Remembering the Passover & Exodus
a selection of passages & meditations on the Books of Exodus, 
Numbers, and Leviticus

Meditations by Don Schwager
 

photo on left: Descending Mount Sinai

Preface "Remembering the Passover and Exodus", by Stephen B. Clark 

Exodus 1 "Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile"
Exodus 2:1-22 "She named him Moses, for she said 'Because I drew him out of the water.'"
Exodus 2:23-3:20 "God heard their groaning, and remembered his covenant"
Exodus 5:1-6:1 "But Pharoah said, 'Who is the Lord, that I should heed his voice and let Israel go?'"
Exodus 6:2-13 "I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and I will take you for my people"
Exodus 6:28-7:24 "Moses struck the water that was in the Nile, and all the water turned to blood"
Exodus 10:21-11:10 "Stretch out your hand that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt"

Exodus 12:1-20 "It is the Lord's Passover.  For I will pass over you, and no plague shall fall upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt."
Exodus 12:21-36 "It is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover"
Exodus 12:37-51 "It was a night of watching by the Lord, to bring them out of the land of Egypt"
Exodus 13:17-49 "The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light"
Exodus 14:10-31 "Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today"
Exodus 16:1-18,35 "I will rain bread from heaven for you"
Exodus 17:1-16 "They put the Lord to the proof by saying, 'Is the Lord among us or not?'"

Exodus 18:13-27 "Choose able men, such as fear God, men who are trustworthy and who hate a bribe"
Exodus 19:1-25; 20:18-20 "If you will obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my own possession"
Exodus 20:1-17 "God spoke all these words"
Exodus 22:20-23:9 "You shall not follow a multitude to do evil"
Exodus 24:1-18 "All the words which the Lord has spoken we will do"
Exodus 32:1-20 "I have seen this people and behold, it is a stiff-necked people"
Exodus 33:7-11; 33:18-34:9; 34:29-35 "The Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend"

Exodus 34:10-28 "You shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God"
Exodus 35:4-19; 35:30-36:1; 37:1-9 "He filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability, intelligence, knowledge, and with all craftsmanship"
Exodus 40:16-38 "The glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle"

Leviticus 8:1-29; 9:22-24 "Assemble all the congregation at the door of the tent of meeting"
Leviticus 16:2-28 "Thus he shall make atonement because of their transgressions, all their sins"
Leviticus 19:1-4, 11-18 "You shall be holy; for I the Lord your God am holy"

Numbers 11:4-30 "Would that all the Lord's people were prophets, that the Lord would put his spirit upon them!"
Numbers 12:16-13:33 "We seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them"
Numbers 14:1-25 "The Lord is with us; do not fear them"
Numbers 20:1-13, 21:4-9 "Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and every one who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live"


The meditations are written by Don Schwager.  The scripture quotations are from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, (c) 1973 by the Division of Christian Education, National Council of Churches. 
The following are recommended for further study and reflection:
  • Words of Life from Exodus, by Frances Hogan, (c) 1984, published by Fount Paperbacks, London, Great Britain
  • Redeemer: Understanding the Meaning of the Life, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, by Stephen B. Clark, (c) 1992, published by Servant Publications, Ann Arbor, MI. 
  • The Psalms: the Christian Prayer Book: A Course Workbook by Stephen B. Clark, (c) 1989, published by Servant Publications, Ann Arbor, MI.  (see Unit 16: The Passover and Exodus/Remembering)
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