ible Survey PENTATEUCH

Prepared by:

Kenneth Chapman

Territory Baptist Church

A Series of Seven Studies

Book One

The verb survey comes from the French surv meaning “over” and

the Latin veeir or ier; meaning to “see.” Thus our purpose in this

Bible Survey is to get an “overview” of the entire Bible.

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“And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it

plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it” (Habakkuk 2:2.

These booklets are written from a practical and devotional point-of-

view, rather than from a critical view-point. W. Graham Scroggie wrote:

The average reader of the Scriptures has little interest, I am

persuaded, in critical questions, important as there are for the

classroom, but it is of tremendous importance that by the Scripture

we know our God.1

May God bless our time together as we study His Word (Psalm 119:18).

1 Scroggie, W.Graham, Know Your Bible, (Pickering & Inglis Ltd., London, 1972),

p.10

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Preface As a Youth Director in the United States

for over fourteen years, I had the

opportunity to lead numerous

wilderness activities. These have

ranged from simple canoe trips to

whitewater rafting, from summer and winter backpacking trips to camping

on horseback, from underground spelunking to mountain top rock

climbing.

As a leader of these trips it was my responsibility to determine what trails

to backpack and what caves to explore. This is done by "surveying" an

area through the use of brochures, maps, charts, and guidebooks.

After determining where we

wanted to go and what we

wanted to accomplish, we would

take a small group to "recon" the

area. The purpose of this

scouting trip was to locate

campsites and water sources. We

would also locate some of the

highlights of the upcoming trip.

The third aspect of wilderness adventures was taking the group itself. It

was here that the paper "survey" and the practical "reconnoiter" of an area

came together for a rewarding experience, both for the leadership team

and for the group itself.

Likewise, the primary purpose of Bible Survey is to help the student gain

an "overview" of the Bible. This will be accomplished via the notebook,

Bible Survey, class lectures, reading assignments, reports and the use of

maps, diagrams, and charts.

WHILE I WILL BE

POINTING OUT SOME SIDE

TRAILS PERIODICALLY, AS

A GROUP WE WILL NOT BE

ABLE TO EXPLORE THEM;

OTHERWISE WE WOULD

NEVER GET TO OUR

DESTINATION.

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When we first began taking young people backpacking, our guide did all

the planning and preparation, we basically followed him. While we

enjoyed the trip, we never knew exactly where we were, how we got there,

or where we were going. Later, we not only designed our own trips but

we also tried to instruct our young people so that they would know where

they had been, how they got there, and where they were going. As a

group, we have also discovered a brand new sense of wonder as we

viewed God's creation.

This is also true in teaching, a historian once said, "Most people's

knowledge of history is like a string of graduated pearls without the

string." They know names and events, but they are unable to connect

them. Sadly, most people's knowledge of the Bible is the same; they have

some knowledge of people and places, but are unable to connect them.

Thus, our first objective is to "string those pearls" so that they might be

"an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck"

(Proverbs 1:9).

Our second objective is making the Scriptures practical. Paul wrote: "For

whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning,

that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope"

(Romans 15:4). Jesus used the survey method of teaching to restore

"hope" to two discouraged disciples in Luke 24:27. Accordingly, I pray

that this Bible Survey course will give us "patience" (Endurance - not

quitting in times of struggle) and "comfort" (Encouragement - so that

when you do quit, you will get back into the race).

Paul encourages us to come to the Word of God with

an open heart, that we might be changed into the

image of the Lord (II Corinthians 3:18). Spurgeon

refers to the transforming power of the Scripture

when he found an old worm-eaten Bible on a table in

a Scottish wayside inn. Upon holding it up to the

light he noticed only one hole through which the light

shone.

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One worm it seemed had begun at Genesis and ate its way through the

Revelation. Thus Spurgeon prayed, "Lord, make me a bookworm like

that. For such a bookworm never turns into an earthworm, but it will have

wings by and by."

Our third objective is found in the words of Paul as he writes to a young

preacher in II Timothy 2:2, "And the things that thou hast heard of me

among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall

be able to teach others also." Paul also instructs another young preacher

to hold "fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able

by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers (Titus

1:9).

I want to encourage you to spend time reading and studying the material, I

also want to challenge you to apply the truths that you learn, and finally I

want to exhort you to share them with others (I Timothy 4:15; Matthew

5:16).

Remember, before the children of Israel were allowed to possess the land

of Canaan, God instructed Moses to send forth the twelve spies to "search

the land" (Numbers 13:2). Likewise, before we can lead our people into

the land of spiritual blessings, we too must "spy out" or survey the land. I

trust that we will give a "good report."

SPECIAL NOTE: During the course of this study, we will be

encouraging you to read each book of the Bible to get an overview picture

of the entire book. through. One author mentioned three methods of Bible

Study:

The Butterfly Method – Flying from one verse to

another.

The Botanist Method – Placing a single verse under the

microscope and doing an in-depth study.

The Bee Method – Steadily going from one book to

another.

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Amos R. Wells, wrote the following poem concerning When You Read

the Bible Through.

I supposed I knew my Bible,

Reading piecemeal, hit or miss,

Now a bit of John or Matthew,

Now a snatch of Genesis,

Certain chapter of Isaiah,

Certain Psalms (the twenty-third),

Twelfth of Romans, First of Proverbs—

Yes, I thought I knew the Word!

But I found that thorough reading

Was a different thing to do,

And the way was unfamiliar

When I read the Bible through.

You who like to play at Bible,

Dip and dabble, here and there,

Just before you kneel, aweary,

And yawn through a hurried prayer;

You who treat the Crown of Writings

As you treat no other book—

Just a paragraph disjointed,

Just a crude impatient look—

Try a worthier procedure,

Try a broad and steady view;

You will kneel in very rapture

When you read the Bible through!

In Woodrow Kroll lists seven reasons for reading each book of the Bible

through in one sitting.2

1. Continuity.

2. The thread of truth.

3. The full story.

2 Kroll, Woodrow, (Read Your Bible One Book at a Time, (Vine Books, Ann Arbor,

MI 2002), PP 21-28

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4. Confusing events.

5. Elapsed time.

6. Follow the logic.

7. Like reading a letter.

Thus, the essential part of this study is the actual reading of God’s

Word, not just the reading about it.

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Introduction BACKGROUND: The word Bible comes from the Greek word Biblos,

meaning "Book." In various parts of the world, Christians are referred to

as “people of the Book.”

TESTAMENT: The word Testament means “covenant or agreement”

(see Hebrews 9:15 and 12:24).

1. The Old Testament was written mostly in Hebrew (with a few

passages in Syriac-Chaldee).

2. The New Testament was written in Greek.

CONTAINS: The Bible contains 3,565,480 letters, 773,746 words,

31,175 verses, 1,189 chapters, and 66 books. It has been likened to a giant

bee hive, with each bee like word empowered by the wings of the Holy

Spirit, carrying heavenly honey and protected by a stinger sharper than

any two edged sword.

CENTRAL VERSE: “It is better to trust in the LORD than to put

confidence in man” (Psalm 118:8). The central words are “the LORD.”

WRITERS: The Bible was written by over forty writers from all walks

of life – shepherds, farmers, tentmakers, physicians, fishermen,

philosophers and kings.

It was written from three different continents, over a period of 1,600 years

(From the time of Moses, 1,500 B.C.; to the time of the Apostle John, 96

A.D.).

NOTE: The Bible has been translated into more than 1000 languages

and dialects, while the works of Shakespeare, perhaps the greatest secular

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writer, was translated into less than 50 languages.

IMPORTANCE: Mark Dever wrote:

…most of us have abandoned the Old Testament for the New. Let

the scholars, the archaeologists, the prophecy hounds, and the

children’s Sunday school teachers deal with it. Yet, by abandoning

these books, we abandon the revelation of God3

3 Daver, Mark, The Message of the Old Testament, (Crossway Books, Wheaton, IL

2006), p. 19

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The Old Testament The Old Testament was originally divided into two sections, "the law and

the prophets" (Matthew 7:12; Luke 16:16,29,31). Later this was expanded

into a threefold division, "the law, the prophets, and the writing (Luke

24:24). Today we divide the Old Testament into four sections as seen

below.

PENTATEUCH – 5 BOOKS

1. Genesis

2. Exodus

3. Leviticus

4. Numbers

5. Deuteronomy

HISTORICAL – 12 BOOKS

6. Joshua

7. Judges

8. Ruth

9. I Samuel

10. II Samuel

11. I Kings

12. II Kings

13. I Chronicles

14. II Chronicles

15. Ezra

16. Nehemiah

17. Esther

POETICAL – 5 BOOKS

18. Job

19. Psalms

20. Proverbs

21. Ecclesiastes

22. Song of Solomon

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PROPHETICAL – 17 BOOKS

MAJOR PROPHETS – 5 BOOKS

23. Isaiah

24. Jeremiah

25. Lamentations

26. Ezekiel

27. Daniel

MINOR PROPHETS – 12 BOOKS

28. Hosea

29. Joel

30. Amos

31. Obadiah

32. Jonah

33. Micah

34. Nahum

35. Habakkuk

36. Zephaniah

37. Haggai

38. Zechariah

39. Malachi

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The Pentateuch

BACKGROUND: The Pentateuch, the name by which the first five

books of the Bible are known, is derived from two Greek words: pente

meaning “five,” and teuchos meaning “volume or law.” Thus signifying

a five-fold volume of law.

The Jews refer to this portion of Scripture as the Torah or Law.

Concerning the order of these books, Scofield makes the following

comment: "The five books ascribed to Moses have a peculiar place in the

structure of the Bible, and an order which is undeniably the order of the

experience of the people of God in all ages."4

1. GENESIS is a book of origins and beginnings.

2. EXODUS is a book of redemption and deliverance.

3. LEVITICUS is a book of worship and communion.

4. NUMBERS is a book of the experiences of a pilgrim people.

5. DEUTERONOMY is a book of instructions and laws.

AUTHORSHIP: The authorship of these books is Mosaic or by

Moses, it is not a mosaic or piece together by several different authors.

(The “Documentay Hypothesis” divides it into four separate documents,

referred to as J, F, D and P).5

1. The testimony of the Books themselves (Exodus 17:14; Numbers

33:2; Deuteronomy 31:9,24,26).

2. The Historical Books bear witness to the authorship of Moses (Joshua

1:7-8: 23:6; I Kings 2:3; II Chronicles 34:14; Nehemiah 8:1, 14; 13:1).

3. The Prophetical Books refer to the Books of Moses (Hosea 9:10; Joel

4 Scofield, pg. 2 5 Nelson, pg. 1

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1:9; Amos 2:9).

4. The New Testament bears witness to the fact (Matthew 19:7; Acts

3:22; 7:37-38; Romans 10:5).

5. It is authenticated by the testimony of Jesus (Matthew 5:17-30; John

5:45-47; 7:21-23).

6. There is an unbroken line of tradition concerning the authorship of

Moses.

They were probably written during the forty years of the Wilderness

Wandering and after Moses had been with God at Mount Sinai (Acts 7:37-

38).

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Genesis Key Thought – Beginning6

BOOK PROFILE:

Number of chapters – 50.

Number of verses – 1,533.

Average reading time – 3 hours, 10 minutes.7

WRITER: Moses, which means "drawn forth."

Moses' name appears 720 times in the Bible. He lived for 120 years, a

period which can be divided into three sections of forty years each.

1. THE FIRST FORTY YEARS – from his birth until his flight into

Midian – learned to be a somebody.

2. THE SECOND FORTY YEARS – from Midian to the Exodus –

learned to be a nobody.

3. THE THIRD FORTY YEARS – from the Exodus to his death –

learned that "God can use a nobody to tell everybody about

Somebody Who can save anybody".

NAME: The word Genesis means” beginning or origin” is the most

remarkable and indispensable small book in the world. The Book of

Genesis is the great foundation upon which the entire Word of God rests

(Psalm 11:3).

The word “Genesis” comes from the Greek verb, gennao, meaning “to

beget or give birth to.” In Matthew 1:1, it is translated "generation."

6 Wilkerson, Bruce, Walk Thru the Bible 7 Each profile is based on Woodrow Kroll’s book, Read the Bible One Book at a Time.

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John Phillips writes:

"It has been called the Seed-Plot of the Bible. Almost, every subject

of major importance has its roots in Genesis. Just as the great

spreading oak once reposed in an acorn, so the vast ramifications of

truth revealed in the Bible lie latent in Genesis."8

A.W. Pink wrote:

“Appropriately has Genesis been termed ‘the seed plot of the Bible,’

for in it we have, in germ form, almost all of the great doctrines which

are afterwards fully developed in the books of Scripture which

follows.”9

Australian author, J. Sidlow Baxter adds:

“It has been truly said that ‘the roots of all subsequent revelation are

planted deep in Genesis, and whoever would truly comprehend that

revelation must begin here.”10

Thus, we will find the New Testament writers going “Back to Genesis”

to prove and illustrate truth.

Marriage (Matthew 19:3-6).

Salvation (Romans 4; I Corinthians 15:22).

The Book of Genesis is quoted sixty times in the New Testament!

There are more than 200 New Testament allusions to the Book of Genesis

and over 100 of these are from the first eleven chapters and 63 are from

the first three chapters of Genesis (There are only seven chapters that are

not quoted in the New Testament).

8 Phillips, John p.13 9 Pink, Arthur W., Gleaning in Genesis, (Moody Press, 1976), p. 5 10 Baxter, J. Sidlow, Explore the Book, (Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids,

M, 1966), p.23

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Jesus Christ quotes Genesis 25 times, there are only three books in the

New Testament in which it is not referred to (Philrmon, II John and III

John).

Henry M. Morris, summed it up well when he said:

If the Bible were somehow stripped of the Book of Genesis, as many

people today would prefer, the rest of the Bible would be

incomprehensible. It would be like a building without a ground

floor, or a bridge with no support.11

KEY WORDS: The purpose of noting key words (puzzles)

God – 222 times

Begat – 67 times

Seed – 58 times

Generation (s) – 21 times

Begin (ing, an) – 12 times

KEY CHAPTER: Genesis 15, The Abrahamic Covenant

KEY VERSE: Every book of the Bible has a key and also hints on the

division of the book. The correct way to unlock a book is to use the key

and the divisions as given by the Holy Spirit. (Often these keys are hidden

near the front or back door). The key verse of Genesis is Genesis 3:15, the

first Messianic Promise in the Bible.

"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between

thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise

his heel" (Genesis 3:15).

11 Morris, Henry M., The Genesis Record, (Creation Life Publishers, San Diego,

1976), p. 17)

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SETTING:

1. The Fertile Crescent (1-11)

2. The Land of Israel (12-36)

3. The Land of Egypt (37-50)

TIME PERIOD:

1. 2,000 years, 4,000 to 2090 B.C. (1-11) – Creation to the death of

Terah.

2. 193 years, 2090 to 1897 B.C. (12-36) – From the death of Terah to

Joseph going into Egypt.

3. 93 years, 1897 to 1804 B.C. (37-50) – From Joseph going into Egypt

to his death

OUTLINE:

I. The Creation Account (1:1-2:3).

II. The Generations of the Heavens and the Earth (2:4-4:26). The

Law of Recurrence (see Deuteronomy and I and II Chronicles).

III. The Generations of Adam (5:1-6:8).

IV. The Generations of Noah (6:9-9:29).

V. The Generations of the Sons of Noah (10:1-11:9).

VI. The Generations of Shem (11:10-26).

VII. The Generations of Terah (11:27-25:11).

VIII. The Generations of Ishmael (25:12-18).

IX. The Generations of Isaac (25:19-35:29). Abraham was left out

because God said, "In Isaac shall thy seed be called" (cf Genesis

21:12; Hebrews 11:8; Romans 9:7).

X. The Generations of Esau (36:1-8).

XI. The Generations of Esau's Sons (36:9-43).

XII. The Generations of Jacob (37:1-50:26). The genealogy of the

rejected line is given first, the chosen line is given last. See I

Corinthians 15:46 for the principle concerning genealogies.

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ANALYSIS:

I. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE HUMAN RACE – Primeval

History (Genesis 1-11). There are four outstanding events during

these 2,000 years - Covers one\fifth of Genesis.

a. The Creation (1-2).

b. The Fall of Man (3-4).

c. The Flood (5-9).

d. The Tower of Babel (10-11).

II. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE HEBREW RACE – Patriarchal

History (Genesis 12-50). There are four outstanding Persons

during these 350 years - Covers four\fifth of Genesis.

a. Abraham (12-23).

b. Isaac (24-26).

c. Jacob (27-36).

d. Joseph (37-50). Joseph is the link between the family and

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CHRIST: In John 5:39, Jesus said, "Search the Scriptures: for in them

ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me." Also,

in Luke 24, where Christ is teaching the first survey class of the Old

Testament, He expounds to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, "in

all the scriptures the things concerning himself".

Graham Scroggie said, "Christ is predicted in the Old Testament, present

in the Gospels, proclaimed in the Acts, possessed in the Epistles, and

predominant in the Revelation." C.I. Scofield said, "The central theme of

the Bible is Christ." Warren Wiersbe stated, "Jesus Christ is the key to the

Bible."

12 Phillips, p 13

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In the Old Testament we see Christ in shadows, pictures, types, and

rituals. In the New Testament we see Christ in substance, person, truth,

and reality. Thus, in each Book of the Bible we will be looking for Christ,

here in Genesis, He is presented as Our Creator God (John 1:1-3).

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Exodus Key Thought – Exit

BOOK PROFILES:

Number of chapters – 40.

Number of verses – 1,213.

Average reading time – 2 hours, 20 minutes.

WRITER: Moses.

The Books of Moses constitute about 1/7 of the whole Bible.

DATE: It was written during the wilderness wandering.

It is possible that Hatshepsut, daughter of Thutmose I, was the royal

Egyptian princess who adopted Moses, with Thutmose III being the

Pharaoh of the oppression.

The time setting of Exodus is 1445 B.C. (I Kings 6:1 - Solomon's reign

began in 965 B.C., plus 480 years). The book covers 215 years.

NAME: Exodus means "The Way Out." In Hebrews 11:22, it is called

"the departing." In Luke 9:31 and II Peter 1:15 the word "exodus" depicts

"death." Redemption is always associated with death.

It's first word, "Now", connects it to the Book of Genesis. Without

Genesis, the Book of Exodus would have no meaning. It has been called

"the Sequel to Genesis". The last phrase of the Book, “throughout all

their journeys,” connects with the Book of Leviticus. G. Campbell

Morgan noted “In the book of Exodus nothing is commenced, nothing is

finished.”13

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Between Genesis and Exodus, the Patriarchal family of 70 people, became

a nation numbering between two and three million.

The book of Exodus records Israel's birth as a nation. Within the

protective "womb" of Egypt, the Jewish family of seventy rapidly

multiplies. At the right time, accompanied by severe "birth pains," an

infant nation, numbering between two and three million people, is

brought into the world.14

In Genesis 15:13-16, God plainly told Abraham that at least 400 years

would pass between the Promise of Canaan as an inheritance and the

Possession of Canaan as an inheritance. (430 years from the call of

Moses - Exodus 12:40 cf Galatians 3:16-17).

He also told them that his people would be afflicted in a strange land.

KEY WORDS: Exodus is pre-eminently the Book of Redemption in

the Old Testament. The word "redeem" is used 10 times. Exodus is filled

with pictures of our salvation in Christ. It begins in Gloom and ends in

Glory.

Moses – 290 times

Aaron (‘s)– 116 times

Tabernacle – 91 times

Command (ed, eth, ment) – 60 times

Redeem (ed) – 10 times

Law – 7 times

KEY VERSE:

"Now these are the names of the children of Israel which came into

Egypt every man and His household came with Jacob" (Exodus 1:1).

The Hebrews called this Book ve’elleh shemot, meaning, “now these

are the names.”15

14 Wilkinson, p 18 15 Nelson, p 21

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OUTLINE:

I. AN ENSLAVED PEOPLE ARE SAVED (1-12)

a. God Develops His Man (1-4)

b. God Displays His Might (5-11)

c. God Declares His Mind (12)

II. A SAVED PEOPLE ARE SEPARATED (13-18)

a. Complete Separation (13-14)

b. Conscious Separation (15)

c. Contented Separation (16:1-17:7)

d. Continual Separation (17:8-16)

e. Convincing Separation (18)

III. A SEPARATED PEOPLE ARE SANCTIFIED (19-40)

a. The Foundation of Sanctification (19-24)

b. The Focus of Sanctification (25-27)

c. The Function of Sanctification (28-29)

d. The Fashion of Sanctification (30-31)

e. The Failure of Sanctification (32)

f. The Fulfillment of Sanctification (33-40)16

ANALYSIS:

I. THE EXODUS - LIBERTY (1-18) - Redemption from Egypt

II. THE LAW - RESPONSIBILITY (19-24) - Revelation of God

III. The Tabernacle - Privileges (25-40) - Response of Israel

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THE LIBERTY CHART

Liberty

- Responsibility

Permissiveness

Responsibility

- Liberty

Penitentiary

Liberty

+ Responsibility

Privileges

TYPES:

Pharaoh – Satan

Egypt – World

Taskmasters – Sins

Israel – Man

Moses - Christ

CHRIST: Our Passover Lamb (I Corinthians 5).

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Leviticus KEY THOUGHTS – OFFERINGS AND FEASTS

PROFILE:

Number of chapters – 27

Number of verses – 859

Average reading time – 2 hours, 1 minute

WRITER: Moses - The internal evidence is stated no less than 56 times

in Leviticus that the Lord God gave the laws to his people through Moses.

Also compare Matthew 8:2-4 with Leviticus 14:1-4.

NAME: Leviticus means "that which pertains to the Levites." It is heavy

with rules, regulations, and repetition; it has been called The Handbook of

Holiness.

KEY VERSE:

"And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the

tabernacle of the congregation, saying" (Leviticus 1:1).

KEY WORDS:

Offering (293), Sacrifice (45), Oblation (10) – 348 times

Priest (s) – 194 times

Clean (46), Unclean (129) – 175 times

Holy (94), Sanctify (23) Sanctuary (12), Hallow ((8) (same Hebrew

root) – 137 times

Blood – 88 times

Atonement – 49 times

Redeem (ed, tion) 30 times

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PURPOSE: This is the Book of Atonement (Leviticus 16:30-34).

In Exodus we see how God gets His people out of the land of Egypt, in

Leviticus we see how God gets the Egypt out of His people (Romans

2:28-29). (Examples: Abraham and Lot, and Lot and his daughters). Note:

It only took God one night to get Israel out of Egypt, but he spends forty

years trying to get the Egypt out of Israel.

Exodus begins with sinners, Leviticus with saints. Exodus shows the way

out from the land of bondage, Leviticus shows us the way into the sanctuary

of God. Exodus is the book of deliverance; Leviticus is the Book of

dedication.17

The book opens and concludes at the same spot, Mount Sinai; covering a

time span of one month.

MESSAGE: 1. THE WAY TO GOD IS BY SACRIFICE (1-17) - GET

RIGHT!

(Atonement occurs 45 times)

(Blood occurs 87 times)

2. THE WALK WITH GOD IS BY SANCTIFICATION (18-

27) - STAY RIGHT!

(Holiness occurs 87 times)

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OUTLINES:

I. GOD'S PROVISION FOR SIN (1-10)

II. GOD'S PRECEPTS FOR SEPARATION (11-24)

III. GOD'S PROMISE FOR SUCCESS (25-27)18

I. THE WAY TO GOD (1-10)

A. The Sacrifices of the People (1-7)

1. Requirements (1:1-6:7)

2. Regulations (6:8-7:38)

B. The Sanctity of the Priesthood (8-10)

1. Consecration (8)

2. Ministration (9)

3. Violation (10)

II. THE WALK WITH GOD (11-20)

A. A Clean Life Selfward (11-15)

B. A Clean Life Godward (16-17)

C. A Clean Life Manward (18-20)

III. THE WORSHIP OF GOD (21-24:9)

A. The Family of the Priests (21-22)

1. The priest's family (21:1-15)

a. Mourning in the family (21:1-6)

b. Marriage in the family (21:7-15)

2. The priest's fellowship (21:16-22:16)

3. The priest's function (22:17-33)

B. The Feasts of the Lord (23)

C. The Furniture of the Tabernacle (24:1-9)

IV. The Witness of God (24:10-27:34)

A. In the Sphere of Profession (24:10-33)

B. In the Sphere of Possession (25-26)

1. Times connected with the possession (25)

2. Terms connected with the possession (26)

C. In the Sphere of Promise (27)19 18 Wiersbe, Warren 19 Phillips, John

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THE FIVE OFFERINGS:

1) THE SWEET SAVOR OFFERINGS - The Godward Side of Calvary

- The Preciousness of Christ's Sacrifice.

a) The Burnt Offering (1) - The Fullness of Christ's Devotion

(Hebrews 9:14) – Surrender

b) The Meat Offering (2) - The Flawlessness of Christ's Devotion

(Hebrews 2:1718) – Service

c) The Peace Offering (3) - The Fruitfulness of Christ's Devotion

(Ephesians 2:14) – Serenity

2) THE NON-SWEET SAVOR OFFERINGS (Sin) - The Manward

Side of Calvary - The Purpose of Christ's Sacrifice

a) The Sin Offering (4) - Covering the Principle of Sin (II Corinthians

5:21) – Substitute

b) The Trespass Offering (5) - Covering the Practice of Sin (II

Corinthians 5:19) – Satisfaction

i) Godward – Repentance

ii) Manward - Restitution

CHRIST: Our Sacrifice for Sin (Hebrews 9:26)

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Numbers KEY THOUGHT - WANDERS

PROFILE:

Number of chapters – 36

Number of verses – 1,288

Average reading time – 2 hours, 51 minutes

WRITER: Moses

DATE: Only one year has passed from the exodus from Egypt to when

the Book of Numbers opens (1444-1404 B.C.).

NAME: The Book of Numbers gets its name from the two numbering

recorded in its pages.

It is important to remember that the generation numbered at the beginning

of the book (chapter one) is not the same generation taht was numbered at

the end of the Book (chapter twenty-six).

KEY VERSE:

"And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the

tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month,

in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt,

saying" (Numbers 1:1).

KEY WORD:

Offering (s) – 278 times

Tabernacle – 107 times

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Pitch (ed) – 49 times

Wilderness – 45 times

Sanctuary – 32 times

Depart (ed) – 27 times

Remove (d) – 23 times

Encamp (ed) – 18 times

PURPOSE: There is a break of just one month between the end of

Exodus and the beginning of Numbers. With the Book of Leviticus coming

in between the two (cf Exodus 40:17 to Number 1:1).

The events covered in Numbers cover a period of 38 years and 10 months.

It is important to remember that a gap of 37 1/2 years occurs between

chapters nineteen and twenty. It is the tragic failure of Israel to press on into

Canaan and possess the Promised Land. This unbelieving generation was

condemned to wander in the wilderness until all were dead, with the

exceptions of Joshua and Caleb.

NOTE: Leviticus deals with the believer's worship, whereas Numbers

deals with the believer's walk. Purity dominates Leviticus, pilgrimage

dominates Numbers.

The Book of Numbers is often called the Book of murmuring (Number 11;

16:1-3; 20:2-6; 21:5). The wilderness crossing should have taken eleven

days, instead it took forty years (Deuteronomy 1:2). It has been called the

longest funeral march in history with over 180 funerals a day!

Thus, in Numbers we find a "saga of suffering, a trek of tragedy, and a story

of straying."20

The record of the wilderness wanderings is omitted in the record of Hebrews

11:29-30!

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OUTLINE:

I. ISRAEL NUMBERED AT SINAI - PREPARE FOR THE

JOURNEY (1-9)

(Time: 20 days - cf Numbers 1:1 with 10:11)

A. The People Counted (1)

B. The People Camped (2-4)

C. The People Cleansed (5)

D. The People consecrated (6-9)

II. FROM SINAI TO KADESH-BARNEA (10-12)

(Time: 11 days - cf Numbers 10:11 with Deuteronomy 1:2)

A. Direction in the Wilderness (10)

B. Discontent in the Wilderness (11)

C. Dispute in the Wilderness (12)

III. FROM KADESH TO KADESH - THE YEARS OF

WANDERING (13-19)

(Time: 40 days, then 38 years - Numbers14:34)

A. Discouragement in the Wildernes (13)

B. Death in the Wilderness (14-16)

C. Despair in the Wilderness (117-19)

IV. KADESH TO THE JORDAN (20-36)

(Time: 6 months - cf Numbers 33:38 with Deuteronomy 1:3)

A. Recalling the Past (20)

B. Redeeming the Present (21-27)

C. Reviewing the Future (28-36)21

CHRIST: Our "Lifted-up" One (John 3:14)

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Deuteronomy KEY THOUGHT – SECOND LAW

PROFILE:

Number of chapters – 34

Number of verses – 959

Average reading time – 2 hours, 18 minutes

WRITER: Over 500 times in the Pentateuch, we find the words: "And

the Lord spoke," "God said," etc (II Peter 1:21).

NAME: Deuteronomy gets its name from the Greek words: "deuteros"

meaning second and "nomos" meaning law. So in this book we have a

second giving of the Law - or a new expounding of it to a new generation.

Deuteronomy, like Leviticus, deals with a vast amount of legal detail. But

unlike Leviticus, it focuses on the layman, rather than on the priesthood.

While there were certain adjustments to the civil and ceremonial law

caused by the changing conditions, the moral law did not change!

Deuteronomy has also been called "Jesus' favorite book" because he

quoted it more than any other book of the Old Testament. It is also quoted

some 90 times in 14 New Testament Books.

Deuteronomy is a known as the Book of Remembrance. Moses is

constantly reminding the people to remember what the Lord had done for

them.

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DEUTERONOMY: A BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE 4:9 4:23 5:15 6:12 8:2 8:11 8:18 9:7 24:9 25:17

DATE: The book covers about one month (Deuteronomy 1:3; 34:3; cf

Joshua 5:6-12), on the plains of Moah (Deuteronomy 1:1; 29:1; cf Joshua

1:2).

KEYS: There is an emphasis on choice (Deuteronomy 30:19-20). Thus,

Moses stresses the words: "hear," "do," "keep," and "observe." However,

these commands are out of a heart of "love."

1. THE LOVE OF GOD (4:37; 7:7-8; 23:5)

(Love occurs 22 times)

2. OBEDIENCE TO GOD (4:40; 11:26-28; 30:8-20)

(Obey occurs 10 times)

(Do occurs about 100 times)

These keys are fulfilled in the New Testament, "If you love me, keep my

commandments" (John 14:15).

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NOTE: The wandering is now over; the war is about to begin.

OUTLINE:

1) THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL - THE BACKWARD LOOK (1-3)

a) The journey reviewed - Horeb to Kadesh (1).

b) The journey resumed - Kadesh to Beth - poer (2-3).

2) THE HOLINESS OF ISRAEL - THE INWARD LOOK (4-11).

a) Moses speaks about the Law (4-6).

b) Moses speaks about the Lord (7-8).

c) Moses speaks about the Land (9-11).

3) THE HERITAGE OF ISRAEL - THE FORWARD LOOK (12-30)

Laws concerning:

a) Purity in the Land (12-14).

b) Property in the Land (15).

c) Piety in the Land (16:1-17).

d) Positions in the Land (16:18-18:22).

e) Protection in the Land (19-20)

f) Persons in the Land (21-25)

g) Priorities in the Land (26)

h) Permanence in the Land (27-30)22

TIME PERIOD: Covers two months (Including 30 days of mourning

for Moses).

CHRIST: Our True Prophet (Luke 7:16)

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