Lesson 2. Flashcards
Name the 10 plagues of Egypt.
Water turns to blood, then frogs, then lice, then flies, then disease on livestock, then unhealable boils, then hail, then locusts, then darkness, then death of first borns.
List the Ten Commandments.
“I the lord am your God.”
“You shall have no other gods besides me.”
“You shall not swear falsely by the name of the Lord your God.”
“Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.”
“Honor your father and your mother.”
“You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.”
“You shall not covet” [example of things, e.g. neighbour’s wife/house/etc.]
How long did Jews roam the desert?
40 years.
Describe the story of Moses.
About 400 years after the covenant of God and Abraham, the Jews found themselves as slavers in Egypt. The Pharaoh had decided to have all firstborn sons killed, so Moses’ mother put Moses in a basket and he was rescued from the river Nile as a baby and brought up in the royal palace. He was chosen by God when he fled to escape being put to death for killing an Egyptian who was mistreating a Jewish slave. God told Moses, via speaking to him through a tree that appeared to be on fire, and told him to tell the Pharaoh to release the Jews. The Pharaoh refused until the final plague, the death of all Egyptian firstborns, and then he finally agreed to let the Jews return to Canaan. They travelled across the Sea of Reeds that God parted for them (3 mil people). Moses then ascended Mount Sinai when they reached it, and came down with two tablets with the 10 commandments inscribed on it. He carried them down the mountains and explained them to the Jews. Moses died in Moab, just before Jews reached the Promised Land of Canaan.
Who was Moses succeeded by?
Joshua, who led the Jews into battle, e.g. the famous one at Jericho, so they could settle into the Promised Land.
