Understanding Scripture Chapter 7 Worksheet

The fundamental laws given by God at Sinai. They deal with our relationship with God and each other.
Moses' brother; acted as his spokesman. He founded the priesthood of Israel.
The saving of the first-born children of Israel when the first-born of the Egyptians were killed. It is the most important event in Israel's history and remembered with an annual feast.
The man God chose to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. He was adopted by Pharaoh's daughter and raised in Pharaoh's court, but fled Egypt after rebelling against the Egyptian taskmasters.
The tent that served as a meeting place and temple for the Israelites while they wandered in the desert. It was designed as a reflection of the temple of heaven.
An ornate box that held the tablets of the Law. It represented God's throne on Earth.
A disaster that affects a large number of people. The Ten Plagues in Exodus were signs of God's wrath against the Egyptians, and particular judgments against the Egyptians' false gods.
A woman who assist at childbirth. The Hebrew women defied Pharaoh's command that all male Hebrew children should be killed.
The mountain where Moses received the Law from God
A series of rulers from the same family.
The miraculous food that Israelites ate in the desert. It is a type of the Eucharist.
The body of water initially blocking the Israelites' escape from Egypt. It miraculously parted from them, but Pharaoh and his armies were drowned when they pursued.
Israel's escape from Egypt; from a Greek word meaning "going out".
The worship of man-made images as though they were gods.
The name used by Egyptians to describe the Israelites and related tribes. The language spoken by these people.