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The Chiasm of Exodus 3:15-16

A chiasm is a literary structure where the words or themes of the first section of a passage are repeated in reverse order in the second. Typically whatever is in the center of the chiasm is what is being emphasized. In the center of Exodus 3:15-16 is Exodus 3:15b-c where God tells Moses that his

The Chiasm of Exodus 3:6-17

A chiasm is a literary structure where the words or themes of the first section of a passage are repeated in reverse order in the second. Typically whatever is in the center of the chiasm is what is being emphasized. In Exodus 3:16-17, the center is Exodus 3:9-12 where God promises Moses that he will

The Chiasm of Exodus 1 to Numbers 24

A chiasm is a literary structure where the themes of the first section of a passage are repeated in reverse order in the second. Typically whatever is in the center of the chiasm is what is being emphasized. In the chiasm of Exodus 1- Numbers 24 the center is Exodus 19-Numbers 10:28, the time that