Read Exodus 6:2-9:35 at Bible Gateway.
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 6:2-9 {p} YHVH to reveal the meaning of His name by redeeming Israel from Egypt
Exo 6:10-12 {p} Speak to Pharaoh + How shall he heed me? (Moses’ question)
Exo 6:13 {s} YHVH commanded Israel and Pharaoh, through Moses and Aaron
Exo 6:14-28 {s} Moses and Aaron the seed of Levi
Exo 6:29-30 {p} I am YHVH (YHVH’s answer)
Exo 7:1-7 {p} Moses to tell the word of YHVH to Pharaoh + Pharaoh will not heed
Exo 7:8-13 {s} Aaron’s rod becomes a serpent + magicians’ rods become serpents
Exo 7:14-18 {s} Warning re: the river will become blood
Exo 7:19-25 {p} The river becomes blood + magicians did also
Exo 8:1-15 {s} The plague of frogs + magicians did also
Exo 8:16-19 {s} The plague of lice + magicians could not do also
Exo 8:20-32 {p} The plague of flies + no flies in Goshen
Exo 9:1-7 {p} The plague of pestilence on the cattle
Exo 9:8-12 {s} The plague of boils
Exo 9:13-21 {p} Warning re: the plague of hail
Exo 9:22-35 {p} The plague of hail
Strong themes of the parashah
Exo 4:27-6:9 {s+p} Pharaoh does not know YHVH, so YHVH will reveal who He is to Pharaoh and Israel
Exo 6:10-12 {p} Speak to Pharaoh / How shall he heed me? (Moses’ question)
Exo 6:13-30 {s+s+p} I have commanded Pharaoh through Moses of Levi: I am YHVH (the answer)
Exo 7:1-7 {p} Moses to tell the word of YHVH to Pharaoh, but Pharaoh will not heed
Exo 7:8-25 {s+s+p} YHVH begins to reveal who He is as the river becomes blood
Exo 8:1-32 {s+s+p} YHVH shows Himself greater than the gods or magicians of Egypt (frogs, lice, flies)
Exo 9:1-7 {p} The plague of pestilence on the cattle
Exo 9:8-21 {s+p} The plague of boils a warning to preserve human life (Exo 9:15)
Exo 9:22-35 {p} The plague of hail
Exo 6:2-9:35 triennial Torah portions
Exo 6:2-7:7, triennial Va’era, “And I appeared”
Exo 7:8-8:19, triennial Ki Y’daber, “When YHVH speaks”
Exo 8:20-9:35, triennial Hash’kem, “Rise up early”
Exo 6:2-9:35 Chiastic structure
Download the fully expanded Exo 6:2-9:35 Va’era chiasm pdf.
Theme of the parashah
God will reveal what “I am YHVH” means through the plagues on Egypt.
Finding Messiah in Va’era
Additional readings for this parashah
Eze 28:25-29:31 (my notes) | Luk 11:14-22 (my notes)
Studies in Va’era
Exo 6:2-9:35, Seven plagues reveal the meaning of “I AM YHVH”
Exo 6:2-9:35, Strong themes reveal the God who performs His word
Exo 6:2-3, The names of God
Exo 6:2-9 Chiastic structure
Exo 6:10-12, Circumcision and grace
Exo 6:10-30, Moses’ question and YHVH’s answer
Exo 6:13, The charge of YHVH
Exo 6 and 7, The teaching tools of Scripture in the first plague
Exo 7:1-7, Pharaoh’s hard heart
Exo 7:8-13 Hebrew root words
Exo 7:8-25 Strong theme
Exo 7:14-25, The water becomes blood
Exo 7 and 8, Multiplying wonders in Egypt
Exo 8:1-15, The plague of frogs
Exo 8:16-19, The plague of gnats
Exo 8:20-32, The plague of flies
Exo 8:20-32, Set apart and distinct
Exo 8:1-32 Strong theme
Exo 9:1-7, Fifth plague on livestock
Exo 9:8-21, Two warnings
Exo 9:22-35, The plague of hail
Exo 8 and 9, YHVH reveals the meaning of His name: mercy in the midst of judgment
Exodus Index of Studies
Further study off site
Va’era – Restoration of Torah
Va’era Torah Pearls – Nehemiah Gordon and Keith Johnson
SCRIPTURE REVEALED SERIES by CHRISTINE MILLER:
THE LAW of LOVE | FINDING MESSIAH in TORAH | EXODUS in CHIASTIC STRUCTURE
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