{"id":69697,"date":"2024-09-07T20:56:52","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T01:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=69697"},"modified":"2024-09-07T20:59:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T01:59:16","slug":"which-came-first-leviticus-123-or-exodus-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/which-came-first-leviticus-123-or-exodus-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Which came first, Leviticus 12:3 or Exodus 4?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>I read your article &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/did-god-give-moses-the-commandment-to-circumcise\/\">Did God give Moses the commandment to circumcise?<\/a>&#8221; You point out that in Leviticus 12:3, God instructs Moses that boys must be circumcised on the 8th day. In Exodus 4, we have the situation where God is preparing to kill Moses because he has not circumcised his son. Since Exodus comes before Leviticus, my question is, in what chronological order did the events in Exodus 4 and Leviticus 12:3 take place?<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>Exodus 4 takes place before Israel&#8217;s exodus from Egypt in Exodus 12. Leviticus was written after the Ten Commandments were given on Mount Sinai, which took place after the exodus from Egypt. Moses was punished because he did not keep the covenant God made with Abraham concerning circumcision. See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/explaining-exodus-424-26\/\">Explaining Exodus 4:24-26<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Hi, I read your article &#8220;Did God give Moses the commandment to circumcise?&#8221; You point out that in Leviticus 12:3, God instructs Moses that boys must be circumcised on the 8th day. In Exodus 4, we have the situation where God is preparing to kill Moses because he has not circumcised his son. Since&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[480],"class_list":["post-69697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-circumcision"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20412,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/explaining-exodus-424-26\/","url_meta":{"origin":69697,"position":0},"title":"Explaining Exodus 4:24-26","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 25, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"by Carey Scott \"And it came to pass on the way, at the encampment, that the LORD met him and sought to kill him. Then Zipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son and cast it at Moses' feet, and said, \"Surely you are a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24582,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-did-aaron-make-the-golden-calf\/","url_meta":{"origin":69697,"position":1},"title":"Why did Aaron make the golden calf?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 20, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Why did Aaron make the golden calf right after God had spoken the ten commandments to the Israelites? Answer: When confronted by Moses regarding his sin, Aaron blamed the people into pressuring him. \"You know the people, that they are set on evil\" (Exodus 32:22). He blamed Moses for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":61158,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-was-god-about-to-kill-moses\/","url_meta":{"origin":69697,"position":2},"title":"Why Was God About To Kill Moses?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 5, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry W. Benton The text of Exodus 4:24-26 seems oddly placed, but it is a separate paragraph from the rest of the text. Moses has been commissioned to go back to Egypt where the Israelites are and tell Pharaoh to free them. Moses thought of excuse after excuse, which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2120,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/will-you-explain-exodus-3230-to-me\/","url_meta":{"origin":69697,"position":3},"title":"Will you explain Exodus 32:30 to me?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Will you explain\u00a0Exodus 32:30\u00a0to me? Answer: \"On the next day Moses said to the people, \"You yourselves have committed a great sin; and now I am going up to the LORD, perhaps I can make atonement for your sin\"\" (Exodus 32:30). Israel had broken the first two commandments God\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7419,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/where-does-the-bible-state-that-moses-stoned-a-woman-who-committed-adultery\/","url_meta":{"origin":69697,"position":4},"title":"Where does the Bible state that Moses stoned a woman who committed adultery?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 10, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: In the new movie the Ten Commandments. Moses throws the first stone at a woman that committed adultery. Where is this stated in the book of Exodus? Answer: While I'm glad that Hollywood every once in a while decides to make a movie about decent subjects, I personally hate\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31507,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/did-moses-have-one-wife-or-two\/","url_meta":{"origin":69697,"position":5},"title":"Did Moses have one wife or two?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I am taking a Bible Study class on the \"Bad Girls of the Bible\" and have a question.\u00a0 There is speculation that Moses may have had a second wife.\u00a0 When referring to his Cushite wife, isn't that Zipporah?\u00a0 I have been unable to find any evidence of another wife\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69697\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}