The Passover And Israel Leaves Egypt - NIV

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 Tell the whole ________________ of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each ________________.

Exodus 12:5-8 The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. [6] Take care of them until the __________________ day of the month, when all the people of the ________________ of Israel must ________________ them at ______________. [7] Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the __________________ of the houses where they eat the lambs. [8] That same night they are to eat the meat ____________ over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast.

Exodus 12:11-13 This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak __________ into your belt, your ____________ on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the LORD's Passover. [12] "On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn--both men and animals--and I will bring ______________ on all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD. [13] The blood will be a sign for you on the __________ where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No ___________________ __________ will touch you when I strike Egypt.

Exodus 12:21-24 Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Go at once and select the animals for your ______________ and ________________ the Passover lamb. [22] Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. Not one of you shall go out the door of his house until morning. [23] When the LORD goes through the land to strike down the ________________, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the ________________ to enter your houses and strike you down. [24] "Obey these _____________________ as a lasting ________________ 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 At ______________ the LORD struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the ______________, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the ________________ as well. [30] Pharaoh and all his ________________ and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead. [31] During the night Pharaoh ______________ Moses and Aaron and said, "Up! Leave my people, you and the __________________! Go, worship the LORD as you have ________________. [32] Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And also bless me." [33] The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the country. "For ________________," they said, "we will all die!"

Exodus 12:37-41 The Israelites ________________ from Rameses to Succoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and ______________. [38] Many other people went up with them, as well as large droves of ________________, both flocks and herds. [39] With the dough they had brought from Egypt, they baked cakes of __________________ bread. The dough was without yeast because they had been driven out of Egypt and did not have time to prepare food for __________________. [40] Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years. [41] At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD's ________________ left Egypt.

Exodus 14:5-8 When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, "What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and have lost their ______________!" [6] So he had his ____________ made ready and took his army with him. [7] He took six ____________ of the best ____________s, along with all the other ____________s of Egypt, with officers over all of them. [8] The LORD ______________ the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he ____________ the Israelites, who were ______________ out boldly.

Exodus 14:10 As Pharaoh __________________, the __________________ looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and 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 Moses ______________ the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the ___________________ the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. [14] The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still." [15] Then the LORD said to Moses, "Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. [16] Raise your staff and ____________ out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground. [17] I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. And I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen. [18] The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I gain glory through Pharaoh, his chariots and his horsemen." [19] Then the angel of God, who had been ________________ in front of Israel's army, ______________ and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them, [20] __________ ____________ the __________ of Egypt and Israel. __________________ the night the cloud ____________ ______________ to the one side and light to the other side; so ____________ went near the other all night long.

Exodus 14:21-25 Then Moses ________________ out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, [22] and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. [23] The Egyptians pursued them, and all ________________ horses and chariots and ______________ ______________ them into the sea. [24] During the last watch of the night the LORD looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army and threw it into ________________. [25] He made the wheels of their chariots come off so that they had __________________ ____________. And the Egyptians said, "Let's get away from the Israelites! The LORD is ______________ for them against Egypt."

Exodus 14:26-31 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and ______________." [27] Moses ________________ out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were ____________ toward it, and the LORD swept them into the sea. [28] The water flowed back and ____________ the chariots and ______________--the entire army of ____________ that had ______________ the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them ______________. [29] But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. [30] That day the LORD saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore. [31] And when the Israelites saw the great power the LORD ________________ ____________ the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and put their trust in him and in Moses his ____________.

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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