PENTATEUCH

GENESIS

• Genesis means "beginning"
• 50 chapters
• Covers the creation of the world
• Includes God's original covenant with Abraham and Noah and the Arc
• http://youtu.be/xKPKRzFAXHU

EXODUS

• God reveals his name, personality, law, and how to worship Him
• Hebrews are slaves of the Egyptians then are liberated by God
• God plagued Egypt 10 times and on the last one Pharaoh decided to free Hebrews
• Pharaoh changes his mind and pursues them (Red Sea)
• Hebrews then travel in the desert and Moses receives the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai

EXODUS

• Meanwhile Israelites lose faith and worship a golden calf
• God punishes them by making them wander for 40 years
• God gives Moses pattern for the Tabernacle
• At the end, Israelites are left with hope of the Promised Land
• http://youtu.be/BIxToZmJwdI

LEVITICUS

• God tells Moses the Jewish ceremonial laws
• Very precise including how and when religious offerings should be offered to God
• God prevents types of banned sexual behavior and ways to eat and bathe
• God makes a covenant with Israel that will give then abundance and success
• In return, the Israelites have to confess and repent their sins

NUMBERS

• Israel prepares to move from Mount Sinai to the Promised Land
• When they reach the desert, they begin to complain about everything
• Consequence: roam desert for 40 years
• Three men grow jealous of Moses's leadership
• Consequence: swallowed up by God

NUMBERS

• God spreads a plague through the people, killing thousands
• Everyone ends up betraying God
• At the end of the 40 years, Joshua is chosen as the leader to replace Moses

DEUTERONOMY

• 34 chapters
• Contains 4 books which are Moses's four sermons to the people
• 1st: reminded people of creation and where they came from
• 2nd: surrounded the law
• 3rd: focused on the future of Israel and its people

DEUTERONOMY

• 4th: Palestinian Covenant
• Restoration was promised if they followed the law and repented
• Deuteronomy means "second law"

PENTATEUCH

• Features most of God's Covenants with the people
• Genesis is the beginning of Creation and interaction with man
• Exodus- Deuteronomy is God fulfilling the covenant of the Promise Land
• Throughout the Israelites' time in the desert, they disobey God and suffer the consequences
• Most of the laws we follow today are given to us in Pentateuch