Moses Is Used By God - RSV

After Joseph Died, the Children of Israel Continued to Live in Egypt. They Had Many Children and Eventually, a New Pharaoh Come to Power Who Did Not Know or Appreciate What Joseph Had Done for Egypt.

1. What Did the Pharaoh Try to Have Done to All the Baby Boys Born to the Hebrew Women?

Exodus 1:8-10 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. [9] And he said to his people, "Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us. [10] Come, let us deal ______________ with them, lest they ______________, and, if war befall us, they join our ____________ and fight against us and __________ from the land."

Exodus 1:13-16 So they made the people of Israel serve with rigor, [14] and made their lives bitter with hard ____________, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field; in all their work they made them serve with rigor. [15] Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew ______________, one of whom was named Shiph'rah and the other Pu'ah, [16] "When you serve as ____________ to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the __________________, if it is a son, you shall kill him; but if it is a ______________, she shall live."

Exodus 1:17-19 But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt ________________ them, but let the male children live. [18] So the king of Egypt called the midwives, and said to them, "Why have you done this, and let the male children live?" [19] The midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women are not like the ______________ women; for they are ______________ and are ________________ before the midwife comes to them."

Exodus 1:20-22 So God dealt well with the midwives; and the people __________________ and grew very strong. [21] And because the midwives feared God he gave them families. [22] Then Pharaoh ________________ all his people, "Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every ______________ live."

1) Why did the King of Egypt (the Pharaoh) want to kill the Hebrew boy babies? ___________________________________________________

2) Did the midwives throw the Hebrew babies into the Nile River? ___________________

3) The Bible says that God blessed the midwives for not throwing the baby boys into the river. True or False .

2. Moses was Born at a Time When the Pharaoh of Egypt Wanted All Hebrew Baby Boys Killed.

Exodus 2:1-5 Now a man from the house of Levi went and took to wife a daughter of Levi. [2] The woman ________________ and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. [3] And when she could hide him no longer she took for him a basket made of ________________, and daubed it with ____________ and pitch; and she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds at the river's brink. [4] And his __________ stood at a ______________, to know what would be done to him. [5] Now the daughter of ____________ came down to bathe at the river, and her maidens __________ __________ the river; she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid to fetch it.

Exodus 2:6-10 When she opened it she saw the child; and lo, the babe was crying. She took pity on him and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' ______________." [7] Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and call you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?" [8] And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go." So the girl went and __________ the ____________ __________. [9] And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages." So the woman took the child and __________ him. [10] And the child grew, and she ____________ him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he __________ her son; and she named him Moses, for she said, "____________ I drew him out of the water."

Exodus 2:11-15 One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their ____________; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people. [12] He looked this way and that, and seeing no one he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. [13] When he went out the next day, behold, two ____________ were __________________ together; and he said to the man that did the wrong, "Why do you strike your fellow?" [14] He answered, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid, and ____________, "__________ the thing is known." [15] When Pharaoh heard of it, he __________ to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh, and __________ in the land of Mid'ian; and he sat down by a well.

Exodus 2:16-21 Now the priest of Mid'ian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and __________ the ____________ to water their father's flock. [17] The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. [18] When they came to their father Reu'el, he said, "How is it that you have come so soon today?" [19] They said, "An ______________ ________________ us out of the hand of the shepherds, and even drew water for us and watered the flock." [20] He said to his daughters, "And where is he? Why have you left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread." [21] And Moses was ____________ to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zippo'rah.

1) When Moses grew too big to be hidden from the Egyptians, where did his mother put him? ___________________________________________________

2) Who found Moses at the river? __________________________________

3) Who raised Moses? ________________________

4) Moses became the son of Pharaoh's daughter. True or False

5) When Moses was a man he thought it was time to deliver Israel from Egypt. True or False

6) Why did Moses have to flee from Egypt? ______________________________

3. God Called Moses to Deliver Israel.

Exodus 3:1-3 Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Mid'ian; and he led his flock to the west side of the __________________, and came to Horeb, the ______________ of God. [2] And the angel of the LORD ______________ to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and lo, the bush was ____________, yet it was not ______________. [3] And Moses said, "I will turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt."

Exodus 3:4-7 When the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, "Moses, Moses!" And he said, "Here am I." [5] Then he said, "Do not come near; put off your shoes from your feet, for the place on which you are ______________ is holy ground." [6] And he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was __________ to look at God. [7] Then the LORD said, "I have seen the __________________ of my __________ who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry ____________ of their ___________________; I know their __________________,

Exodus 3:8-10 And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the __________________, the ______________, the Amorites, the Per'izzites, the ____________, and the Jeb'usites. [9] And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. [10] Come, I will send you to ____________ that you may bring forth my people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt."

Exodus 3:11-12 But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to ____________, and bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?" [12] He said, "But I will be with you; and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have ____________ forth the __________ out of Egypt, you shall serve God upon this ______________."

1) What kind of work was Moses doing for his father-in-law? ______________________________

2) What unusual thing got Moses' attention while he was in the wilderness? _________________________________________

3) What did God tell Moses He wanted him to do? _____________________________

4. Moses Needed Convincing and God Is Ready to Help Him.

Exodus 3:13-15 Then Moses said to God, "If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' what _________ I say to them?" [14] God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And he said, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'" [15] God also said to Moses, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of ____________, the God of Isaac, and the God of _________, has sent me to you': this is my name for ever, and _______ I am to be __________________ __________________ all ___________________.

Exodus 3:18-20 And they will hearken to your voice; and you and the elders of Israel shall go to the king of Egypt and say to him, 'The LORD, the God of the ____________, has met with us; and now, we pray you, let us go a three days' ____________ into the __________________, that we may ________________ to the LORD our God.' [19] I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless compelled by a mighty hand. [20] So I will ____________ out my hand and smite Egypt with all the ____________ which I will do in it; after that he will let you go.

Exodus 4:1-5 Then Moses answered, "But __________, they will not believe me or __________ to my voice, for they will say, 'The LORD did not __________ to you.'" [2] The LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?" He said, "A rod." [3] And he said, "Cast it on the ground." So he cast it on the ground, and it became a ____________; and Moses fled from it. [4] But the LORD said to Moses, "Put out your hand, and take it by the tail" --so he put out his hand and __________ it, and it became a rod in his hand-- [5] "that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their ____________, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of _________, has __________ed to you."

Exodus 4:6-9 Again, the LORD said to him, "Put your hand into your bosom." And he put his hand into his bosom; and when he took it out, behold, his hand was ____________, as white as snow. [7] Then God said, "Put your hand back into your bosom." So he put his hand back into his bosom; and when he took it out, behold, it was restored like the rest of his flesh. [8] "If they will not believe you," God said, "or heed the first sign, they may believe the __________ sign. [9] If they will not believe even _________ two _________ or heed your _________, you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it upon the dry ground; and the water _________ you shall take from the Nile will __________ _________ upon the dry ground."

1) What did God say His name was? ________________________

2) God said that He was the God of _________________, and _____________, and _________________.

3) God told Moses to throw his _______________ on the ground. What happened to it? _____________________________

4) How did Moses get his staff back? ____________________________

5) God told Moses to put his _____________ into his bosom. What happened? _______________________

6) How did Moses get a healthy hand again? _________________________

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