Moses

Moses

1. Birth of Moses

   • Exodus 2
   • Hidden in reeds
     • Pharaoh had ordered that all newborn male Hebrew children be cast into the Nile to drown
       • Son of Amram and Yochebed of the tribe of Levi.
         • Miriam and Aaron siblings
   • Found by daughter of Pharoah
   • Gave him to a Hebrew nurse

2. Moses escapes to Midian

   • Exodus 2
   • aware of his Hebraic roots
   • shepherd for Jethro, a Midianite priest = daughter Zipporah he later married.
   • Witnesses brutal beating of Hebrew slave and kills Egyptian Master
   • shepherd for Jethro, a Midianite priest = daughter Zipporah married

3. The burning bush

   • Exodus 3
   • A bush on fire that was not being burnt up

4. 10 plagues of Egypt

   • Exodus 7:14-11:10
   • The plagues were put because God was unhappy about how the Egyptians were treating the Hebrews
   • What were they?
     • 1. water to blood
       • 2. Frogs
         • 3. Gnats or lice
           • 4. Flies
             • 5. Livestock disiesed
               • 6. Boils
                 • 7. Thunder and hail
                   • 8. Locusts
                     • 9. darkness
                       • 10. Death of the first born
                       • Darkness covered Egypt
                     • Lots of Locusts swarmed Egypt
                   • This was just lots of thunder and hail
                 • The Egyptians got strange boils
               • This meant the Egyptians couldn't eat meat
             • Horseflies swarmed the houses in Egypt
           • This made the Egyptians itch a lot
         • This made everywhere you went teeming with frogs
       • This made the Egyptians thirsty as they had no water

5. 10 Commandments

   • Exodus 20
   • What were they?
     • Do not use the lords name in vain
     • You shall not kill
     • You shall not commit adultery
     • You shll not lie to your neighbour
     • You shall not steal
     • You shall not be jealous of your neighbours bellongings
     • Honour your parents
     • Keep the 7th day holy
     • Only worship God
       • You should not worship idols

6. Exodus

   • Moses w/ God parts the Red Sea
   • Takes group to Mt Sinai for the 10 commandments
   • Spends 40 years in wilderness/desert
     • Miracles
       • Hunger - manna from Heaven every day
       • Thirst - God told Moses to speak to a rock for water but instead he hit it w/ staff for water