MIDIAN — A Seven-Day Guided Study of Exodus 2:11–3:10

MIDIAN

A Seven-Day Guided Study of Exodus 2:11–3:10

Moses left Egypt as a fugitive. Years later, he returned as the man God would send to confront Pharaoh. What happened between those two moments?

MIDIAN is a seven-day guided Bible study tracing Moses from his first violent intervention in Egypt through rejection, flight, life in a foreign land, shepherding, and the call at Horeb.

This is not a generic devotional about waiting or a promise that every delay is God’s training plan. Exodus never says that God sent Moses into the wilderness to complete a forty-year leadership course. Instead, this study carefully separates what Exodus explicitly states, what Acts later adds, and what can responsibly be inferred from the narrative.

You will examine:

• Why Moses calls the oppressed Hebrews his brothers

• How his killing of the Egyptian complicates a heroic interpretation

• Why “Who made you a ruler and a judge?” anticipates his later commission

• What caused Moses to flee Egypt

• Why Midian was not an empty wilderness

• How the well scene reconnects Exodus with Genesis

• Why the Midianite women identify Moses as an Egyptian

• What Gershom’s name reveals about exile and identity

• What Acts 7 contributes to the forty-year framework

• Why Israel’s cry and God’s covenant attention move the story toward deliverance

• How shepherding brings Moses to Horeb, where preparation gives way to commission

Inside the guide:

• Seven complete study sessions

• Approximately 20–30 minutes of study per day

• Biblical readings from the World English Bible Updated

• Observation before interpretation

• Narrative, theological, historical, and linguistic analysis

• Carefully selected Hebrew terms

• Reflection questions and writing space

• A seven-day progress tracker

• Final synthesis and Observation Guide

• Research notes and selected academic sources

• Print Edition and Fillable Digital Edition

The fillable edition allows you to enter dates, complete checkpoints, and type your observations and reflections directly into the PDF.

MIDIAN is designed for serious Bible students, pastors, teachers, seminarians, small-group leaders, and curious readers who want to move beyond familiar explanations without sacrificing clarity, reverence, or intellectual honesty.

Follow Moses beyond Pharaoh’s household and into the foreign land where his identity changes—and to the mountain where God finally sends him back.

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