The firstborn and the departure from Egypt. The feeding of the four thousand and the leaven of the Pharisees.

Some passages referenced:

Deuteronomy 15:19 (eating the firstborn sacrifice); Numbers 18:16, Leviticus 27:6 (principles for redemption); Numbers 3:40-49 (the firstborn males and the Levites’ substitution for them); Genesis 49:3, Deuteronomy 21:17 (the meaning of the firstborn).

Isaiah 29:13-14 (multiplied wonders not being perceived); Deuteronomy 32:5, 20-22 (an evil and adulterous generation provoked to jealousy); Acts 2:41 (three thousand on the Day of Pentecost).

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The Passover. Nullifying God’s commandment for tradition; the faith of a Canaanite woman.

Exodus 4:22-23 (the initial threat to the firstborn); Genesis 19 (the destruction of Sodom); Genesis 33:17 (Succoth in Jacob’s journeys).

Exodus 21:17 (judgment upon those dishonouring father or mother); Isaiah 29:13 (draw near with mouths, but hearts far from me); Matthew 10:5-6 (the lost sheep of the house of Israel); Matthew 8:5-13 (the faith of the centurion praised).

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The Passover. Nullifying God’s commandment for tradition; the faith of a Canaanite woman.

Exodus 4:22-23 (the initial threat to the firstborn); Genesis 19 (the destruction of Sodom); Genesis 33:17 (Succoth in Jacob’s journeys).

Exodus 21:17 (judgment upon those dishonouring father or mother); Isaiah 29:13 (draw near with mouths, but hearts far from me); Matthew 10:5-6 (the lost sheep of the house of Israel); Matthew 8:5-13 (the faith of the centurion praised).

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Anticipation of the slaying of the firstborn. Herod kills John; feeding of the five thousand; walking on the water.

Leviticus 13 (the plague of leprosy); Genesis 15:14, Exodus 3:21-22 (the promise of plunder).

1 Kings 19:1-2 (Ahab, Jezebel, and Elijah); Esther 5:9ff (Haman, Zeresh, and Mordecai); 2 Kings 4:42-44 (Elisha’s multiplication of loaves); 1 Samuel 21:1-6 (David and the five loaves); Exodus 12:37 (besides women and children); Exodus 13:18, Joshua 1:14 (leaving Egypt and entering Canaan in fifties); Matthew 26:26 (institution of the supper); Exodus 14-15 (the Red Sea Crossing); Psalm 77:19-20 (God’s way was through the sea).

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Anticipation of the slaying of the firstborn. Herod kills John; feeding of the five thousand; walking on the water.

Leviticus 13 (the plague of leprosy); Genesis 15:14, Exodus 3:21-22 (the promise of plunder).

1 Kings 19:1-2 (Ahab, Jezebel, and Elijah); Esther 5:9ff (Haman, Zeresh, and Mordecai); 2 Kings 4:42-44 (Elisha’s multiplication of loaves); 1 Samuel 21:1-6 (David and the five loaves); Exodus 12:37 (besides women and children); Exodus 13:18, Joshua 1:14 (leaving Egypt and entering Canaan in fifties); Matthew 26:26 (institution of the supper); Exodus 14-15 (the Red Sea Crossing); Psalm 77:19-20 (God’s way was through the sea).

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Plagues of Locusts and Darkness. Parables of Treasure, Pearl of Great Price, and Dragnet.

Genesis 22:17 (locusts punning on multiplying); Genesis 41:23 (the east wind); Exodus 14:28 (not one of the Egyptians left).

Habakkuk 1:14-17, Ezekiel 32:3, 47:10 (dragnets and fishing).

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Plagues of Locusts and Darkness. Parables of Treasure, Pearl of Great Price, and Dragnet.

Genesis 22:17 (locusts punning on multiplying); Genesis 41:23 (the east wind); Exodus 14:28 (not one of the Egyptians left).

Habakkuk 1:14-17, Ezekiel 32:3, 47:10 (dragnets and fishing).

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Pestilence, boils, and hail. The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds.

Leviticus 13 (the plague of leprosy); Deuteronomy 28:27, 35 (the boils of Egypt); Exodus 4:6-8 (the sign of leprosy).

Matthew 9:37-38 (fields white for harvest); Psalm 78 (the psalm Matthew references); Ezekiel 17 (the parable of the eagles and the cedar); Daniel 4:10-12 (Nebuchadnezzar as a tree); Daniel 2:35 (the stone growing to become a mountain that filled the earth).

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Pestilence, boils, and hail. The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds.

Leviticus 13 (the plague of leprosy); Deuteronomy 28:27, 35 (the boils of Egypt); Exodus 4:6-8 (the sign of leprosy).

Matthew 9:37-38 (fields white for harvest); Psalm 78 (the psalm Matthew references); Ezekiel 17 (the parable of the eagles and the cedar); Daniel 4:10-12 (Nebuchadnezzar as a tree); Daniel 2:35 (the stone growing to become a mountain that filled the earth).

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Plagues of frogs, lice/gnats, and swarms. The Parable of the Sower and teaching in parables.

Some passages referenced:

Exodus 1:7 (Israel teeming and filling the land); Exodus 5:21 (Israel stinking); Exodus 7:18, 21 (the Nile stinking); Exodus 14:30 (piles of dead bodies beside the waters); Psalm 78:45 (the plague of swarms); Exodus 10:19 (not one of the locusts remained); Exodus 14:28 (not one of the Egyptians remained).

Hosea 2:21-23, Isaiah 55:10-13, Jeremiah 31:27-28 (God sowing his people); Hebrews 6:7-8 (the fate of land rejecting all cultivation); Isaiah 6:9-13 (the primary Old Testament intertext).

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