exodus

moses

Was left near the river by his mother as a baby. Killed an Egyptian who was attacking a Hebrew and fled out of fear from the Pharaoh.

moses’s mother

Hid Moses when she gave birth to him instead of killing him because he was a Hebrew boy. Left him by the river when he was a baby.

zipporah

Daughter of the priest of Midian, Moses’s wife. Circumcised their son to save Moses

jethro

Zipporah’s father, priest of Midian. Advised Moses on leadership

aaron

Moses’ brother, first priest of Israel

pharaoh

Egyptian ruler, refused to free Irsaelites which caused the plagues

moses’s adoption

Egyptian women found him by the river and paid Hebrews to nurse him, then gave him to the Pharaoh.

pharaoh’s orders about sons

The Pharaoh ordered that every Hebrew son be left in the river to die and the daughters would be kept alive

how moses is hidden

He was put in a basket near the edge of the river

how moses is found

Pharaoh’s daughter and her maidens found him when they were walking near the river

cause of moses’s flee to midian

He killed an Egyptian that was attacking a Hebrew person and the Pharaoh found out and sought to kill him

god appears to moses

God appears on the mountain as an angel in a burning bush

the burning bush

Moses’s attention is caught by a bush that is on fire but not consumed

god’s command

Tells Moses to return to Egypt and help the Israelites out of slavery

moses’s reaction to god’s order

He questions/doubts his ability to confront Pharaoh

god’s proof

He showed his power by turning Moses’ staff into a serpent, making his hand leprous, and turning the water in the river into blood

moses & aaron’s first audience with the pharaoh

They told the Pharaoh that God said to let the Israelites go

pharaoh’s response to first audience

He said he doesn’t know/will not listen to God and won’t let Israel go.

moses & aaron’s second audience with the pharaoh

They try to show God’s power by turning Aaron’s staff into a serpent, but the Pharaoh calls his magicians who transform their rods into serpents too (but Aaron’s swallows them). The Pharaoh is still unmoved.

Pharaoh’s response to second audience

Pharaoh’s heart was hardened and he still refused to let the people go, unmoved by the showing of the serpents.

the plagues

God sends 10 plagues to Egypt to convince Pharaoh to release the Irsaelites

plague 1 & pharaoh’s response

Moses turns the Nile to blood, making it undrinkable and killing all the fish. Pharaoh’s magicians do the same and Pharaoh still refuses to let the Israelites go.

plague 2 & pharaoh’s response

God sends lots of frogs to Egypt and Pharaoh says he will release the Israelites if Moses prays for the frogs to go away, but when they do go away he doesn’t release them.

plague 3 & pharaoh’s response

Aaron turns dust to lice and it covers people and animals. Pharaoh’s magicians told him it was God too, but his mind still didn’t change.

plague 4 & pharaoh’s response

Flies infested Egypt everywhere except for where the Israelites lived. Pharaoh said he will release the Israelites when the swarms were removed, but he didn’t.

plague 5 & pharaoh’s response

God kills Egyptian livestock. Pharaoh still doesn’t release them.

plague 6 & pharaoh’s response

God sends boils that affected everyone including the magicians, but the Pharaoh still didn’t budge.

plague 7 & pharaoh’s response

God sends a hailstorm that destroys crops and livestock. Pharaoh asks for it to stop but still doesn’t free the Israelites.

plague 8 & pharaoh’s response

God sends swarms of locusts who destroy whatever crops remain. Pharaoh promises again to release the Israelites but doesn’t.

plague 9 & pharaoh’s response

3 days of darkness in Egypt.

plague 10 & pharaoh’s response

God killed all the firstborn, including Pharaoh’s and the cattle’s. Pharaoh finally released the Israelites.

passover

The Irsaelites are told to sacrifice a lamb and put its blood outside their homes so the angel of death passes over it during the 10th plague

parting of the red sea

God allows Moses to part the red sea so that the Israelites could escape

pharaoh’s pursuit of the israelites

Pharaoh follows them with his army but they drown in the Red Sea

israelites escape

They safely cross the Red Sea and escape Pharaoh’s army

deliverance in the desert

They Israelites arrive in Rephidim

water in desert

God tells Moses to strike a rock to get water out of it

manna

God sends food from heaven to feed the Israelites

jethro’s advice to moses

Jehtro tells Moses to appoint judges for groups as leadership

god’s instructions at mount sinai

God gives the Israelites rules for living (10 commandments) as the chosen people

the 10 commandments

Laws that God gave to Moses for living.  Don’t worship anyone besides God No idols Don’t use God’s name in vain Keep Sabbath as a holy day Honor your parents Do not murder Do not commit adultery Do not steal Do not bear false witness  Do not desire others’ things

creation of the stone tablets

God wrote the Ten Commandments on stone tablets and gave them to Moses

destruction of the stone tablets

Moses broke the stone tablets out of anger over the Israelites’ worship of the golden calf

recreation of the stone tablets

God tells Moses to carve new stone tablets on which God writes the Ten Commandments

ark of the covenant

The sacred chest built to hold the Ten Commandment tablets. Represented God’s presence with the Irsaelites.

the tabernacle

Portable sanctuary where Israelites worshiped God on their journey in the desert. Symbolized where he “lived” among them

the golden calf

A calf that Aaron made out of everyone’s gold that the Israelites worshiped while Moses was at Mount Sinai

creation of golden calf

Aaron asked for everyone’s gold jewelry and used it to make a molten calf

god’s response to golden calf

God was angered and threatened to destroy the Israelites for worshiping an idol

moses’s plea

Moses asks God to spare the Israelites and reminds him of the covenants

punishment of israelites & aftermath

Moses orders all the sons of Levi to kill the idol worshippers (about 3000 people) and God plagues the people

the promised land

God sends the Israelites to the land of Canaan which he swore to Abraham’s descendants