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Exodus 13:17 -14:31 I am Moses. When I was a baby, I was found by Pharaoh's daughter and reared as her son. After I grew up, I ran away from Egypt to the land of Midian where I met and married my wife, Zipporah. One day as I was keeping the flock of my father-in-law, Jethro, I led the flock beyond the wilderness to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to me in a flame of fire out of a bush. Though the bush was blazing, it was not burned up. I said, "I must turn aside and look at this great sight to see why the bush is not burned up." It was then that God called to me out of the bush, saying, "Moses, Moses!" I replied, "Here I am." The Lord said, "Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground. I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." I hid my face, for I was so afraid to look at God. The Lord said, "I have seen the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cries on account of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them from the Egyptians and to bring them to a good and wide land flowing with milk and honey. The cry of the Israelites has now come to me; I have also seen how the Egyptians mistreat them. So I will send you to Egypt to deliver my people from Pharaoh. Little did I realize what wondrous things the Lord had in store for me and my people. I want to tell you about one of the mighty acts which God performed when He used me to lead His people out of Egypt, away from the cruel Pharaoh. Pharaoh is the name the Egyptians called their king After Pharaoh had agreed to let God's people leave Egypt, he sent his army to bring us back. As Pharaoh drew near, we looked back and saw the Egyptians advancing on us. We were camped by the sea. We were terrified and cried out to the Lord. They accused me of taking them away from Egypt only to have them die in the wilderness. They said that they had rather be slaves to the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness. I said to the people, "Do not be afraid, stand firm, and see the deliverance that the Lord will provide for you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again. The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to keep still." |
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The Lord told me to tell the Israelites to go forward. He told me to lift up my staff (rod) and to stretch out my hand over the sea to divide it, that the Israelites might go into the sea on dry ground. Pharaoh did not like God or my people. So God said, "I will gain glory for Myself over Pharaoh and all his army, his army." The angel of God who was going before the Israelite army moved back and went behind us; the pillar of cloud moved from in front of us and took its place behind us to keep the Egyptian army away. I stretched out my hand over the sea. The Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land; the waters were divided. The Israelites went into the sea on dry ground, the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left. The Egyptians chased us and went into the sea after us. At the morning watch, the Lord in the pillar of fire and cloud looked down upon the Egyptian army and threw them into panic. He clogged their chariot wheels so that they turned with difficulty. They said, "Let us flee from the Israelites, for the Lord is fighting for them. The Lord told me, "Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the water may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots and chariot drivers." I did as the Lord directed, and at dawn the sea returned to its normal depth. As the Egyptians tried to run, the Lord tossed the Egyptians into the sea. The waters returned and covered the chariots and the chariot drivers, the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed us into the sea; not one of them remained. You may read this story in the book of Luke chapter 10 verses 25-37 ??? ? ???. Things to remember about this lesson! Can you answer this question? The Arc Walked across between walls of water They did not need to cross it
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