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Exodus: Chapter-by-Chapter Commentary

Alastair Roberts

Exodus: Chapter-by-Chapter Commentary

February 14, 2022
Alastair Roberts
Alastair Roberts

*CONTENTS*

00:00:00 - Chapter 1: Oppression in Egypt

00:11:02 - Chapter 2: Moses' Birth and Flight from Egypt

00:26:47 - Chapter 3: Theophany at the Burning Bush

00:38:36 - Chapter 4: Signs

00:54:50 - Chapter 5: Heightened Oppression

01:04:19 - Chapter 6: Genealogy of Moses and Aaron

01:16:46 - Chapter 7: First Plague

01:29:44 - Chapter 8: Second, Third, and Fourth Plagues

01:41:06 - Chapter 9: Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Plagues

01:54:18 - Chapter 10: Eighth and Ninth Plagues

02:02:55 - Chapter 11: Final Plague Announced

02:08:07 - Chapter 12: Passover

02:18:34 - Chapter 13: Instituting the Law of the Firstborn and the Feast of Unleavened Bread

02:34:39 - Chapter 14: Crossing the Red Sea

02:47:49 - Chapter 15: Song of the Sea

03:00:27 - Chapter 16: Manna

03:11:21 - Chapter 17: Water from the Rock and Defeating Amalek

03:23:54 - Chapter 18: Jethro's Counsel

03:35:35 - Chapter 19: Mount Sinai

03:50:42 - Chapter 20: The Ten Words

04:14:09 - Chapter 21: Case Laws

04:35:56 - Chapter 22: More Case Laws

04:52:04 - Chapter 23: Festivals and the Angel

05:03:46 - Chapter 24: The Covenant Confirmation

05:11:05 - Chapter 25: Ark, Table, and Lampstand

05:21:22 - Chapter 26: The Tabernacle

05:30:22 - Chapter 27: Bronze Altar and Oil for the Lamp

05:39:17 - Chapter 28: Garments of the Priests

05:56:08 - Chapter 29: Consecration of the Priests

06:05:56 - Chapter 30: Altar of Incense, Ransom Silver, Bronze Laver, Anointing Oil, Incense

06:15:05 - Chapter 31: Bezalel and Oholiab, Sabbath as the Covenant Sign

06:27:26 - Chapter 32: The Golden Calf

06:44:32 - Chapter 33: Moses Intercedes for Israel

06:57:56 - Chapter 34: Moses' Shining Face

07:11:34 - Chapter 35: Donations for the Tabernacle

07:18:05 - Chapter 36: Constructing the Tabernacle

07:26:51 - Chapter 37: Furniture for the Tabernacle

07:36:03 - Chapter 38: The Court and its Bronze Altar and Laver

07:44:17 - Chapter 39: Making the Priestly Garments

07:55:10 - Chapter 40: The Completion of the Work

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