Transcript Moses

Moses:
Leads the Israelites
out of Egypt
Using this PowerPoint presentation, you will:
• know about how Moses lead the Israelites out of Egypt
• begin to understand the significance of the Passover
for Jewish people
•be aware of why the festival of Sukkot is a special time
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for Jews
The Israelites had been in Egypt for 400
years. Pharaoh, the extremely powerful king, was
using them as slaves.
God had spoken to Moses from the burning
bush. Moses returned to Egypt to ask Pharaoh to
let the Israelites go free. Pharaoh sent Moses
away.
Pharaoh didn’t want to let the slaves go
free. He made them work harder, making bricks
for buildings. If they didn’t work hard he had
them whipped and beaten. Life for the Israelites
became unbearable.
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Moses returned again and asked Pharaoh to let
his people go. Again Pharaoh ignored him. God turned
the water in the River Nile to blood. For seven days
no one could drink the water. The smell of rotten,
dead fish was vile.
Pharaoh didn’t let the Israelites go.
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Moses again asked Pharaoh to let his people
go. Again Pharaoh ignored him. Pharaoh would not
listen. Suddenly masses of frogs came out of the
river. They went everywhere – in houses, beds,
tables and in food.
Pharaoh didn’t let the Israelites go.
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Moses repeatedly asked Pharaoh to let his people
go. Pharaoh refused to listen so many more plagues
descended on Egypt.
Lice caused people and animals to itch and scratch.
Swarms of flies covered everyone and everything.
Only the Israelites had no flies around them.
The Egyptians came out in boils and sores, which
caused them great pain.
Great storms of hailstones fell on Egypt. They
were so big they caused lots of destruction and the
death of Egyptians and animals.
Masses of locusts covered the land. They ate
every plant and green leaf.
Still Pharaoh would not let the Israelites go.
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When the plagues came Pharaoh would often
agree to let the Israelites go. But once the plagues
had gone he would then change his mind.
The ninth plague was when a darkness
covered the land of Egypt. People could not see
anything for three days. Pharaoh became very
stubborn. He would not let the Israelites go.
God decided there would be one more final
plague to hit Egypt. This would then force Pharaoh
to let the Israelites go.
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After the plague of darkness, Moses asked Pharaoh
one last time to let the Israelites go, warning Pharaoh
there would be one last plague.
Moses said the eldest child in every Egyptian family
would die. Pharaoh still refused to listen.
God asked Moses to tell the Israelites to get ready
to leave.
• Each family was to kill a lamb.
• They were to paint the doorposts of their houses with
the blood.
• The families had to stay indoors, dressed in their
outdoor clothes ready to leave quickly.
• They had to roast the lamb quickly and eat it with bitter
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herbs and unleavened bread. (bread with no yeast)
At midnight, God’s angel passed through the land
of Egypt. The eldest child in every Egyptian family died.
The Egyptians cried out in pain at the death of the
firstborn.
When the angel of death went over the
Israelites houses and saw the blood on the doorposts
he “passed over” and no one inside died.
Pharaoh was so upset and distressed he ordered
Moses leave Egypt and to take the Israelites with him!
Quickly they gathered their things together and
left Egypt, after 400 years. They were now on their
way back to their homeland of Canaan.
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When leaving Egypt Moses
told the Israelites to never
forget the special night when
God saved them all from slavery.
To remember this, every
year they were to take a lamb
and kill it, putting its blood on
their doorposts. When their
children asked why they did this
people were to explain what
happened in Egypt.
This annual celebration,
called the Passover, is still kept
by Jewish people today.
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Designed and Created by:
Beth Davies
Ysgol Penrhyn. New Broughton.
Wrexham.
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June 2008