After giving the Israelites instructions on how to observe the Passover and Unleavened Bread, Moses also commanded the nation to set apart all the firstborn of man and animals to God. This was also done to commemorate God’s great deliverance of the Jews from Egyptian slavery. And as an additional visual teaching tool to help successive generations remember this deliverance, Moses also instructed the usage of phylacteries. From the moment of their departure, until reaching the Promised Land forty years later, God always manifested His presence among them in a cloud.

00:00 – Review
07:36 – Command to set apart the firstborn
16:14 – Moses instructs the people to observe their deliverance
21:20 – A visual reminder for every generation
30:03 – Further admonition to devote the firstborn to God
34:50 – Ending the visual reminder to children with phylacteries
38:31 – God sends Israel the long way to avoid war
42:55 – God leads the people in a cloud
46:27 – Final thoughts