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*The Exodus is the central event for the Jewish people because
It solidified the faith and relationship between God and the people.
*God freeing the enslaved Israelites makes the Book of Exodus a story of
liberation.
*“Fear of God” – WE see these words together repeatedly in the Old Testament.
They mean WE should stand in awe and respect of God and God’s power. Even
when our faith is tested be people or events in our lives.
* The midwives chose to disobey the Pharaoh, a heroic act that would have had
them killed if they were found out. They raised Moses and kept the secret
*Moses killed an Egyptian slave master in anger and has to flee to a place called
Midian where he becomes a shepherd.
*An example of theophany is what Moses saw at the burning bush on Mt. Sinai.
*When Moses asks Pharaoh to release the Israelites from slavery and into the
wilderness, the Pharaoh, in anger, increases the labor of the Israelite slaves.
*Pharaoh was a stubborn fellow who wanted to keep control of the Israelites, so
God had to bring plague after plague to finally break Pharaoh’s grip.
*The tenth plague had convinced Pharaoh to release the Israelites because
He was grief stricken when his firstborn son was killed.
*Passover includes:
The night the Lord passed over the houses of Egypt marked by lamb’s blood
The night the firstborn children and animals were killed in houses not marked by lamb’s
blood
The feast that celebrates the deliverance of the Chosen People from bondage in Egypt
*Which description below characterizes the climactic moment in the story of
escape?
Moses parted the waters so that his liberated people could cross the sea to
safety, but the pursuing Egyptian soldiers were destroyed when the waters
rushed back together.
*What did the Israelites experience once Moses led them away from Egypt and
into the wilderness?
They were like a whiny bunch of children who complained that it would’ve better
to remain in Egypt and God provided them manna and quail to keep them fed
during the difficult time.
* Which statement below best explains why God gives the Commandments to
His people?
The Commandments teach people how to build a just and peaceful society and
how to live in right relationship to God.
* The Jewish people are called to follow many more laws and instructions than
just ten; in fact there are 613 laws of Torah.
*The worshiping of the golden calf by the Israelites, who were fed up with God
and Moses, happened right before Moses heading to Mt. Sinai where he
received the Ten Commandments from God.
*Moses had to persuade God not to kill the Israelites after they made the golden
calf. God was not pleased with the childish behavior and lack of faith the
Israelites were showing.
*Ultimately, the Ten Commandments were laws help free the Israelites from sin
and selfishness.
* In any type of covenant, both sides have to agree to terms. When God speaks
to Moses in the Sinai Covenant, he explains that the Israelites must:
Be righteous, moral people who live by to the law.
*The story of Moses reminds us that leadership is sometimes what we are called
to do, not what we want to do.
*The last event in the Israelites face in the Book of Exodus is the wandering in
the desert that seems to last forever.
* Based on the story of the Israelites’ and their attempts to stay faithful to God
thru all of the trying times WE can that to have faith in God, the struggle is part of
the journey.
*Moses never entered the Promised Land; he died before the Israelites arrived.
*Joshua leads the Israelites into the Promised Land – Moses dies before he can
enter the Promised Land.