Afraid of the strength and might of the Israelites, the king began to afflict them, enslav- ing them and forcing them to build cities for him. By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child;. The daughter of Pharaoh rescued Moses when he was just a baby and then raised him as her own son.
For the first forty years of his life, Moses enjoyed the pleasures of the Egyptian royal household although he was aware of his Hebrew origin. One day while Moses observed the burdens of his Hebrew brethren, he saw an Egyptian smite one of the Israelites. Speaking from a bush that burned but was not consumed by the fire, God told Moses He had chosen him to deliver the children of Israel out of Egypt and bondage.
Moses' first plea: Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt. Moses and the elders of Israel shall go to the king of Egypt and tell him that the God of the Hebrews met with them, now let the people go three days jour- ney into the wilderness to to their God. Moses and Aaron went to Egypt, told the people all the words of the Lord, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daugh-.
LESSON 4
M OSES M EETS P HARAOH
MOSES AND AARON BEFORE PHARAOH
When the officers of the children of Israel cried to Pharaoh, what did he tell them. Since God made Moses a god to Pharaoh, Moses would thus be greater than Pharaoh and rule over him. Rather, Pharaoh heard the words of God through Moses and Aaron, and he by his own choice rejected God's words.
God told Moses and Aaron that Pharaoh would not listen to them; therefore, He would bring the children of Israel out of Egypt by great.
L ESSON 5
BITS AND PIECES
The locusts covered the whole earth and ate the herbs and fruit of the trees the hail had left; there remained not anything.
L ESSON 6
THE TENTH PLAGUE ANNOUNCED TO PHARAOH
THE PASSOVER PREPARATION
At midnight the Lord smote (struck) all the of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh to the firstborn of the captive in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of cattle.
L ESSON 7
THE EXODUS BEGINS
Migdol means tower and was probably a fort guarding the caravan route to the Sinai area.
L ESSON 8
THE WILDERNESS OF SHUR
THE WILDERNESS OF SIN
MANNA
L ESSON 9
WATER FROM THE ROCK
THE BATTLE
L ESSON 10
MOUNT SINAI
THE ISRAELITES ASK MOSES TO SPEAK WITH GOD
L ESSON 11
MOSES ASCENDS THE MOUNTAIN
THE GOLDEN CALF
The Lord told Moses to go down from the mountain, for the people had made a calf, worshipped it, and sacrificed to it. He said the Egyptians would say that the God of Israel had brought them out of Egypt into the mountains to slay them. Nevertheless, when Moses came down from the mountain after forty days and discovered the Israelites worshipping the golden calf, he too was angry and broke the tables of stone upon which God had written the Ten Commandments.
Who gathered themselves to Moses when he stood at the gate of the camp and said, “Who is on the Lord's side. Moses told the Levites to put every man his sword on his side, go through the camp, and slay those who had worshipped the calf. The next day Moses returned to the Lord and asked the Lord to forgive the.
However, if God could not forgive the people, then Moses said to blot him instead out of the book that the Lord had written.
L ESSON 12
THE TRIBE IN CHARGE
34;The outer courtyard of the tabernacle was a fenced rectangle about 150 feet long by 75 feet wide. The courtyard contained a bronze altar for animal sacrifices and a laver where the priests washed before entering the tent."i On the east side was a gate. The laver of brass which contained water was placed between the altar and the tabernacle (Ex. 30:17-21).
34;The tabernacle itself, measuring 15 by 45 feet, had two main sections: the outer room known as the holy place, 15 by 45 feet, had two main sections: the outer room known as the holy place, and the inner room called the Holy of Holies, or Most Holy Place. 34;The outer room contained an altar where an incense offering was burned; the seven-branched gold candlestick; and a table for showbread, signifying God's presence. The inner room, or Holy of Holies, was separated from the outer area by a veil, or curtain.
This sacred part of the tabernacle was entered only once a year by the high priest on the Day of Atonement. In a special ceremony on this day, he made atonement for his own sins and then offered sacrifice to atone for the sins of the people. This most sacred enclosure had only one item of furniture, the ark of the covenant."ii.
The children of Israel continued their journeys when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, but if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey.
L ESSON 13
AARON ANOINTED HIGH PRIEST
NADAB AND ABIHU
So that they would not die and wrath come upon the people, Moses told Aaron and his sons: (Lev. 10:6-7). Moses said those who should bewail the burning which the Lord had kindled were: (Lev. 10:6). Lest they die, the Lord commanded Aaron and his sons not to drink wine or strong drink when they: (Lev. 10:9).
