#3. CAPTIVITY IN EGYPT TO THE EDGE OF CANAAN

(Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy)

SLAVERY IN EGYPT. The 12 tribes of Israel prospered and multiplied greatly. They were enslaved for 430 years after Joseph's death.

MOSES AND THE EXODUS. Moses was born to a Levite woman ... but was raised as son of the Pharaoh's daughter. "By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt.” Hebrews 11:24-26.  At age 40 Moses killed an Egyptian for beating a Hebrew and then fled to Midian where he spent the next 40 years tending sheep. God called Moses through a burning bush, Exodus 3, to lead His people out of bondage. God worked through Moses and his brother Aaron by means of ten plagues to bring freedom to the Israelites in 1445 BC. The Passover was instituted, Exodus 12 to protect the Hebrew people from the last plague. Moses led the people (600,000+, Exodus 12:37) across the Red Sea to Mt. Sinai (see D on map, page 4-7).

MT. SINAI. God instituted the Old Covenant as He gave the law at Mt. Sinai, Exodus 19 and Leviticus. The Law, given at Mt. Sinai, included the Ten Commandments, Exodus 20.

NUMBERINGS, WANDERING, AND DEATH. In the wilderness of Sinai the people were numbered (census #1). Then they traveled north to Kadesh-Barnea. They sent 12 spies into Canaan from Kadesh-Barnea (see E on map, page 4-7). The people believed the ten faithless spies, grumbled, complained, and yearned for Egypt. They refused to enter the land. God condemned all who were 20 years old and older (except the two good spies, Joshua and Caleb) to wander and die in the wilderness, Numbers 14:28-30. After 40 years of wandering (see F on map, page 4-7), the faithless grumblers had died. Then the new generation was brought to the plains of Moab on the east side of the Jordan River. They were numbered again (census #2). Moses gave his final messages, Deuteronomy. He appointed Joshua to be his successor. Then Moses went up Mt. Nebo to view the Promised Land. Moses died and was buried by God in a valley in the land of Moab. God did not allow Moses to enter the land because he disobeyed God, Numbers 20:8-12, Deuteronomy 3:27.

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