Moses Flashcards
(47 cards)
Who is Moses?
A Shepherd who at 80 years old who became a leader of the Israelites and a prophet of God teaching the 10 commandments.
How did the Egyptians treat the Hebrews at the time of Moses birth?
Badly. The Hebrews were enslaved to the Egyptians who were forcing them to build cities for them.
Why were the Egyptians concerned about how big the Hebrew slave population were growing?
They were concerned that there would be an uprising or that they would join with Egyptian enemies to overthrow them
What was the Egyptians solution to the growing population of a Hebrew slaves.
They slaughtered all male Hebrew babies on the assumption that only males would cause an uprising and fight.
What did Moses’ mother do to prevent him from being slaughtered by the Egyptians?
She put her baby son into a basket and floated him down the river in the hope that he would be saved by other people.
Who found Moses floating down the river in a basket?
The Egyptian Pharoah’s daughter
What did the Egyptian Pharoah’s daughter do when she found Moses in a basket on the river?
She adopted him as her own and brought him up in her household.
The Pharoah has his own son who was a ‘brother’ to Moses. What was the name of the son?
Ramsés
Was Moses told while he was growing up who he really was?
No, he believed he was the Pharoah’s son as he was brought up as part of the Egyptian royal household.
Why was Ramses more strictly brought up and told off more often than Moses?
Ramsés was the elder son and the next Pharoah and therefore had to learn to behave appropriately.
When the brothers had grown up, and Ramses was Pharoah, why did Moses run away?
Moses watched a slave driver beat up a Hebrew slave and got very angry with him and killed him.
How did Moses kill the slave driver who was beating the slave?
Moses pushed the slave driver off of some high scaffolding.
Where did Moses run away to when he realised what he had done?
He ran away across the Red Sea to Midian and became a shepherd.
What was Moses doing when he came upon the burning bush?
He was a shepherd looking for his lost sheep.
What odd thing does Moses see when he is climbing up the mountain looking for one of his sheep?
He sees a burning bush, but the fire us not causing any harm to the bush. He put his staff into the fire, but it is also unharmed.
What happens when Moses gets closer to the burning bush?
He hears a voice, God’s voice calling his name.
What item of clothing does the voice tell Moses to remove and why?
He was told to remove his shoes because he was on Holy ground.
What does the voice tell Moses to do after he removes his shoes?
- He says he is the God of Moses’ fathers Isaac, Abraham and Jacob
- He tells Moses to save God’s people (the Hebrews who are enslaved) and bring them to him on this mountain.
Why do you think God selected Moses to help him?
- He had already stood up to the slave driver who was beating the slave.
- He was a Hebrew/Israeli and so should want to help his people.
- He knew the Egyptians and their ways as he was brought up in the Egyptian royal household.
- God had already saved him when he wasn’t killed as a baby
What was God’s task for Moses when he got his attention by burning the bush?
God wanted to free the Hebrews/Israeli’s from slavery
What does Moses reply to God when asked to carry out the task of freeing his people?
He tells God that he is afraid that no-one will believe him if he goes to Egypt and says that he has been sent by God.
Why did Moses think the Hebrews would never listen to him?
He was their enemy. They believed he was the son of the Pharoah who had slaughtered their children.
What does God reply to Moses when he says that no one will believe him?
God’s tells Moses to reveal God’s names ’I am what I Do’ and they will believe him
Eventually God decides to reveal him name to Moses. What is God’s name?
I am what I do
