Pharaoh is Given a Warning

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God, Moses, Pharaoh, plagues

Excerpt from Enjoying Exodus: The Bible in Rhyme by Marcia Goldlist

God tells Moses to instruct Pharaoh that anything or anyone who he does not bring in from the field and conceal will be struck down from hail.

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Discussion Questions:

• God told Moses to give a warning to Pharaoh. When is it good to give a warning to people?
• What are consequences?
• Pharaoh is told that everything should be brought in from the field and concealed. Who or what are these things and animals being concealed from?
• God set down the consequences very clearly of what would happen to any people or animals found in the field. Why is it good to tell people what the consequences of their actions will be?

Creative Thinking:

• When is it not a good idea to give a warning to someone?
• When is it a bad idea to tell people consequences of their actions?

Homeschool Activities that are also good for non-homeschoolers:

• Write someone a warning about something.
• What kind of warnings are you given? Do you heed them or not? Why?
• Compare a punishment with a consequence. How are they the same and how are they different?
• Research hail.
• Write a poem about hail.
• Describe how you like to be asked to do something and why.
• Interview Pharaoh about his decision to bring his people and animals inside.
• Body language can tell us a lot about what a person really feels. Describe Pharaoh‘s body language while Moses was telling him what God said.

 

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Discussion Questions Regarding Strength:

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Egyptians, God, Pharaoh, plagues

Excerpt from Enjoying Exodus: The Bible in Rhyme by Marcia Goldlist

God tells Pharaoh that He could have just killed him and the Egyptians but He didn’t want to. God wanted them to be a living testimony to His strength. God wanted it known throughout the whole world that He was in control of man and nature.

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• Why was it more impressive for God to show His strength to the Egyptians rather than to kill them?
• Is it more powerful to tell people your strengths or to show them? Why?
• Is it more powerful for you to tell people about your strengths or for someone else to tell about them?

Creative Thinking Questions:

• When is it better to tell people your strengths and when is it better to be quiet?
• God could have wiped out all of the Egyptians. Would it be harder or easier for you to die knowing that your whole nation was dying with you? Explain.
• If God is so powerful why does He need humans to tell people about Him?

Homeschool Activities Related to God Showing His Strength to Pharaoh and the Egyptians:

• After seeing all of the plagues that God sent upon the Egyptians it is safe to say that some would truly begin to believe in God. Create a media campaign for these Egyptians trying to get others to believe in one God. Decide if you are aiming your campaign at fellow Egyptians or people from other countries. Use at least four of the following:
  • television
  • old fashioned messenger
  • radio
  • twitter
  • newspaper
  • magazine
  • blog
  • word of mouth
  • bulletin board
  • flyer
  • pamphlet
  • YouTube
•  What would be the difference between a campaign to get people to believe in one God aimed at fellow Egyptians and a campaign aimed at people from other countries?
• Come up with a one minute speech about your strengths.
• Write a poem of gratitude for being spared by an Egyptian.
• God said that He spared the Egyptians so that they would know His strength and tell the world about Him. Does this make the Egyptians God’s puppets? Explain.
• Write a case for God to save the Egyptian people if He was trying to decide whether to save them or wipe them all out.
• Write a case for God to wipe out the Egyptian people if He was trying to decide whether to save them or wipe them all out.
• What is your strength? How can you show  it to people?
• In the time of Pharaoh how could the Egyptians tell the world about everything that God caused to happen to them?