If you are looking for the beginning of this study you can start HERE with the brief introduction. At the bottom of that introduction will be the links to each section of the study guide as it becomes available. For this study the English Standard Version is the translation which is being utilized and you can read it online HERE or pick up the copy of your choice from Amazon or your local book store. I find THIS EDITION to be useful for deep study and annotation.
Grammar Questions: (The Information of the Text)
What did Yahweh say would happen at “about midnight”? (11:4-6)
Why, according to the text, will Pharaoh not listen to Moses? (11:9)
What does Yahweh do with the Israelites calendar? (12:2)
What are the Israelites supposed to do in preparation for Yahweh’s Passover? (12:7-13)
What are the Israelites to not have for seven days? (12:15)
What does Pharaoh do after Yahweh brings about the final plague? (12:31-32)
What did the people of Israel do as they left Egypt? (12:35-36)
Who all was required to keep the passover? (12:47-49)
What are the Israelites supposed to do with all of the firstborn among them? (13:12-13)
What did Moses do with the remains of Joseph when they left Egypt? (13:9)
How did Yahweh manifest his presence among the Israelites as he led them out of Egypt? (13:21-22)
How did Yahweh deliver his people from the Egyptians when they pursued them to the Red Sea? (14:15-31)
How do the Israelites respond to Yahweh’s salvation from the Egyptians? (15:1-21)
Logic Questions: (The Interpretation/Comparison of the Text)
What does it mean when the text says, “But not a dog shall growl against any of the people of Israel”? (11:7)
The text says that anyone who eats unleavened bread during the preparation for Passover will be “cut off from Israel.” (12:19) What does this mean and why is this so?
Why might it be important, practically speaking, for the Israelites to “plunder the Egyptians”? (12:36)
What do we learn about the nature of God’s law in Exodus 12:48-49?
What does it mean to redeem something? (13:11-16)
Why might the text emphasize the point that, “The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people”? (13:22)
What does it mean when the text says, “Yahweh is a man of war”? (15:3)
Why might Exodus 15:14-16 be important for what is to come in the story of God’s people?
Rhetoric Questions: (The Analysis of Ideas in the Text)
The Passover feast was to be kept by Israel year after year. (ch. 12) What is the purpose of a holiday? How important is it to keep holidays according to their original meaning?
Should Christians keep the Passover today? Why or why not?
Should we sing and dance at the destruction of our enemies? Why or why not?
Theological Analysis: (Sola Scriptura)
How should we see the Passover as a symbol of Christ? What, and how many, connections should we make between this Hebrew celebration and the life, ministry, and death of Jesus Christ?
What connection is there between Exodus 15:22-27 and Ruth 1?
Virtues/Vices/Great Ideas: (Find them in the Text)
Faith, Redemption, Doubt, Celebration