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Notes:
Exodus 11:5 the firstborn. The firstborn held a particularly important position in the family and society, not only inheriting a double portion of the father’s estate, but also representing special qualities of life and strength (see Gen. 49:3). In Egypt, the firstborn would ascend to the throne and continue the dynasty. Whatever significance might have been attached religiously, politically, dynastically, and socially, it was all stripped away by the extent and intensity of the plague—namely, the execution of all the firstborn of all classes of the population including their animals.
Proverbs 6:2–4 snared…come into the hand. See 22:26, 27. Anyone who becomes responsible for another person’s debt is trapped and controlled because he has yielded control of what God has given him as a stewardship. The situation is so serious that it is imperative to take control of one’s own God-given resources and get out of such an intolerable arrangement immediately (“deliver yourself,” vv. 3, 4) before coming to poverty or slavery. See Genesis 43:9; 44:32, 33.
Matthew 20:28 to give His life a ransom for many. The word translated “for” means “in the place of,” underscoring the substitutionary nature of Christ’s sacrifice. A “ransom” is a price paid to redeem a slave or a prisoner. Redemption does not involve a price paid to Satan. Rather, the ransom is offered to God—to satisfy His justice and wrath against sin. The price paid was Christ’s own life—as a blood atonement (see Lev. 17:11; Heb. 9:22). This, then, is the meaning of the cross: Christ subjected Himself to the divine punishment against sin on our behalf (see Is. 53:4, 5). Suffering the brunt of divine wrath in the place of sinners was the “cup” He spoke of having to drink, and the baptism He was preparing to undergo (v. 22).
DAY 31: Describe the chronology of the Exodus.
Date: Fifteenth day, first month, first year
Event: Exodus
Reference: Exodus 12
Date: Fifteenth day, second month, first year
Event: Arrival in Wilderness of Sin
Reference: Exodus 16:1
Date: Third month, first year
Event: Arrival in Wilderness of Sinai
Reference: Exodus 19:1
Date: First day, first month, second year
Event: Dedication of Altar
Reference: Numbers 7:1
Event: Erection of Tabernacle
Reference: Exodus 40:1, 17
Date: Fourteenth day, first month, second year
Passover
Date: First day, second month, second year
Event: Census
Event: Consecration of Levites
Reference: Numbers 8:1–26
Date:Fourteenth day, second month, second year
Event: Supplemental Passover
Reference: Numbers 9:11
Date: Twentieth day, second month, second year
Event: Departure from Sinai
Reference: Numbers 10:11
Date: First month, fortieth year
Event: In Wilderness of Zin
Reference: Numbers 20:1, 22–29; 33:38
Date: First day, fifth month, fortieth year
Event: Death of Aaron
Reference: Numbers 20:22–29; 33:38
Date: First day, eleventh month, fortieth year
Event: Moses’ Address
Reference: Deuteronomy 1:3