King Crusoe’s Reviews > The World English Bible (WEB): Exodus > Status Update

I now better understand why the last handful of chapters were skipped: they are sorta redundant. Mostly Moses being given instructions by God. Where these last chapters are describe those instructions having been enacted. That makes good enough sense.

And thus I finish Exodus, finally. Will probably work through Leviticus rather quickly again, not least to avoid repetitive tedium lol

Study Guide I'm working with called for chapters 19-20, 24, and 31-34 specifically today, which gets me around 60% through. (I'll get to the skipped chapters in my own time either later today or tomorrow.)

Centralized around the 10 commandments and the introduction of the holiness of the Sabbath, there's a lot to read into here, and I recall also makes for lots of tedious details elsewise haha.

A little more progress again today! Just beginning to deal with the 40 years of wandering in Sinai and the Israelites learning the important of relying on God - even for their literal daily sustenance via manna.

There are a lot of things here that are pretty clear motifs throughout the rest of the Bible, and even some elements that remind of the sacrament and stuff, so that's cool to read into!

After nearly a month of shitty excuses and lost time, I have returned. Read through the portion dealing with the plagues. Really interested this time by the parallels and symbolism of many things to what we I understand of Christ - notably (to me) the 3 days of darkness that follow the locusts, which reminds of the time in the Americans after the Crucifixion per the Book of Mormon. Very interesting, indeed...Onwards!

After altogether far too long, I have finally begun Exodus. Just as with many parts of the Bible, shocked by how quickly it goes from Moses's birth to him already having petitioned the Pharoah for the Israelite people. It's no wonder that these stories are dramatized and expanded so much and so frequently, because there's surprisingly little active content, yet it's still so rich. Really interesting experience.