Symbols
What does Moses’s Staff represent?
Power and authority from God
Who is Moses’s right hand man that takes over for him after his death?
Joshua
To allow the Israelites to cross the sea Moses does what
Parts the Red Sea
The central all knowing deity is….
God
What is the place of Jericho representing?
Promise-land, a place for hope and new beginnings.
What group of people does Moses guide?
The Israelites/hebrews. His own kind.
Where is God’s first appearance to Moses?
The Burning Bush
What do the ten commandments represent?
The structure and morality of the Israelites
What does the pillar of cloud and fire represent?
God’s wisdom and guidance for the Israelites. Or the Israelites faith and trust in God
Who is Moses’s brother?
Aaron
Why did Moses run away?
He kills the Egyptian who is beating the Hebrew slave
Miriam is who?
Moses’s Older sister
What does God inflicting the Ten Plagues on Egypt represent?
God’s power over Egypt and the disapproval of Egypts tyranny.
The oppressive ruler of Egypt is…
The Pharaoh
How long do Moses and the Israelites travel?
40 Years
What is the name of the mountain Moses climbs to meet with god?
Mount Sinai
What does the sacrifce of the Passover lamb represent?
Redemption through sacrifice
The priest and Moses’s father in law is….
Jethro
Why does Moses end up in the Nile and who finds him?
Moses is in the river because his mother must give him away (cannot have sons) and the Pharaoh’s daughter finds him
Technically, does Moses die?
No, He ascends