Chapter 3 Freedom:
The Exodus and the Covenant of Sinai
Introduction
1. Picture pg. 52
2. Time Line pg. 53
3. Outline pg. 52
4. Background
Exodus was written 700 years after the event
Exodus was written during the Exile
Exodus
1500BCE
Slaves in Egypt
Struggled in the wilderness
God’s revelation
discovered the identity of their God
Exile
586BCE
Captive subjects of a mighty empire
Long and painful journey to Babylon
Rediscovered their identity as God's beloved people
Concept A Read pp. 55 to 62 Answer Review on pg. 62
1. What happened to change the status of Israelites
living in Egypt?
2. Identify:
Moses
Miriam
3. Why did Moses leave Egypt?
4. Where does he go and what becomes of him?
5. What happened while Moses was tending sheep?
a.
b.
c.
6. Is Moses happy to do what God wants?
7. What does God reveal to Moses and what does it
mean?
8. Identify Aaron
9. How can “I am who am” be expressed?
10. What was revolutionary about the God of Moses?
11. Why don’t Jews pronounce the word Yahweh?
12. What happened when Moses and Aaron give
God’s message to Pharaoh?
13. What has happened to the Israelites in over 400
years of slavery?
14. Were the plagues miracles or natural
phenomena?
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15. How is this deliverance from slavery
commemorated?
16. The Pharaoh's heart was hardened. How does a
human heart get hardened?
17. Explain Passover
18. What were the Israelites to do annually?
19. What does the Jewish Seder celebrate?
20. What is the Last Supper and what does it
celebrate?
21. What is the point of the Exodus story?
22. How was God present to the Israelites?
Day
Night
23. Where do scholars think the oldest parts of the
Old Testament might be found?
A. Read “I Witness” on pg. 64
B. Choral Reading pg. 61
C. Read A Modern Story of a Crossing pg. 60
24. What are the most wonderful miracles?
25. What food was provided as the Israelites
wandered in the desert?
26. What did the Israelites learn in the desert?
Concept B Read pp. 63 to 67 Answer Review on pg. 67
1. Read Exodus 19 on pg. 63
2. How is it possible that Exodus 19 is a liturgical
flourish?
3. What is the Decalogue?
4. What is important to remember when studying
the Ten Commandments?
5. The Covenant of Sinai Handout____
Read pp. 64 to 67
6. Read pg. 67 What About Slavery?
What has slavery always been?
7. Read A Law that Frees pg. 67
How were the Commandments regarded?
Concept C Read pp. 68 to 73 – Answer Review pg. 73
1. Why did Moses sprinkle blood on the people?
2. What did the symbol of blood mean?
3. Why was the Covenant of Sinai most important?
4. What is another name for covenant?
5. Why did Moses break the tablets?
6. What happened?
7. What is the tent of meeting?
8. What is meant by the Thirteen Attributes of God?
9. What is the Ark of the Covenant?
10. What does tabernacle mean?
11. What is Sukkoth?
12. How was the Lord present to the Israelites?
13. Read the Thirteen Attributes of God on pp. 71-72
Do Activity 16 on pg. 73
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