✝Religion Exodus 1-18✝

Question 1

What are the 4 main sections of the Old Testament?

Answer 1

The Pentateuch, the Historical Books, the Wisdom Books, and the Prophetic Books

Question 2

What are the 5 books in the Pentateuch?

Answer 2

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

Question 3

How much time passes between the end of Genesis and the beginning of Exodus?

Answer 3

400 years

Question 4

What does the name Moses mean?

Answer 4

To draw out

Question 5

What is God setting the Israelites free from?

Answer 5

Slavery and belief in false gods

Question 6

What does Exodus 1-18 cover?

Answer 6

The plagues and exodus from Egypt

Question 7

What does Exodus 19-40 cover?

Answer 7

The 40 years wandering in the desert and the covenant at Mt. Sinai

Question 8

What does Pharaoh command in Exodus 1 regarding the Israelites?

Answer 8

Pharaoh orders midwives to kill all the Israelite baby newborn boys

Question 9

What are the only two parts in the Bible that the Hebrew word for ‘basket’ is used?

Answer 9

When Moses floats down the river in a basket and the word for Noah’s Ark

Question 10

Why does Moses leave Egypt?

Answer 10

Moses leaves Egypt after killing an Egyptian who was mistreating an enslaved Israelite, fearing for his life from Pharaoh

Question 11

Where does Moses run away to?

Answer 11

Moses runs away to Midian

Question 12

What is a theophany?

Answer 12

A direct communication or appearance between a human being and God

Question 13

What is the first theophany that Moses experiences?

Answer 13

Through a burning bush

Question 14

What is the significance of the phrase ‘The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob’?

Answer 14

It shows the continuity between the new revelation to Moses and Israel’s ancestors

Question 15

How does God identify himself to Moses?

Answer 15

God identifies himself as ‘I am who I am’ and calls Moses to be his voice of truth and arm of justice

Question 16

What is the significance of God revealing His name to Moses?

Answer 16

It shows that he has a personal relationship with Moses, meaning Moses can trust in God

Question 17

What are the two ways that God demonstrates his power to Moses after the burning bush?

Answer 17

He turns his staff into a snake and heals a leprous hand

Question 18

Why does God appoint Aaron as the speaker?

Answer 18

Moses has a speech impediment and dislikes public speaking

Question 19

What is the goal of freedom for the Israelites?

Answer 19

Freedom to worship the Lord

Question 20

What does Pharaoh do when Moses and Aaron ask for freedom the first time?

Answer 20

Pharaoh gives the Israelites more work and does not provide enough materials

Question 21

What does God emphasize to Moses in Exodus 6?

Answer 21

He emphasizes that he is the God of his ancestors and is there to help the Israelites

Question 22

What happens when Pharaoh’s magicians try to replicate Aaron’s staff turning into a snake?

Answer 22

Aaron’s snake swallowed the other snakes

Question 23

What are the 10 plagues in order?

Answer 23

1. Water turned to blood 2. The frogs 3. The gnats/lice 4. The flies 5. Pestilence 6. The boils 7. The hail 8. The locusts 9. The darkness 10. Death of the firstborn

Question 24

Does God send all 10 plagues at once?

Answer 24

No

Question 25

What happens in between each plague?

Answer 25

Moses gives Pharaoh the opportunity to repent and let the Israelites go

Question 26

What is Pharaoh’s reaction after the 7th plague (hail)?

Answer 26

Pharaoh admits his sin but becomes obstinate again

Question 27

Why does each plague match the power/symbol of a false Egyptian god?

Answer 27

To show how the Lord is the one, true God

Question 28

What false god does the 9th plague (darkness) match with?

Answer 28

The sun god Ra

Question 29

Explain the significance of the phrase ‘the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart.’

Answer 29

It means Pharaoh is stubborn and hardens his heart to God

Question 30

The 10th plague is a consequence of what?

Answer 30

It is a consequence of Pharaoh’s own actions at the beginning of Exodus

Question 31

What is the significance of the Passover lamb?

Answer 31

The Passover lamb is a type for Jesus

Question 32

Explain at least 3 parallels between the Passover Lamb and Jesus.

Answer 32

1. Jesus was sacrificed at the same time as the Passover Lamb. 2. You must be brought into the covenant through circumcision to partake in the sacrificial Lamb. 3. Jesus stayed in Jerusalem for 1 week like the Passover lamb stayed in the house for one week.

Question 33

What is Moses’ response when the Israelites are frightened and angry?

Answer 33

‘The Lord will fight for you; you have only to keep still.’

Question 34

What does God instruct Moses to do to help the Israelites escape?

Answer 34

To lift up his staff and stretch his hand over the sea to split it in two

Question 35

Why are the Israelites upset with Moses and Aaron?

Answer 35

They think Moses and Aaron brought them into the desert to die

Question 36

Explain the instructions God gives the Israelites about collecting the manna.

Answer 36

Collect enough manna for each person each day, but not to keep any overnight; on the 6th day, gather twice as much.

Question 37

How do the Israelites fail these instructions?

Answer 37

Some try to keep manna overnight and others go out on the 7th day to collect manna.

Question 38

What is God trying to teach the Israelites?

Answer 38

That they can trust in God

Question 39

Explain how the manna is a type for the Eucharist.

Answer 39

The manna is a type for the Eucharist as Jesus is the bread of life, and God provides for the Israelites just as He did with Jesus.

Question 40

How did the Israelites win against the Amalekites?

Answer 40

By Moses interceding for them and raising his staff above them

Question 41

How does God provide water for the Israelites?

Answer 41

By having Moses strike a rock with his staff