Memory Verse: “I will take you as my own people and I will
be your God.” Exodus 6:7
Purpose of this book: Record the events of
Author: Moses.
Location: It was written in the wilderness during
Setting of this book:
Interesting fact: Exodus relates more miracles than any other Old
Testament book and is noted for containing the Ten Commandments.
Lesson 1: Exodus 1:8-19, 22; 2:1-5, 7-10
Slavery
“A new king came to the throne of
Then Pharaoh, the king of
Moses is Born
“There was a
little baby boy born to a Hebrew family.
They were able to hide him until he was three months old. His mother made a basket out of reeds and
placed it in the river where everyone bathed.
The baby was found by a princess.
The baby’s sister asked the princess if she wanted him to find a woman
to nurse the baby. She did and the
sister got her mother so the mother was able to keep him for a while
longer. The mother brought him back to
the princess and he became her son. She
named him Moses.”
1. Why were the
Egyptians afraid of the Israelis? (There were so many of them that Pharaoh was afraid they would take over their
country)
- What did the Egyptians do to keep control of the
Israelis? (The Egyptians forced the Israelis into slavery).
- What kind
of work were the Israelis forced to do? (The Israelis were forced to toil
long hours and to hard work in the fields, carry heavy loads of mortar and
brick)
- What was Pharaoh’s final instruction to the
midwives? (The midwives were to
kill all Hebrew baby boys as soon as they were born.
- How was Moses saved? (Moses was put into a basket
made of reeds and placed in the river. A princess found the baby. Moses’ mother was able to care for him
for awhile)
- Could you be that brave in such a dangerous situation?
- Who would you turn to for help?
Summary: God
works in marvelous ways. Every one of
his children are special to him. Can you
think of a time when events have come together that only God could have made
happen? Prayer is our constant communication with God. He is always with us.
Lesson 2: Exodus 2:11, 23-25; 3:1-11, 14b
“One day, many years later when Moses had grown up and
become a man, he went out to visit his fellow Hebrews and saw the terrible
conditions they were under. Several years
later the king of
God called to Moses through a burning bush. The Lord told him, ’I have seen the deep
sorrows of my people in
This was not an easy task to
accomplish. First Moses had to be convinced, by God, that he was the one to go
to go to Pharaoh and tell him to let God’s people go. God sent his brother Aaron with him.
God sent the following ten
plagues to the Egyptians before Pharaoh finally let the people go.
1.
Blood. The water
in the river was turned to blood. (7:14-24)
2.
Frogs. Came up
from the water and completely covered the land. (8:1-15)
3.
Lice. All the
dust of
4.
Flies. Swarms of
flies cover the land. (8:20-32)
5.
Livestock. Allof
the Egyptian livestock die – but none of the Israelis were even sick. (9:1-7)
6.
Boils. Horrible boils break out on everyone in
7.
Hail. Hailstorms
kill all the slaves and animals left out or unprotected and strip or destroy
almost every plant. (9:13-35)
8.
Locusts. Locusts
cover
9.
Total darkness
covers
10. Death of
Firstborn. The firstborn of all the
people and cattle of
1.
When was the
first time Moses met God personally? (Moses met God in the burning bush)
2.
What did God tell
him? (God told Moses he was sending him to the Pharaoh in
3.
What was Moses’ reaction to God? (Moses said I
am not the man for the job. God said “I will certainly be with you.”
4.
God sent a helper with him. Who was it? (I will send your brother Aaron
with you)
5.
Moses went to the Pharaoh ten times. What happened each time Moses left the Pharaoh?
(Each time Moses asked the Pharaoh to let God’s people go, the Pharaoh said
“no”. So God sent another plague.
6.
Have you ever
been in a situation where you have felt very strongly that you could not do
well?
7.
Who do you turn
to? (Pray first, then wait for God’s answer.
The person could be a teacher, parent, tutor etc.)
Summary: God
has a way of getting our attention. He
used a variety of plagues to get Pharaoh to obey. We need to listen carefully
to what God’s will is for our life and obey the first time.
Lesson 3:
Exodus 13:17; 14:1-4, 6-8, 10, 13-16, 27-31; 15:1, 22, 24, 26, 27; 16:1, 3, 4,
5; 17: 5, 6, 11
“So at last Pharaoh let the people
go. God led them along a route through
the
Pharaoh led the chase in his chariot, followed by the
pick of
Then the Lord
said to Moses, “Quit praying and get the people moving! Forward, march! Use your rod – hold it out over the water,
and the sea will open up a path before you, and all the people of
Then Moses led the people of
The next complaint from the people was lack of meat and
bread. The Lord told Moses, ‘Look, I’m going
to rain down food from heaven for them. Everyone can go out each day and gather
as much food as he needs.’ The Lord
provided meat in the evening and bread in the morning. Jehovah has said for everyone to gather as
much as is needed for his household .
Don’t leave any overnight. This
was to become known as manna. (It tasted like honey bread.)
Next the people complained about the lack of enough
water again. Jehovah said to Moses, ‘Take the elders of
1. God led the people along the route of the
- What happened to the Egyptians when they tried to
follow the Israelis across the sea? (The Egyptians drowned)
- The journey was hard for the Israelis. What was there first problem? (Lack of
water)
- What was
there second complaint? (Lack of
food)
- Would you
have felt the same way as these people felt? Why or why not?
- What did God provide for them? (God provided water for them along the
way and what was to become known as manna for food)
- How does God provide for you?
- How many miracles has God done in these few
verses? (10 plagues, parting the sea, providing water twice, providing
food, and protecting them from the army of Amaleks)
Summary: God
can do miracles for you too. Do you have
faith in him to do so?
Lesson 4: Exodus 19:1-8, 20; 10:2-17
“The Israelis arrived in the Sinai peninsula
three months after the night of their departure from
The people were to stay at the bottom of the mountain
and Moses went to the top. He was there
for forty days and forty nights. Then
God issued this edict: ‘I am Jehovah your God who liberated you from your
slavery in
God continued to give general rules,
laws concerning people, laws about property and instructions for building the
tabernacle. All of these laws were written on two stone tablets which Moses
brought down from the mountain.”
1.
Where did the
Lord have the Israelis go and how long did it take? (The Lord sent the Israelis
to the
2.
When they got to
the
3.
Where did Moses
go and why? (Moses climbed the mountain to meet with God)
4.
What was the
response from the Israelis to God’s instructions to them? (They responded
together “We will certainly do everything he asks of us.”)
5.
What did God give
Moses on the mountain? (God gave Moses the 10 commandments, laws governing
peoples behavior and instructions for building the Tabernacle)
6.
Have a discussion
on the consequences of following rules and not following rules (good and the
bad).
Summary: For
everything we do there is a consequence.
Good or bad. Think of some of the
things you have done and what the consequences were.
Lesson 5: Exodus: 32:1-16, 19; 33:3; 34:1, 5-8
“When Moses didn’t come back down the
mountain right away, the people went to Aaron.
‘Look’, they said, ‘make us a god to lead us, for this fellow Moses who
brought us here from
‘Give me your gold earrings,’ Aaron replied. So they all did, men and women, boys and
girls. Aaron melted the gold, then
molded and tooled it into the form of a calf.
The people exclaimed, ‘O
When Aaron saw how happy the people were about it, he
built an altar before the calf and announced, ‘Tomorrow there will be a feast
to Jehovah.’
So they were up early the next morning and began offering
burnt offerings and peace offerings to the calf-idol; afterwards they sat down
to feast and drink at a wild party. Then the Lord told Moses, ‘Quick! Go down,
for your people that you brought from
Then the Lord said, ‘I have seen what a stubborn,
rebellious lot these people are. Now let
me alone and my anger shall blaze out against them and destroy them all; and I
will make you, Moses, into a great nation instead of them.’
Moses begged God not to do it. So the Lord changed his mind and spared them.
Then Moses went down the mountain, holding in his
hands the Ten Commandments written on both sides of two stones tablets. (God himself had written the commandments on
the tablets.)
When Moses saw the calf and the dancing, and in
terrible anger he threw the tablets to the ground and they lay broken at the
foot of the mountain. The Lord’s anger was upon the people. He would not travel among them for they were
a stubborn, unruly people, and He would be tempted to destroy them along the
way.
Moses asked to see God again. The Lord told Moses, ‘Prepare two stone
tablets like the first ones and I will write upon them the same commands that
were on the tablets you broke.’ So Moses
did as he was told.
Then the Lord descended in the form of a pillar of
cloud and stood there with him, and passed in front of him and announced the
meaning of his name. ‘I am Jehovah, the
merciful and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in steadfast love and
truth. I, Jehovah, show this steadfast
love to many thousands by forgiving their sins.’
Moses fell down before the Lord and
worshipped him.
1.
When Moses didn’t
come down out of the mountain right away. What did the people do? (The people
convinced Aaron they needed a new god.
So they collected their gold jewelry, melted it, molded it into a calf.)
2.
What was their
reason for doing it? (They thought something had happened to Moses)
3.
What was God’s
reaction to their behavior? (God told Moses that his people had defiled
themselves and had quickly abandoned all of God’s laws. God was angry and
wanted to destroy all of them)
4.
What was Moses’
reaction when he came out from the mountain? (Moses was angry! He threw down
the two stone tables and broke them)
5.
What do you think
when God left his people and wouldn’t lead them any longer? (Answers will vary)
6.
What did Moses
ask of God again? (Moses asked to see
God again)
7.
What was God’s
response? (God agreed. He told Moses to bring two tablets with him. God wrote
the commands on the tablets again)
8.
Even if you have
sinned, can you go to God in prayer and be forgiven? (We have a loving and
merciful God. We can always go to God
and ask for forgiveness)
9.
How do you know
this?
Summary: Remember
every action of ours has a consequence. God will continue to forgive us as we
ask forgiveness with humble hearts. Pray for God’s guidance as we make our
daily choices.
*The scriptures used for this
study were taken from the “Young Women of Faith Bible New International Version”
published in 2001 by the Zondervan Corporation.
