7Th & 8Th Old Testament Studies

Name:______Date:______Exodus 13-18 Worksheet Red Sea/Water and Bread from Heaven 8th Old Testament Studies

Directions: Give short answers to the following questions.

DEPARTING FROM EGYPT 1. What two things did the LORD require of the Israelites in Exodus 13:3?

2. What is similar between Exodus 13:3 and Exodus 20:2?

3. Why did God not lead Israel through the land of the Philistines? (See Exodus 13:17)

4. What did Moses take with him out of Egypt? (Consider Hebrews 11:22 and Exodus 13:19)

5. How did the LORD go before Israel? (Exodus 13:21-22)

6. THINKING QUESTION: How was the bondage of the Israelites in Egypt a picture of the spiritual bondage of every unsaved person?

THE CROSSING OF THE RED SEA 7. See Exodus 14:1-4. Why did God lead Israel to a place where it appeared they were trapped?

8. According to Exodus 14:10-12, what did the children of Israel say when they saw the Egyptians?

9. With what words did Moses encourage the people? (a phrase from Exodus 14:13)

10. Who would fight for the children of Israel? (See both Exodus 14:13-14 and Exodus 14:25)

11. Read Exodus 14:19-20. Based on these verses, how do we see that God is both just and gracious?

12. How did the LORD save Israel? (See Exodus 14:27-28)

13. What do the people of Israel do after their deliverance? (Consider Exodus 15:1-21)

14. Write out one verse from Exodus 15:1-21 that summarizes how God delivered His people?

15. See Revelation 15:3. What is interesting about what the redeemed sing in heaven?

16. What was the song of Miriam? (Exodus 15:20-21)

17. THINKING QUESTION: How was the crossing of the Red Sea a picture of spiritual deliverance?

BITTER WATER INTO SWEET 18. See Exodus 15:22. What is the first problem that Israel faces after their deliverance?

1 19. What does Marah mean? Compare Ruth 1:20 with Exodus 15:23

20. Explain why the murmuring of the Israelites in Exodus 15:24 reveals great unbelief?

21. How is the tree in Exodus 15:25 a type of Jesus Christ? What most bitter thing did Jesus experience so that believers might have sweetness in God?

22. List the two different phrases from Exodus 15:26 that reveal God’s grace.

23. THINKING QUESTION: (See Acts 5:30, Galatians 3:13, and 1 Peter 2:24) There is nothing more bitter than the wrath of God, and that bitterness will be experienced by all who do not receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. If the sinner would escape that wrath, where must he look?

BREAD FROM HEAVEN 24. According to Exodus 15:27. What kind of place was Elim?

25. Why did the children of Israel murmur in Exodus 16:2?

26. What was God’s gracious response to the murmurs of Israel? (See Exodus 16:4)

27. What is manna? (Consider Exodus 14:4,15,31 and John 6:31)

28. What did Jesus teach in John 6:49-51?

29. What is unique about the bread that is spoken of in John 6:48-51?

30. What were the requirements that God gave for the gathering of the manna? (Ex. 16:16,19,&26)

31. What two things happened upon disobedience to God’s requirements? (Ex. 16:19-20 and 16:27)

32. According to Exodus 16:35, how many years did the children of Israel eat manna?

33. What other food did the Israelites eat in the wilderness? (See Exodus 16:13)

WATER FROM THE ROCK 34. Why were the people ready to stone Moses in Exodus 17:4?

35. How did God graciously provide in spite of Israel’s complaining? (Exodus 17:5-6)

36. What does 1 Corinthians 10:4 teach us regarding Exodus 17:5-6?

37. According to Exodus 17:6, what did Moses have to do to the rock for the flowing forth of the life giving streams?

38. Explain the typological relationship between Exodus 17:6 and Isaiah 53:4.

39. What was the means that God blessed in helping Israel defeat Amalek? (Consider Ex. 17:10-13)

2 Source: Moses: God’s Man for Challenging Times by Roger Ellsworth