Moses and Jesus compared

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1. Moses and Jesus Compared




Created by Elizabeth Cole, November 6, 2011
Moses Reference Jesus Reference
Faithful in all his house Heb 3:2 citing Nm 12:7-8
(different wording: LXX cf.
MT)
Faithful to the one who appointed
him
Heb 3:2
Servant of God’s house Heb 3:5 The son placed over his house Heb 3:6
Forefather Joseph rescued
his family (tribe) by going
to Egypt
Mt 2:13-15 echoing the
Joseph cycle in Gen 37-50
Father Joseph rescued his family by
fleeing to Egypt
Mt 2:13-15
Moses (Mosheh) – to
draw out of (or rescue
from) the water – name is
destiny
Ex 2:10 Jesus (Yeshua) means “God saves” –
name is destiny
Mt 2:19-21
Moses on Mt. Sinai for
forty days and forty nights;
Israel wanders in the
desert forty years
Ex 24:18, Dt 1:3 Jesus tested in the desert for forty
days and forty nights
Mt 4:1-11
Moses refuses to worship
false gods
Ex 32:20 Jesus refuses to worship Satan as a
false god
Mt 4:8-10
Moses goes up a
mountain and gives the
Law
Ex 20 Jesus goes up a mountain and gives
the New Law (his going to the root of
the Law, the heart)
Mt 5-7
Feast of Weeks celebrates
the giving of the Law on
Sinai
Ex 24:16, 34:22, although
this meaning Is of post-
exilic origin (EDB, “Weeks,
Feast of”)
Feast of Pentecost celebrates the
giving of the Spirit which makes
obedience to the Law possible—it is
written on the human heart
Acts 2 fulfilling Jer
31:31-34
Radiant with God’s glory Ex 34:29-35 Shining like the sun at the
Transfiguration
Mt 17:1-8
Pharaoh decrees the
death of all the newborn
Hebrew boys
Ex 1:22 Herod decrees the slaughter of the
innocents
Mt 1:16-18
70 elders to help him Ex 18:13-26, 24:1 70 disciples sent out to carry on Jesus’
mission and work
Lk 10:1-20
Heals Miriam’s leprous
hand and the plague of
fiery serpents
Nm 12:9-15 , Nm 21:6-9 Jesus is the ultimate healer A huge number of
healings all
through the
Gospels
Leads Israel in the Exodus Ex 3-40 Refers to his passion and death as the
exodus (Gk. exodos) he must undergo
Lk 9:31
Intercessor and mediator
for the people
Many times, most
particularly Ex 32:11-14
Intercessor and mediator for the
people par excellence
Heb 7:25