1619 BC: Levi dies in Egypt aged 137
(Ex. 6:16). Levi had a son named Kohath born in Canaan and daughter named
Jochebed born in Egypt. Kohath had a son named Amram who later married his aunt
Jochebed. Amram and Jochebed had three children: Moses, Aaron, and Miriam (P151).
1577 BC: Following Manetho, Ussher
believed that Ramses began his 66-year reign at this time and that he was the
Pharaoh who did not know Joseph (Exodus 1:8). Fearing their growing numbers and
vitality, Ramses subjects the Israelites to forced labor and uses them to build
cities he names after himself (Ex. 1:8, 14; Acts 7:18-19) (P159).
1574 BC: Aaron is born three years
before Moses and 83 years before Yahweh liberates the Israelites (Ex. 7:7)
(P160).
1573 BC: Pharaoh orders Israelite
midwives to murder all newborn Israelite males (Ex. 1:15-22; Acts 7:19-20)
(P161).
1571 BC: Moses is born 41 years after
the death of Levi. He was 80 when he first told Pharaoh to let the Israelites
go (Ex. 7:7). He died 40 years later (Dt. 3:1-2, 34:7) (P162).
The parents of
Moses do not murder him but hide him for three months (Ex. 2:2, Acts 7:20, Heb.
11:23) (P163).
He is then
discovered by Pharaoh’s daughter, nursed, as it turns out, by his own mother,
and then adopted, raised, and educated by Pharaoh’s daughter (Ex. 2:5, 10; Acts
7:21-22) (P164).
1556 BC: Ussher notes that Eusebius, in
his Chronicles, identifies this date
as the founding of Athens. Eusebius goes on to relate stories of people and
events which followed, including Jupiter’s abduction of Europa, the birth of
Apollo, the founding of Thebes by Cadmus, and others concerning ancient heroes
such as Minos, Perseus, and Hercules (P165).
1531 BC: Moses, aged 40, flees Egypt
for Midian (Ex. 2:11-12, 3:1, 18:1-2; Num. 10:29; Acts 23:30; Jude 4:11)
(P168).
1530 BC: Caleb is born. He was later
sent by Moses to spy and report on the land of Canaan (Josh. 14:7, 10) (P169).
1491 BC: Yahweh speaks to Moses from a
burning bush and sends him back to Egypt
(Ex. 3-4:1, 18; Acts 7:30, 35) (P172). Moses is 80 years old and his
brother Aaron is 83 (P176). Two magicians of Pharaoh who opposes Moses were
later identified as Jannes and Jambres (2 Tim. 3:8) (176).
The plagues:
1. 18th
day, 6th month (considered the 12th month after the
Exodus [Ex. 12:2]): water to blood.
2. 25th
day: frogs (Ex. 7:25). This ends the
next day.
3. 27th
day: flies and lice (P180).
4. 29th
day: pests. This ends the next day
(P181).
5. 2nd
day, 7th month (shortly to become the 2nd day of the 1st
month): plague on cattle.
6. 3rd
day: boils (P182).
7. 5th
day: hail (P184).
8. 8th
day: locusts. This ends the next day
(P185).
Aviv,
traditionally the 7th month, became the 1st month at this
time (Ex. 12:2, 13:4). The 1st day of this new 1st month
becomes the cornerstone for determining the date of important events according
to the Jewish calendar (Ex. 40:17, Numbers 9:1-2) (P186).
On the 10th
day—Thursday, April 30 (Julian calendar)—comes the first declaration of the
celebration of Passover. The Passover lamb is chosen and sacrificed 4 days
later (Ex. 13:3, 6) (P187).
9. 11th
(?) day: darkness. It lasts for 3
days (Ex. 10:22-23) (P188).
On the 14th
day (Monday, May 4), Moses speaks to Pharaoh for the last time, warning him of
the final devastating plague (Ex. 10:24-29; 11:1, 4-8). The Passover is
celebrated that evening (Ex. 12:11-12).
10. 15th
day, 1st month (midnight, Tuesday, May 5): death of the firstborn throughout Egypt (Ex. 12:33-36) (P190).
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