Tullock Exodus
The next story discussed is Moses and the exodus of the Israelites. Once again, the old man begins with producing a mental image of the surroundings during the time. A family having a spotless lamb in their hands was the image the old man described. A connection is described between the Israelites in Egypt and the people in Babylon currently. Moses’s birth and departure story is described, and the people listened. The burning bush was discussed, and the old man informs the people that God is not distant from them. He is near them always. YHWH is introduced to Moses and the crowd understands. A part of the story that caused some concerning thoughts was how God hardened the pharaoh's heart to not allow him to release the Israelites. The young
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For example, Tullock explains that we get our title of Exodus from the Septuagint, which is called “the book of the departure from Egypt.” Tullock explains the importance of the Exodus by comparing it to how the US celebrates the Fourth of July. This event unified the Israelites. After that point, Tullock describes the story and upbringing of Moses and his interactions with God, but Tullock adds a section describing Moses’s sister Miriam. In the book of Exodus, Miriam is not titled as the sister of Moses. She is titled as the sister of Aaron. She is assumed to be the sister associated with Moses finding the pharaoh’s daughter. Miriam is eventually noted as Moses’s sister in the book of Numbers. Tullock dedicates a section to how Moses objected the Lord’s command to lead His people out of Egypt. This conversation led God to appoint Aaron to be his spokesman due to Moses’s excuse of not being able to talk. Tullock describes the story in which Moses is saved by being touched by the bloody foreskin of Zipporah’s son. Tullock describes the different calling cards of God (El Shaddai/YHWH). A section on how the Israelites may have witnessed and interpreted the plagues as a miracle is given. Tullock finishes with a discussion of the significances associated with the plagues and Egyptian deities. The old man and Tullock provide similar interpretations of why God plagued the nation in specific
For example, Tullock explains that we get our title of Exodus from the Septuagint, which is called “the book of the departure from Egypt.” Tullock explains the importance of the Exodus by comparing it to how the US celebrates the Fourth of July. This event unified the Israelites. After that point, Tullock describes the story and upbringing of Moses and his interactions with God, but Tullock adds a section describing Moses’s sister Miriam. In the book of Exodus, Miriam is not titled as the sister of Moses. She is titled as the sister of Aaron. She is assumed to be the sister associated with Moses finding the pharaoh’s daughter. Miriam is eventually noted as Moses’s sister in the book of Numbers. Tullock dedicates a section to how Moses objected the Lord’s command to lead His people out of Egypt. This conversation led God to appoint Aaron to be his spokesman due to Moses’s excuse of not being able to talk. Tullock describes the story in which Moses is saved by being touched by the bloody foreskin of Zipporah’s son. Tullock describes the different calling cards of God (El Shaddai/YHWH). A section on how the Israelites may have witnessed and interpreted the plagues as a miracle is given. Tullock finishes with a discussion of the significances associated with the plagues and Egyptian deities. The old man and Tullock provide similar interpretations of why God plagued the nation in specific