentioned in verse 21, and also mentioned in verse 24?
12. What further information do we learn about Korah from Numbers 16:1-33?
13. The fourth son of Kohath mentioned is Uzziel, whose descendents listed are Mishael, Elzaphan, and Zithri. Use the following Scriptures to learn more information concerning them. Numbers 3:29, 30; Leviticus 10:1-5
Note: We read that Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab. He was not previously mentioned. He was a descendent of Judah, through Pharez and Hezron, and held a place in the line of our Lord’s ancestry. See I Chronicles 2:3-10; Matthew 1:5. Naashon was at this time “prince of the tribe of Judah” Numbers 2:3 PUPLIT COMMENTARY Genesis Exodus p 156
14. What were the names of the sons born to Aaron and Elisheba? v 23
15. What became of their sons? Leviticus 10:1, 2; Numbers 20:23-28, v 25
16. According to verses 26 and 27, what was the purpose of giving all this family information?
17. How is the word “day” used in the context of verses 28-30?
18. What was the force of the command that God gave to Moses predicated upon? v 29