exodus test

What is the dynastic title for the king of Egypt?

Pharoah

Why does the Pharaoh become nervous about the Israelite people?

Their growing

What does the Pharaoh command the Hebrew midwives to do?

Kill the baby boys

What were the names of the Hebrew midwives?

Shiphra and Puah

What did Pharaoh command regarding the Hebrew baby boys?

Thrown in the Nile

When Moses could no longer be hidden by his mother, where was he placed

In a basket/ arch

Who found baby Moses in the river?

Pharaoh’s daughter

What does the name “Moses” mean?

Drawn out

Who nursed baby Moses?

His mother

What act caused Moses to flee Egypt?

He killed an Egyptian who was beating the Hebrew

Where did Moses flee?

Midian

Who did Moses marry?

Zipporah

In Exodus 2:23-24, what did God hear from Israel in Egypt?

Their cries for help In slavery

Where was Moses when God appeared to him in the burning bush?

Mt. Siani

What name did God reveal to Moses at the burning bush?

I am who I am

God gave Moses signs that he would use for the Israelites and for the Egyptians. What sign was Moses given involving his staff?

It would turn into a snake

What sign was Moses given involving his hand?

Leprosy then healed

What sign was Moses given involving the Nile River water?

He could turn it to blood

When Moses complained about not being a good speaker, God appointed his brother as his spokesman. Who was his brother?

aaron

God instructs Moses to go to the Pharaoh and to say “Israel is my ___________. Let him go, so he may worship me.”

Firstborn son

What was Pharaoh’s response to Moses’s first request to let the people go?

Divine challenge

Before the plagues began, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and had a showdown with Pharaoh’s magicians. What happened?

Aaron’s staff turned into snakes, and Aaron’s staff ate the other snakes staffs

What was the first plague?

Nile to blood

What was the second plague?

Frogs

Who was able to perform the first and second plagues besides Moses?

Pharoah’s magicians

After the third plague, the magicians said, “This is _____________.”

The finger of God

In five of the ten plagues, what was unique about the land of Goshen where the Israelites lived?

unaffected

What was the ninth plague, and why did we say it would have been so significant in an Egyptian context?

Darkness, attacked the sun God Ra

There is a repeated phrase throughout all the plagues to describe the condition of Pharaoh’s heart. What was that phrase?

Hardened

What animal was to be sacrificed at Passover?

Lamb

What was to be done to the animal’s blood at Passover?

Spread on door posts

What happened at midnight on the night of Passover?

Firstborn everything died

What did the Israelites ask from the Egyptians before leaving

Gold and silver

What major feast commemorates the Exodus?

Passover

How did God lead Israel by day?

Cloud/ smoke

How did God lead Israel by night?

Fire

What did God use to divide the sea?

Staff/ strong wind

What happened to the Egyptian army as they crossed the sea on dry ground?

Swept away

What did Moses, Miriam, and the Israelites do after crossing the sea?

Sang and danced

When the people complained about not having food, what food did God provide from heaven to feed the people when they were in the wilderness?

Manna

What happened if they kept the manna overnight?

It spoiled

When the people complained about being thirsty, where did God tell Moses to get water for them?

The rock

When the Amalekites attacked the Israelites, what allowed them to win the battle?

Moses holding up his staff in the air

What advice did Jethro/Reuel, Moses’s father-in-law, give to him on his visit?

He cant do everything by himself

What mountain did Moses lead Israel to in order to receive the law?

Mt. Siani

How did God descend on Mt. Sinai

Smoke, fire, trumpet sounds, earthquakes, lighting, and thunder

Which of the following did God not offer to the Israelites in Exod. 19:3-6 as part of their special covenant relationship?

Did offer: treasured possession, holy nation, kingdom of priests

How does Exodus refer to what we usually call “The Ten Commandments”

Ten Words

What is the prologue to the Ten Words?

I am the Lord your god who brought you up out of the land of Egypt

At the ceremony to ratify the covenant, what did they sprinkle on the people and the altar to seal the covenant?

blood

To celebrate the covenant, Moses took Aaron and his sons along with 70 elders representing the people up the mountain. What did they do?

Ate and drank with God

How long was Moses up on the mountain receiving the instructions to build the tabernacle?

40 days and nights

What was on top of the ark of the covenant, and what was its significance?

Cherubim, their wings form the seat of God’s throne

What was on the table in the holy place, and what did it represent

12 loaves of bread and wine. Symbolizes the 12 tribes

What was the lampstand in the holy place shaped like, and what was its significance?

A tree, the tree of life

What separated the holy place from the most holy place?

A curtain

What was on the breastpiece of the high priest, and what was its significance?

12 stones engraved with the 12 tribes of Israel. Bearing the names of the people in god’s presence

When Moses was on the mountain, what did the people ask Aaron to make?

Gods in the form of a calf

What did Aaron use to make the calf?

Gold earrings

When Moses came down the mountain and saw the people reveling around the golden calf, what did he do?

Shatter the stone tablets

God said he would destroy the Israelites because of their rebellion. What saved them?

Moses’ intercession

When God revealed his identity and character to Moses in Exod. 34:6-7, which of the following best represents what God communicated to him?

His overriding character is gracious, compassionate, and extends to thousands of generations, but doesn’t leave sin unpunished and extends to the third and fourth generation.

When Moses went back up the mountain to renew the covenant between God and the people, what happened to him?

Face was shining

When Moses and the people finished the construction of the tabernacle, what filled the tent?

The glory of god