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Pericope Of Exodus

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In this first pericope, the author of Exodus begins this text with a description of the Israelites fleeing from the Egyptians after the tenth plague (i.e. the death of all the firstborn in Egypt) and their unfortunate fate of being trapped at the Sea of Reeds. In their utter desperation, “the Israelites cried out to the Lord” (v.10). God, in his infinite mercy, heard His peoples’ plea and intervened in order to deliver them out of the hands of their Egyptian taskmasters. Moses reassured the people by telling them that “the Lord will fight for you; you have only to keep still” (v. 14). God then instructed Moses saying, “lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea, and split it in two, that the Israelites may pass through the sea …show more content…

Propp also points out that “it is possible to epitomize the entire story of Exodus as the movement of the fiery manifestation of the divine presence.” The Lord’s flaming presence in this text is meant to illuminate and reinforce His kabod (Propp 1999, 36). God’s glory also finds expression in Pharaoh’s hard-heartedness which demonstrates that nothing can stand in the way of His kabod. Instead, the Lord can use anything, even human resistance, to illustrate His sovereign glory. Balthasar draws attention to another aspect of this passage which is that “the people do virtually nothing more than ‘look on’” as the Lord manifests His majestic power and glory over not only the natural world (i.e. the Sea of Reeds), but also over humanity as well (which includes both the Egyptians and the Israelites). God’s kabod likewise has an awe-inspiring power to it which can also frighten people, like it did the Egyptians (v. 24b). As a result of these miraculous actions of the Lord at the Sea of Reeds, Israel simply “could not overemphasis its importance” because this incident provided them with salvation, redemption, and a profound insight into God’s great kabod. This situation at the Sea of Reeds also allowed God to “glorify Himself and make… [the Egyptians, as well as all of humanity,] know that He…

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