(Originally Written April 17, 2008 in the Journal)
Why do you test me so severely Lord? I feel as though I can struggle no further. This hurt, this pain is too much. Where is your easy yoke? But, I will praise you nonetheless and evermore.
There are 4 elements of Scripture:
1. Literal - What Happened
2. Allegorical - A Hidden Theological Meaning
3. Analagoical - Heavenly Scene
4. Moral/Tropological - Significance for Individual Behavior
Notes on Exodus:
Chapter 12
There will be no eating of leavened bread during Passover. The penalty for infractions is to be cut off from Israel.
Passover Regulations:
1. No foreigner may partake of it
2. Slaves may partake if they have been bought and circumcised.
3. You cannot take the flesh outside.
4. You cannot break the lamb's bones.
5. The whole community must partake.
6. If foreigners wish to participate they must be circumcised
Chapter 13
The first born is to be consecrated to God because he belongs to God.
Chapter 14
14:14 "The Lord himself will fight for you; you only have to keep still" (New American Bible).
Chapter 20: The Ten Commandments
1. You shall have no gods before me
2. You shall have no idols
3. You shall not take the Lord's name in vain
4. Remember the Sabbath and keep it Holy
5. Honor your father and mother
6. You shall not kill
7. You shall not commit adultery
8. You shall not steal
9. You shall not bear false witness
10. You shall not covet your neighbor's possessions
Do not make anything equal to God (Exodus 20:23)
Exodus 21:1-11 Laws concerning slavery
Exodus 21:12-32 Punitive laws concerning bodily harm
Exodus 21:33-37 Punitive laws concerning property
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