The Church of God, Lesson 2 Crossing the

Exodus 13-17; 15:21 Teacher s Bible S tudy

n prep aration of this lesson, you may want to read Exodus Memory Verse I11:1 12:50. It is import ant that you keep in mind the fact that the Commit thy way unto the Egyptians found the Hebrew culture loathsome. , who was born Lord; trust also in him and a Hebrew slave, and was adopted by Pharaoh s daughter, was approx - imately eighty years old when he lead the out of Egypt. he shall bring it to p ass Joseph had been dead about 300 years by the time Moses led the (Psalms 37:5) Israelites out of Egypt.

For your information, below is the Jewish calendar with the corre - Teachers Objective sponding Roman calendar months. Older children sometimes ask about At the end of the session, ROMAN CALENDAR the student s should be able to: Nisan (Abib) March April Iyyar (Ziv) April May 1. Define in their own Sivan May June Tammuz June July words what the word A b July August deliverance meant to the Elul August September Israelites, and what it T ishri (Ethanim) September October Heshvan October November means to us today Kislev (Chislev) November December Tebeth December January 2. Locate on a map the Shebat January February Adar February March route the Israelites took leaving Egypt the calendar. Please note that the Canaanites called the month of Abib, and the Babylonians called it Nisan. 3. Describe how God is Deliverance from the Egyptians is one of the import ant fact s in this in control of every story . After the , the Israelites were no longer slaves. God situation, and how He wanted the Israelites to remember that He delivered them from bondage. He did not want them to look back and remember Egypt. protect s all of us Read Exodus 13:3.

4. Express in their Why did God not use a more direct route to Canaan? There are a couple of reasons. God wanted to give His people the opportunity to own words how they can learn to trust Him. The direct route would have put them in conflict with trust God to help their enemies. This p articular route brought them to a great body of them work out water which the Hebrews called which means sea of reeds. Now the Israelites were put to the test. W ould they remember problems God, and trust Him to deliver them from the Egyptians, or would they moan and groan for Egypt? Materials Needed See Teaching Activities 11 ' The Church of God, International May be duplicated for classroom use. Not to be sold.

Sabbath School Spring Activity Praise Pattern Materials Needed: Copies of praise p attern Color construction p aper Pictures of student s Crayons, etc.

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' The Church of God, International 15 May be duplicated for classroom use. Not to be sold. Sabbath School Spring Activity Crossing the Red Sea God protected and delivered the Israelites from their enemy. They were no longer slaves to the Egyptians. W rite the memory verse below and color the picture. Psalm 37:5

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' The Church of God, International 16 May be duplicated for classroom use. Not to be sold. Sabbath School Spring Activity Pillar of Cloud and Pillar of Fire

' The Church of God, International 17 May be duplicated for classroom use. Not to be sold. Sabbath School Spring Activity Marshmallow

Materials needed: L icorice ropes T ooth picks M arshmallows G umdrops P lastic horse

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