Flight from Egypt

Flight from Egypt

Prayer

Help us to listen and learn from your word. Thank you for reminding us that you keep your promises. Amen

People of the bible:
Moses
You can read about me in the book of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, or Deuteronomy.
I was a Levite. Exodus 6:19-20.
I married a girl named Zipporah who was from Midian. Exodus 2:15-22.
I died when I was 120 years old. Deuteronomy 34:7.
I had a brother named Aaron. Exodus 7:1.
I could not speak well so God chose my brother Aaron to speak for me. God helped both of us to speak. Exodus 4:10-16.
When I was a baby, my mother put me in a papyrus basket and put the basket in the Nile River because Pharaoh ordered the death of every newborn baby boy. Exodus 1:22-2:4.
Pharaoh's daughter found me in the river and raised me as her son. Exodus 2:5-10.
I once killed an Egyptian because he was beating a Hebrew. Exodus 2:11-12.
I left Egypt and went to Midian because Pharaoh was trying to kill me since I had killed an Egyptian. Exodus 2:15.
I saw a bush that was on fire but did not burn up. Exodus 3:2.
God chose me to lead the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt. Exodus 3:10.
At God's command, I asked Pharaoh to let the Israelites leave Egypt. When Pharaoh refused to let the Israelites go, God brought ten plagues on Pharaoh and his people. Exodus 7-11.
God gave me instructions for celebrating the Passover. Exodus 12:14-20.
God gave me the power to divide the sea so the Israelites could escape from the Egyptians. Exodus 14:26-29.
The Israelites were mad at me after we left Egypt because they had no food or water. Exodus 15:24, 16:3.
I asked God for help when the Israelites were thirsty. Exodus 15:25, 17:4.
God told me all His commands for the people of Israel. He wrote the commands on two tablets of stone which he gave to me. Exodus 19-31.
I asked God not to destroy the Israelites when they made the golden calf. Exodus 32:11-14.
God spoke face to face with me. Exodus 33:11.
God gave me instructions for making offerings to Him. Leviticus 1-7.

Songs

My God is so strong
The love of God
Stand up and shout it

Story: Flight from Egypt

Reference: Exodus 5 - 12

Props: Sock puppets

God heard the cries of his people in Egypt. They were slaves and they were treated badly. God had blessed them so they had many children and so they were a big nation. However, there was a new Pharaoh in Egypt. He hated the Jews and was afraid of them because there were so many of them.

Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and asked him, “ The God of Israel asks you to let his people go so that they may go and worship him in the desert.”

Pharaoh’s heart was hard so he said, “No, your people may not go!”

Moses said,” We must go worship our God in the desert.”

Pharaoh said, “ You are keeping the slaves from their work. They may not go.”

Pharaoh gave new orders to the slave drivers, “ You must not give straw to the slaves to make bricks, they must find their own straw. You are to make sure that the slaves are to make the same amount of bricks a day!”

The people had to work hard to find straw and they could not make the same amount of bricks. They went to Moses and asked him what to do. They were afraid that the Pharaoh would kill them because they could not make enough bricks.

Moses prayed to God for help.

The Lord said to Moses, ‘ Pharaoh will not listen. I will show him that I am the Lord. Stretch your staff over the rivers and all the water will turn to blood and the fish will die.”

The Lord then said to Moses, ‘ Pharaoh’s heart is hard. I will show him that I am the Lord. I will send a plague of frogs to cover the land.”

Pharaoh promised Moses to let his people go if the frogs would stop. When the frogs stopped, Pharaoh changed his mind and said, “ Your people may not go.”

The Lord told Moses to stretch out his staff and strike the dust. The dust changed to gnats. The gnats attacked the animals and the people.

Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not let the people go.

The Lord sent a plague of flies. The flies bothered the Egyptians but not the Israelites.

Pharaoh offered that the Israelites could make sacrifices to God in Egypt, but Moses asked that they go to the desert to worship God.

Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not let the people go.

The Lord said to Moses, “ I will bring a plague on all the horses, camels, cattle, goats and sheep. The plague will not touch the animals of the Israelites.”

So all the horses, camels, cattle, goats and sheep of the Egyptians died.

Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not let the people go.

The Lord said to Moses, “ Take handfuls of soot and throw it into the air. It will become fine dust and cause boils on the skin of the people.”

Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not let the people go.

The Lord said to Moses, “ Go tell Pharaoh that I have done this to show my power. You will not let my people go therefore I will send a hailstorm on the land. The worst hailstorm ever.”

Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not let the people go.

The Lord said to Moses, “ I have done these miracles to show I am the Lord your God. Pharoah’s heart is hard and he will not let you go. I will bring a plague of locusts on to land to eat all the green things left.”

Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not let the people go.

The Lord said to Moses, “Stretch your hand toward the sky so that darkness spreads over the land. There will be darkness over the land for three days.”

Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not let the people go.

Moses told Pharaoh, “ The Lord says: “At midnight I will send an angel throughout Egypt. Every firstborn child will die. Every firstborn animal will die.”

The Lord told Moses, “ Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you so that my wonders will be increased in Egypt. The Israelites are to kill a lamb and paint the blood onto the top of their door and on the sides. The angel will see the blood and will pass over those houses”

At midnight an angel flew throughout Egypt. Every firstborn child died. Every firstborn animal died. Only where there was blood on the door of the house the angel passed over and the firstborn did not die.

Questions:

1. What were the Israelites in Egypt?
2. What did Moses ask Pharaoh?
3. What was Pharaoh reply?
4. Whey did Pharaoh not let the people go?
5. What were some of the plagues?
6. Why did God send the plagues?
7. What was the last plague?

Memory verse

The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want.

Activity: Beanbags

The children are to sit in a circle. The children pass the beanbags around the circle in time to music. They pass the bags slowly the first time and then they pass the bags faster.
The children stand in a line next to each other. They must throw the bags to a designated point.
A jumping rope or rope is placed on the ground. The children are asked to put the beanbags on their heads. They must walk along the rope balancing the bags on their heads.