The Passover And Israel Leaves Egypt - NAS

God Had Told Abraham That He Would Give the Land of Canaan to His Descendants. And Now They Were about to Leave Egypt for the Promised Land.

1. God Wanted the Children of Israel to Understand That Life Comes from God. And When We Sin We Will Lose That Life Unless Someone Else Pays for Our Sin.

Exodus 12:3 "Speak to all the _____________________ of Israel, saying, 'On the tenth of this month they are each one to take a lamb for __________________, according to their fathers' households, a lamb for each household.

Exodus 12:5-8 'Your lamb shall be an ___________________ male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. [6] 'You shall keep it until the __________________ day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the _____________________ of Israel is to kill it at twilight. [7] '______________, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two ________________ and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. [8] 'They shall eat the flesh that same night, roasted with fire, and they shall eat it with __________________ bread and bitter herbs.

Exodus 12:11-13 'Now you shall eat it in this manner: with your loins girded, your ____________ on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste -it is the LORD'S Passover. [12] 'For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike down all the ________________ in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will ____________ ________________ -I am the LORD. [13] 'The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no __________ will __________ you to ____________ you when I strike the land of Egypt.

Exodus 12:21-24 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Go and take for yourselves lambs according to your ______________, and slay the Passover lamb. [22] "You shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and apply some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and the two doorposts; and none of you shall go outside the door of his house until ____________. [23] "For the LORD will pass through to smite the ________________; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the ________________ to come in to your houses to smite you. [24] "And you shall ____________ this event as an ________________ for you and your ______________ ____________.

1) What would it be like to have to kill a little lamb? ______________________________

2) Why did the Israelites place blood around the door on the outside of their houses? __________________________________

3) Why don't we have to kill a lamb now? ____________________________

Jesus sacrificed His life for us. He has paid the price for our sins and He will forgive us when we ask Him. And we must forgive others if we want God to forgive us.

2. After the Death of His Oldest Child, Pharaoh Told Moses and Aaron to Take the Children of Israel and Go. Then He Had Second Thoughts.

Exodus 12:29-33 Now it came about at ______________ that the LORD struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the ____________ who was in the ____________, and all the firstborn of cattle. [30] Pharaoh arose in the night, he and all his ______________ and all the Egyptians, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no home where there was not ____________ dead. [31] Then he __________ for Moses and Aaron at night and said, "Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the sons of __________; and go, ____________ the LORD, as you have said. [32] "Take both your __________ and your herds, as you have said, and go, and bless me also." [33] The Egyptians urged the people, to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, "We will all be dead."

Exodus 12:37-41 Now the sons of Israel ________________ from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, aside from children. [38] A mixed ________________ also went up with them, along with flocks and herds, a very large number of ________________. [39] They baked the dough which they had brought out of Egypt into cakes of __________________ bread. For it had not become leavened, since they were driven out of Egypt and could not delay, nor had they ______________ any __________________ for __________________. [40] Now the time that the sons of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. [41] And at the end of four hundred and thirty years, to the very day, all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

Exodus 14:5-8 When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his ______________ had a change of heart toward the people, and they said, "What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from ____________ us?" [6] So he made his ____________ ready and took his people with him; [7] and he took six ____________ select ____________s, and all the other ____________s of Egypt with officers over all of them. [8] The LORD ______________ the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he chased after the sons of Israel as the sons of Israel were going out __________.

Exodus 14:10 As Pharaoh drew near, the sons of Israel looked, and behold, the ________________ were marching after them, and they became very __________________; so the sons of Israel cried out to the LORD.

1) At what time of the day or night did the Lord kill the firstborn children of Egypt? _________________

2) Did this make Pharaoh want the Children of Israel to leave Egypt? ____________

3) Did Pharaoh change his mind about letting the Children of Israel go after they had gone? _____________________

4) What did he decide to do about this? ___________________

3. God Provided a Way of Escape for His Children.

Exodus 14:13-20 But Moses said to the __________, "Do not fear! Stand by and see the ________________ of the LORD which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever. [14] "The LORD will fight for you while you keep __________." [15] Then the LORD said to Moses, "Why are you __________ out to Me? Tell the sons of Israel to go ____________. [16] "As for you, lift up your staff and ____________ out your hand over the sea and __________ it, and the sons of Israel shall go through the midst of the sea on dry land. [17] "As for Me, behold, I will __________ the __________ of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen. [18] "Then the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I am honored through Pharaoh, through his chariots and his horsemen." [19] The angel of God, who had been going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the __________ of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them. [20] So it came ____________ the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud along with the ______________, yet it gave _________ at night. Thus the one did not come near the _________ all night.

Exodus 14:21-25 Then Moses ________________ out his hand over the sea; and the LORD swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land, so the waters were divided. [22] The sons of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. [23] Then the Egyptians took up the ____________, and all ________________ horses, his chariots and his ______________ went in after them into the midst of the sea. [24] At the ____________ watch, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud and ____________ the army of the Egyptians into ________________. [25] He caused their chariot wheels to swerve, and He made them drive with __________________; so the Egyptians said, "Let us flee from Israel, for the LORD is ______________ for them against the Egyptians."

Exodus 14:26-31 Then the LORD said to Moses, "____________ out your hand over the sea so that the waters may come back over the Egyptians, over their chariots and their horsemen." [27] So Moses ________________ out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state at daybreak, while the Egyptians were ____________ right into it; then the LORD ________________ the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. [28] The waters returned and ____________ the chariots and the horsemen, even ________________ entire army that had gone into the sea after them; not even one of them ______________. [29] But the sons of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of the sea, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. [30] Thus the LORD saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the ______________. [31] When Israel saw the great power which the LORD had used ____________ the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD, and they ______________ in the LORD and in His ____________ Moses.

1) What did God tell Moses to do so that a path would open up for them through the Red Sea? ________________________

2) Did the children of Israel have to walk through any water? _________

3) Were the Egyptians able to drive through the Red Sea on dry land like the Israelites did? ______________

4) When the last Israelite had crossed the Red Sea on dry land, and the Egyptians were coming across as fast as they could, God told Moses to stretch out his rod over the sea. What happened? _____________________

Even though the Children of Israel could not see how they would be saved from the Egyptians, God had a plan to save them. God will save us, even when it looks like there is no way of escape.

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