exodus 10:1-13:16, annual bo “go” outline

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The teaching tools of scripture
Gen 1:1-2:3 and the teaching tools of scripture part one and part two
Gen 1:1-6:8 and finding the topic themes of scripture

Hebrew paragraph divisions

Exo 10:1-11 {s} Warning of the plague of locusts
Exo 10:12-20 {p} The plague of locusts
Exo 10:21-29 {p} The plague of darkness
Exo 11:1-3 {s} One final plague + favor in the sight of the Egyptians
Exo 11:4-8 {s} One final plague + distinction between Israel
Exo 11:9-10 {s} Pharaoh will/ did not heed + wonders multiplied in Egypt
Exo 12:1-20 {p} Passover + Unleavened Bread instruction
Exo 12:21-28 {s} Israel observed the Passover as YHVH had commanded Moses
Exo 12:29-36 {p} Final plague: death of the firstborn
Exo 12:37-42 {p} Israel ceased their sojourn in Egypt
Exo 12:43-50 {s} The ordinance of the Passover
Exo 12:51 {p} YHVH brought Israel out of Egypt
Exo 13:1-10 {p} Ordinance of the firstborn + Unleavened Bread
Exo 13:11-16 {p} Ordinance of the firstborn a sign to future generations

Strong themes of the parashah

Exo 10:1-20 {s+p} The plague of locusts
Exo 10:21-29 {p} The plague of darkness
Exo 11:1-12:20 {sx3+p} Warning of the final plague
Exo 12:21-42 {s+p+p} On the night of the Passover, the death of the firstborn; Israel ceased their sojourn in Egypt
Exo 12:43-51 {s+p} Keep the Passover, for by it YHVH brought Israel out of Egypt
Exo 13:1-16 {p+p} Ordinance of the firstborn, Unleavened Bread, a sign to future generations

Exo 10:1-13:16 triennial Torah portions

Exo 10:1-29, triennial Bo, “Go”
Exo 11:1-12:28, triennial Od nega echad, “One more plague”
Exo 12:29-13:16, triennial Bachatzi, “At midnight”

Exo 10:1-13:16 Bo Chiastic structure

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Theme of the parashah

The destruction of the firstborn / the Passover marks Israel’s deliverance from service to the Egyptians to service to God.

Finding Messiah in Bo

This separate post is here.

Additional readings for this parashah

Jer 46:13-28 | Joh 19:31-37

Studies in Bo

Exo 10:1-11, Plague of locusts warning
Exo 10:1-20, The plague of locusts
Exo 10:21-29, The plague of darkness
Exo 11:1-10  Chiastic structure
Exo 11:1-12:20 Strong theme
Exo 12:1-20, Passover instructions
Exo 12:21-36 Strong theme
Exo 12:37-51, Moses wrote about Messiah
Exo 13:1-16 Strong theme
Exodus Index of Studies

Further studies off site

Bo – Restoration of Torah
Bo Torah Pearls – Nehemiah Gordon and Keith Johnson