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Exodus 19 Bible study: On eagles' wings
Before God gave Israel a single command at Sinai, he reminded them he had carried them "on eagles’ wings" to himself (19:4). He called them his "own possession" and "a holy nation" (19:5-6), words Peter uses of those who come to Jesus (1 Peter 2:9). And Hebrews says you have not come to this burning mountain, but "to Jesus" (Hebrews 12:24).
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“‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to myself.”
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“Before the LORD set out his covenant at Sinai, he reminded Israel that he had carried them on eagles' wings.”
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What's really going on
Carried first, then called
The first words the LORD gives Moses for Israel at the mountain are not a command. They are a reminder: "You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to myself" (19:4). Only then comes the covenant: "Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant…" (19:5). He had promised this in Egypt: "I will take you to myself for a people. I will be your God" (6:7). When the commandments come, they open the same way: "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage" (20:2).
Where it leads to Jesus
Not to that mountain, but to Jesus
Exodus 19:12leads toHebrews 12:18-24
At Sinai the people were told, "Be careful that you don’t go up onto the mountain, or touch its border" (19:12). Hebrews looks back on that day: "For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched and that burned with fire" (Hebrews 12:18), and gives the rule in its own words, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned" (Hebrews 12:20). "But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God" (Hebrews 12:22), "to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant" (Hebrews 12:24).
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- Back at the mountain
- A whole nation of priests
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- 9 questions as you read
- 9 more Hebrew words
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The Hebrew word behind it
סְגֻלָּהsegullahsay se-gool-LAH
Brown-Driver-Briggs: "possession, property". Strong's: "wealth (as closely shut up)". "You shall be my own possession from among all peoples" (19:5) is the word's first appearance in the Hebrew Bible; it appears only eight times. Deuteronomy picks it up: "The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession" (Deuteronomy 7:6), and so does Malachi: "They shall be mine… my own possession in the day that I make" (Malachi 3:17). David uses it for his own gold and silver, "a treasure of my own" (1 Chronicles 29:3).
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Exodus 19 Bible study questions
- 1At the mountain, God first reminded Israel of what he had already done: "I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to myself" (19:4). What has God already done in your life that you want to remember this week?
- 2Peter tells followers of Jesus, "you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation" (1 Peter 2:9). What would it look like for you to live as someone set apart for God where you live and work?
- 3The people trembled at the foot of the mountain, and Hebrews says you have come instead "to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant" (Hebrews 12:24). How does that change the way you come to God?
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