Exodus, Volume 3 (3) (Word Biblical Commentary)

✍ Scribed by Dr. John I. Durham, Bruce M. Metzger (editor), David Allen Hubbard (editor), Glenn W. Barker (editor)

• Publisher: Zondervan Academic
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 553
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base of biblical scholarship.

Overview of Commentary Organization

• Introduction—covers issues pertaining to the whole book, including context, date, authorship, composition, interpretive issues, purpose, and theology.
• Each section of the commentary includes:
• Pericope Bibliography—a helpful resource containing the most important works that pertain to each particular pericope.
• Translation—the author’s own translation of the biblical text, reflecting the end result of exegesis and attending to Hebrew and Greek idiomatic usage of words, phrases, and tenses, yet in reasonably good English.
• Notes—the author’s notes to the translation that address any textual variants, grammatical forms, syntactical constructions, basic meanings of words, and problems of translation.
• Form/Structure/Setting—a discussion of redaction, genre, sources, and tradition as they concern the origin of the pericope, its canonical form, and its relation to the biblical and extra-biblical contexts in order to illuminate the structure and character of the pericope. Rhetorical or compositional features important to understanding the passage are also introduced here.
• Comment—verse-by-verse interpretation of the text and dialogue with other interpreters, engaging with current opinion and scholarly research.
• Explanation—brings together all the results of the discussion in previous sections to expose the meaning and intention of the text at several levels: (1) within the context of the book itself; (2) its meaning in the OT or NT; (3) its place in the entire canon; (4) theological relevance to broader OT or NT issues.
  • General Bibliography—occurring at the end of each volume, this extensive bibliographycontains all sources used anywhere in the commentary.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Author’s Preface
Editorial Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction and Bibliography
Translation and Commentary
Part One: Israel In Egypt (1:1–13:16)
I. The Progeny of Israel, the Persecution and the Deliverer (1:1–2:25)
“And These Are the Names” (1:1–7)
The New Dynasty (1:8–14)
The Pharaoh’s Genocide (1:15–22)
The Birth of a Deliverer (2:1–10)
Adulthood, Revolt, and Flight of the Deliverer (2:11–15)
The Deliverer Finds Home (2:16–22)
A Postscript On the Oppression (2:23–25)
II. The Call of the Deliverer, His Commission, and His Obedience (3:1–7:7)
Theophany and Call (3:1–12)
The Name of God and Its Meaning (3:13–22)
The Signs of Moses’ Authority (4:1–9)
The Mouth of Moses (4:10–17)
The Deliverer Goes to Egypt (4:18–31)
The First Confrontation With Pharaoh: Moses and Aaron (5:1–14)
The First Confrontation With Pharaoh: Israel’s Protest (5:15–6:1)
The Covenant Promise to the Fathers and Yahweh’s Rescue (6:2–13)
The Genealogy of Aaron and Moses (6:14–27)
A Preview of the Proof-of-Presence Sequence (6:28–7:7)
III. The Ten Mighty Acts and the Exodus: The Proof of Yahweh’s Presence (7:8–13:16)
The Miracle of the Rod and the Monstrous Snake: A Prologue to the Ten Mighty Acts (7:8–13)
The First Mighty Act (7:14–25)
The Second Mighty Act (7:26–8:11 [1–15])
The Third Mighty Act (8:12–15 [16–19])
The Fourth Mighty Act (8:16–28 [20–32])
The Fifth Mighty Act (9:1–7)
The Sixth Mighty Act (9:8–12)
The Seventh Mighty Act (9:13–35)
The Eighth Mighty Act (10:1–20)
The Ninth Mighty Act (10:21–29)
The Tenth Mighty Act Anticipated (11:1–10)
Yahweh’s Passover (12:1–13)
Yahweh’s ‘Reminder’: Unleavened Bread (12:14–20)
Israel’s Protection (12:21–28)
The Tenth Mighty Act (12:29–36)
The Exodus from Egypt (12:37–50)
The Ritual Testimony of the Exodus (13:1–16)
Part Two: Israel In the Wilderness (13:17–18:27)
The Route of the Exodus (13:17–14:4)
The Pursuit of Pharaoh (14:5–20)
Yahweh’s Deliverance At the Sea (14:21–31)
The Victory Hymn of Moses and Miriam (15:1–21)
Yahweh’s Provision for Israel In the Wilderness: Water (15:22–27)
The Grumbling of Israel Against Yahweh (16:1–12)
Yahweh’s Provision for Israel In the Wilderness: Food (16:13–36)
Israel’s Testing of Yahweh and Moses (17:1–7)
Israel’s First Battle: Amalek (17:8–16)
Rendezvous With Jethro (18:1–12)
The Beginning of Israel’s Legal System (18:13–27)
Part Three: Israel At Sinai (19:1–40:38)
I. The Advent of Yahweh’s Presence and the Making of the Covenant (19:1–24:18)
Israel Prepares for Yahweh’s Coming (19:1-15)
Yahweh Comes to Israel At Sinai (19:16–25)
Yahweh’s Principles for Life In Covenant (20:1–17)
Israel’s Response to Yahweh’s Coming (20:18–21)
Yahweh’s Application of His Principles: The Book of the Covenant (20:22–23:33)
The Making of the Covenant: The People and Their Leaders (24:1–18)
II. Yahweh’s Instructions for the Media of Worship (25:1–31:18)
The Call for Materials (25:1–9)
The Instructions for the Ark (25:10–22)
The Instructions for the Table (25:23–30)
The Instructions for the Lampstand (25:31–40)
The Instructions for the Tabernacle (26:1–37)
The Instructions for the Altar (27:1–8)
The Instructions for the Tabernacle Court (27:9–19)
The Command for the Keeping of the Light (27:20–21)
The Instructions for the Priests’ Vestments (28:1–43)
The Instructions for the Priests’ Ordination (29:1–46)
The Instructions for the Altar of Incense (30:1–10)
The Instructions for the Atonement Money (30:11–16)
The Instructions for the Laver of Washing (30:17–21)
The Instructions for the Anointing Oil and the Special-Formula Incense (30:22–38)
The Designation of the Artisans (31:1–11)
The Instructions for Keeping the Sabbath (31:12–18)
III. Israel’s First Disobedience and Its Aftermath (32:1–34:35)
Israel’s Sin With the Golden Calf (32:1–6)
Moses’ Anger and Yahweh’s Judgment (32:7–35)
The Command to Leave Sinai (33:1–6)
The Tent of Appointed Meeting (33:7–11)
Moses’ Plea for Mercy and Yahweh’s Answer (33:12–17)
Moses’ Request and Yahweh’s Response (33:18–34:9)
The Renewal of the Covenant Relationship (34:10–28)
Moses’ Shining Face (34:29–35)
IV. Israel’s Obedience of Yahweh’s Instructions (35:1–40:38)
The Offering of the Materials and the Recognition of the Artisans (35:1–36:7)
The Construction of the Tabernacle (36:8–38)
The Construction of the Ark, the Table, the Lampstand, and the Altar of Incense (37:1–29)
The Construction of the Altar of Wholly-Burned Offerings, the Laver, and the Tabernacle Court (38:1–20)
A Summary of the Metals Used In the Tabernacle and Its Courtyard (38:21–31)
The Making of the Sacral Vestments (39:1–31)
A Summary of the Fulfillment of Yahweh’s Instructions (39:32–43)
The Tabernacle Set Up, the Priests Cleansed, Yahweh’s Glory Comes (40:1–38)
Indexes
Index of Authors Cited
Index of Principal Subjects
Index of Biblical Texts
Index of Hebrew Words