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Shmoop in the Bible - Exodus... Hey all I'm Cecil B. DeShmoop, sometimes [Cecil waving]

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I write paramount asking for royalty checks today we're talking about Exodus

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the second book in the Old Testament Exodus picks up right where Genesis left

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off with the Israelites hanging out in Egypt multiplying nudge nudge wink wink [God nudging and winking at an Israelite]

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So as you might assume from the multiplying things were going well in

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Egypt, until this new Pharaoh comes to power and we're assuming with great

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power comes great responsibility he's afraid he'd never heard before because [Spiderman casts a web]

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his first act of pharaoh-ing, immediately enslave all the Israelites you know my

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first act would be like good let's have a sandcastle competition well [People making sandcastles]

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what do I know anywho so shall it be written so shall it be done right well

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after it's done Pharaoh was like you know that was a good start but what we

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really need is a good sandcastle competition okay so that might be

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wishful thinking he actually gets super paranoid that there are still too many [Pharaoh peeking behind a bush]

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Israelites and orders all Egyptians to help kill all male Israelite babies, mean

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they literally lived in a sandbox our sandcastle is not their number one

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priority come on people anyway so Pharaoh's terrible idea goes into effect

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and understandably families weren't keen on sitting idly by while their children [Family travelling on camels]

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were killed which is why one Hebrew woman puts her baby boy into a basket

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stick him in the river and asked his sister Miriam to you know keep an eye on [Sister puts baby in the river]

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him and wouldn't you know it of all the rivers and all the towns in all the

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world the Pharaoh's daughter had to bathe in the Nile well she spots the

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basket opens it up and it's like well this is way better than childhood and

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decide to you know keep him that's when clever Miriam pops out of the wreathes and [Miriam appears from field]

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it's like hey oh I just happen to be taking a river stroll as you do and I

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noticed you found this baby and I just happen to know a woman who could

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breastfeed him for you also yeah I heard how weird that entire sentence was no

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means to linger on it - so you want a human milk machine or what well

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Pharaoh's daughter is like i'm going to ignore how uncomfortable this entire

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situation is and just go with yes... so the wee lads mom is reunited with her [Mom mothering her child]

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precious until well well runs dry from their pharaoh's daughter takes the baby

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and then raises him as her own she names him what's her name...oh yeah, Moses

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which means that I took him from the water...

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well Moses grows up knowing in his gut that he's a Hebrew which is

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impressive all I ever know and my gut is when I want a burrito don't I get a book [Cecil standing at a burrito stand]

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in the Bible for that maybe not anyway one day while out on a stroll Moses sees

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an Egyptian beating up a Hebrew well he's not okay with that so he tells the [Egyptian man beating up a Hebrew man]

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Egyptian to stop by way of killing him so maybe don't invite Moses to next

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board game night...well, later Moses comes

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across two Hebrews fighting..after he breaks them up one of them says hey buddy

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who made you our judge and ruler you're going to kill me like you killed the [Moses standing between two hebrew men]

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Egyptian while Moses totally freaked out because he's been spotted murdering the

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guy which you know understandable so Moses books it and all of Egypt's avid

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board game players breathe a sigh of relief well fugitive Moses settled down [Moses taking a headshot]

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in Midian and starts himself a family ...well one day while hurting a

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flock of sheep by Mount Horeb Moses comes across a burning bush and while [Moses walks and a burning bush appears]

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everything about this magical bush screams David Blaine surprise that's

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actually God... yes he was taking a break from his biggest show....

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Well, burning bush explains to Moses that God is back to free the [Sheep staring at a burning bush]

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Israelites from Egypt, it's up to Moses to lead him and to ensure the good folks

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back home will believe him God gives Moses three miracles to perform while

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his staff can now turn into a snake and back which be honest would freak me out and [Moses swings staff and staff becomes a snake]

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well his hand can cure lepers and water he takes from the Nile can be turned

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into blood okay I get that snakes and blood make a pretty big statement but

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honestly I bet Moses would have turned heads with sloths and fruit punch too...

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Anyway to make sure Moses won't go screwing up his divine plans God appoinst Moses'

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brother - Aaron to speak for him someone forgot to give Charlton Heston that memo [Charlton Heston stands up and sits back down]

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So Moses and Aaron schmooze with the smooth talkers and dazzle with tricks

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and they crush it I bet God called in and was like hey you want to open for me [God talking on a cell phone]

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in Vegas so post-show Moses and Aaron decide to test the waters and politely ask

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Pharaoh if he can set the slaves free Pharaoh was like ah what no, no! do that

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cool scarf trick again so Aaron and Moses are like okay no more Mr. nice

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musician and decide to break out the miracles... well Aaron turns his staff into

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a snake but the Egyptian priests yawn and do the same not to be outdone

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Aaron snake one up the other snakes by eating them all and Pharaohs still like

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okay whatever would have been cooler if it was a sloth but I'm still not [Pharaoh watching Aaron's snake eating]

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letting your people go

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So Moses unleashes plague numero uno the water of the Nile [Water of Nile turns red]

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turns to blood killing all the fish next up to bat play deux - release the frogs an

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army of frogs hop into Egypt but once again the Egyptian priests can replicate those

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plagues so Pharaoh isn't impressed and kinda wonder what all the Egyptians were

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thinking at this point like okay so thanks for showing us sir you can

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recreate it but so did you really have to wasn't one army of bloody frogs

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enough anyway eight plagues follow, an infestation of gnats then flies then [Flies flying over Egypt]

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disease that wiped out all livestock, boils that cover Egyptians bodies raining hail

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fire yep, rains down on Egypt well not great for the Egyptians but you got to

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imagine it was a heck of a story for the Egyptian meteorologist on channel 4 [Channel 4 Egyptian meterologist]

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well back to the plagues a flood of locusts sweeps in and devours everything

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in sight next God covers Egypt in a darkness so dark it can literally be [God switches light off and Egypt is in darkness]

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felt and I'm assuming that means more than just stepping on

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juniors legos in the dark and for God's tenth and final plague well he kills

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every first born in Egypt... between the male Israelite babies and

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this it was not a great time to get pregnant in Egypt well it's finally knocks

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some sense in his pharaoh and he decides it's time for Moses and his people to [Pharaoh orders Moses away]

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pack their bags and leave but because Pharaoh never seems to know when enough

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is enough he has a last-minute change of heart rounds up six hundred chariots and

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rides off after Moses and his posse of hundreds of thousands, somehow this

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tiny army scares Moses people who knows maybe the horses were really big and [Horses chasing Moses]

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when Pharaoh finally corners Moses, Moses knows he's going to have to dig deep to

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make it out of this one unscathed well channeling God, Moses raised his hand and

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like a scene out of a movie parts the Red Sea.. An epic slow-mo, the[Moses raises arms and the red sea parts]

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Israelites cross safely but Pharaoh isn't so lucky the sea closes on him

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drowning all the Egyptians, the Israelites crossed the Red Sea safely but now have

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to survive the desert well god helps with food problem raining down a flaky [God pouring down a flaky substance in the desert]

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substance that sounds more like dandruff than food it's called manna and with

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God's instructions they live off it for 40 years...which

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parting of the Red Sea was impressive and all but living off the same dandruff [Israelites in the desert eating manna]

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food 40 years, that's the real miracle in this story people anywho

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Moses is starting to realize that as soon as the Israelites get something

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they complain and ask for more... Well, you know

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boo-hoo, we want freedom we need to to live, wahh water too... Such [Israelites demanding food and water]

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crazy demands it never ends with these guys well God had enough so he points a

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rock out to Moses, Moses hits it with a staff and boom water well presumably the [Moses strikes rock with staff]

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Israelites were like okay cool but could we get some Diet Coke up here like oh

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can you try hitting that rock? well after three months of endless complaining in

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the desert Moses climbs mount Sinai to talk a law with God interesting way to

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relax their Moses.. So God gives Moses the Ten Commandments..No God's beside

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me, no idols, no saying God's name in vain not even during playoff baseball

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don't work seven days a week, work six got to keep seventh day holy y'all.. honor your [God issuing his commandments]

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mom and pop should go without saying but don't murder people, no adultery, no

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stealing, no lying and finally 10 no being jealous not even during playoff baseball

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well after the Big Ten comes more law yawn but there's one Jim law still

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quoted today the eye-for-an-eye principle oldie but goodie anyway while [Two men wearing eye patches staring at each other]

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Moses earns his law degree from Professor God..Aaron is breaking the law

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letting Israelites worship a golden calf which if we remember our commandment is

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number two on the list idolatry - Moses is like I leave you guys alone for five

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minutes and he's so shocked he smashes the Ten Commandment tablet - Well god

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plagues the golden calf worshiping traders to remind them that he's the [God casting a plague]

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creator and that he likes plagues and Moses hikes back up to God to go over

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all those laws again because well hey exercise gives you endorphins.. Well Moses

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returns with a face so shiny he has the dawn avail to stop for wreaking everyone [Moses appears with a shiny face]

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out well well what do you know a nature walk and holy talk clears the mind and complexion

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Exodus ends with a very detailed blueprint of Gods tabernacle drawn up by

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an Israelite builder and Moses with floor plans by God himself hey this

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tabernacle special because it holds the Ark of the Covenant which you'll see

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someday many years later in Raiders of the Lost Ark and come on why wouldn't

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you end such an action-packed book on a blueprint? ...No commandment [God scribbling the commandments]

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against gentle sarcasm there is there yeah right God and that about wraps it

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up, I'm Cecil B. DeShmoop and I'm going to end this action-packed video

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with this wild and crazy blueprint yep hey I learned from the best [Cecil holding up a blueprint and God appears in a car]

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