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"Exodus" means....
departure
what did moses do?
The stories of Exodus werent written at the time they occured. They were collected and written down during..
the babylonian exile
it starts with a b
What happened in the book of Exodus?
It is a recounting of events from when the Israelites escaped from Egypt across the Red Sea.
Where did they receive the 10 commandments?
Mt. Sinai
What is the heart of the Sinai Covenant?
the 10 commandments
Put the events covered in Exodus in order:

1. The Reception of the Law at Mount Sinai
2. The call of Moses
3. The Approach to the promised land
4. The wandering in the Wilderness
5. The Exodus: Confrontation and Escape
2, 5, 4, 1, 3
Whose birth stories are included in Genesis?
Isaac, Esau, Jacob, and Joseph
The name "Moses" comes from the word "Mahsa" which means.....
to draw out
Why did Moses have to flee to Midian?
1) he killed an egyptian slave master
2) he intervened in a fight between 2 hebrews
Who is God's instrument to liberate the Hebrews?
Moses
What are Moses' four objections to being chosen by God?
1. Who are you?
2. Who am i?
3. I am not a good speaker
4. send somone else
The 3 plagues that did not fit under the theory that they matched up with egyptian gods are:
lice, flies and boils
Earthly powers can't maintain _____________ when God wills freedom.
slavery
What is the 10th plague in exodus 10?
The death of the first born
What do Jews commemorate when they celebrate Passover?
The killing of first born Egyptians
What Catholic celebration parallels the Jewis hcelebration of passover?
The last supper when Jesus was celebrating the passover
Murmurings are....
the complaints from the Israelites while living in the wilderness which were against Moses and God
Who is Moses' father in law and what did he advise him to do?
Moses' father in law was Jethro. He advised Moses to pick some elders (helpers) to help him organize the group of Israelites
How many people most likely wandered in the wilderness with Moses?
6000
The book of Numbers gets its name from the census taken of Hebrew people, one taken at the ____________ and one taken near the end.
beginning
2 common themes from Exodus and Numbers are
Yahweh's care for liberating the Israelites, and the Israelites murmurings.
The "law" that the israelites received at Sinai which is the _________, __________, and _________ statue from God by which they were to become a holy people
religious, civil, ritual
God's part of the sinai covenant was ....
that he would liberate the Israelites and he would make them a holy people
The Israelites part of the sinai covenant was......
they must keep their responsibilities in the 10 commandments
natural law-
the God given instinct to be in a right relationship with God, other people, the world and ourselvs
the 3 basic human needs that correspond to natural law are:
1. preserving life
2. sharing life with others
3. developing as individuals and as communities
10 commandments are found in two books of the Bible which are....
exodus 20, and deuteronomy 5
idolatry-
the false worship of many gods
atheism-
denial of God's existence
agnosticism-
saying no one knows for sure that God exists
blasphemy-
sin that involves hateful words against God
The 4th commandment states..
honor your father and mother
the 5th commandment states..
you shall not kkill , so abortion is a sin and also euthanasia. we must exercise and eat wholesomely
the sixth commandment is...
you shall not commit adultery. Everyone who looks at a women with lust has commited adultery. lust, masturbation, fornifacation, porn, prostituition, rape, and homosexual acts are all against the virtue of chastity
the 7th commandment is....
you shall not steal. this includes cheating.
the 8th commandment is..
you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. this means you should not lie.
9th commandment states..
you shall not covet your neighbors wife. this forbids polygamy (multiple wives), incest (sexual relationship with family member), sexual abuse of children, and living together before marriage
the 10th commandment states
you shall not covet your neighbor's goods. this opposes greed, envy and avarice.
3 collections of Law in the books of Moses are:
the Covenant Code, deutoronomic code, and Levitical (preistly) code
Biblical laws do not use punitive justice, but they use _____________ justice
restorative justice
the language of Deuteronomy defends....
the poor and weak especiall the widow, orphan, foreigner, or stranger
what are whole offerings?
when an animal except its hide was burned and sacrificed
what are cereal offerings?
offerings of grain and barley
what are peace offerings?
when an animal is killed and eaten by the priests and the people who sacrificed it
what was the point of killing animals and then handling the blood?
it was a cleansing agent for the purification of the Temple
The purity laws in the book of leviticus deal with laws of clean and unclean animals and their point may reflect a fear of.....
contamination, representing the Israelites fear of contamintation from the outside.
What was the jubilee year?
every 49th year when all tribal land would be returned to the original tribal families. It reflects a concern to deal with fair distribution of resources
The gospel of Matthew treats Joshua as the New Moses. True or false?
False
Jesus not Joshua
Most of the Pentateuch consists of various collections of Law of Moses with some narrative description of time in the wilderness. True or false?
True
The final words of Moses were directed at the Jews when they were in Exile.True or false
True
According to Deuteronomy, Moses was allowed to view Canaan but died and was buried before entering the Promised Land. true or false?
true
Moses reminded the Jews not to keep the covenant that God made with them. True or false?
false
Moses did remind them to keep the covenant that God made with them
civil laws-
laws dealing with day to day issues
religious laws-
laws that govern the actions of the priests, regulation for sacrifice and the building and mainteneance of the Temple
Hyskos-
a group of non Egypatians who came to power in Egypt between 1650 and 1500 bc
Another name for the ten commandments is
the Decalogue
the Exodus probably took place during the reign of...
Ramses II
Moses marries.....
Zipporah, Jethro's daughter.
Moses has a son named
gershom
Moses had his first encounter with God at..
Mount Sinai