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Exodus chs. 17-18 By: Edward Short© 1.“By stages”(RSV and NRSV) or “from place to place” (NIV) [Two Chinese versions are quoted: Chinese Union Version is similar to RSV; Easy-to-Read Chinese means “moved or migrated step by step.”] See Numbers 33. Jehovah God guided Moses and the Israelites and told them when to move and when to stop. 2.Ex. 17:1-7: The community q_______ with Moses, after which they said what? God told Moses to solve the problem by doing what? Actually, lack of water was not their basic problem; what was the Israelites’ basic problem (v. 7)? They had relied on God for this long and had seen God’s power with their own eyes these several times, but what did they still question? (Ex. 17:7b is one of the saddest sentences in the book of Exodus.) Today, do we praise God with our lips but in reality doubt his presence in our lives? In order to obtain God’s goodwill, God expects us to completely believe him and o_____ him. 3.Ex. 17:8-13: Describe how the Israelites defeated the Amalekites. From this encounter, the Israelites should know that they could rely only on J______. 4.Ex. 17:16: “The LORD will be at war against the Amalekites from generation to generation.” Many years later, the first Israelite king, Saul, fought with the Amalekites. But he did not “totally destroy everything that belongs to them” (1 Samuel 15). Still many years later, in the book of Esther (ch. 3), Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, conspired to eliminate the Jews. Some Bible scholars believe that this Haman was probably a descendant of the Amalekites. So even at that time, God’s chosen people were still “at war” with the Amalekites. 5.Ex. 17:14: Could Moses write? Did the Hebrews have writing and writing materials? (Other than the “five books of Moses,” what other books were there at that time? See Numbers 21:14 ). 6.Ex. chs. 16 and 17: In at least four ways, Jehovah God proves to the Israelite community that God wants to protect them. Give the appropriate chapter and verse for each of these proofs: 1) Food_______; 2) Drink______; 3) Going forward ________; 4) Warfare_______. 7.Ex. 18:1-7: Moses’ father-in-law: __________: wife:_________ ; two sons __________ and____ ____. 8.Ex. 18:8-12: What did Moses tell his father-in-law? What was the reaction of the father-in-law? Was Jethro a monotheist or a polytheist? 9.Ex. 18:13-27: Not only was Moses the leader of the Israelites, he was also their j_____. What did Moses spend a lot of time doing? What wise council did father-in-law Jethro give Moses? What kind of people should Moses choose (v.21)? Has God instituted any kind of system in the church today to enable Christian brothers and sisters to “divide the (Lord’s) work and to labor in unity”? What was Jethro’s motivation for thus advising Moses (vs. 17 and 23)? Did Moses listen to his father-in-law? Moses had God’s Spirit and he was intelligent besides, so why did Moses not think at an earlier time of doing what Jethro told him to do? Why did God himself not tell Moses to do this? This shows that God does not impede his own good people and leaders from w______ themselves o___. God expects us to use the wisdom that he gives us to t____ c____ of ourselves. 10.What was Moses’ main responsibility (v. 20)? Father-in-law Jethro enabled Moses to perform the r__________ that he should perform; Jethro enabled Moses to gl_______ God and h_____ mankind. Today, perhaps you are a “Moses” or a “Jethro.” If you are a “Moses,” do you need a “Jethro” to come and urge or exhort you with some words of wisdom? If you are a “Jethro,” do you have a heart of love and a sense of responsibility, and do you have the courage to go and face your “Moses” and tell him the words of exhortation that he needs to hear? Jethro is a good example for the majority of us. Moses humbly listened to the urging from this father-in-law, Jethro, and in so doing Moses is a good example for those who are leaders.
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