Q. How did he reply to the complaints of the ls. raelites ?

A. “Ye are idle, ye are idle; therefore ye say, Let

us go and do sacrifice to the Lord." Exod. v. 15-19.

Q. Was Moses discouraged?

A. Yes, he complained to the Lord that the only effect of his message to Pharaoh, thus far, was evil. Exod. v. 22, 23.

Q. What was the first plague inflicted on Egypt in order to induce Pharaoh to let the Israelites depart?

A. The waters were turned into blood. Exod. vii. 14-25.

Q. What was the second?

A. Frogs came up and covered the land. Exod. viii. 6.

Q. What was the third? The fourth?

The fifth? The sixth ? The seventh ? The eighth? The ninth ?

A. The third, the plague of lice, Exod. viii. 17; the fourth, of flies, Exod. viii. 24; the fifth, a murrain upon the cattle, Exod. ix. 3; the sixth, Boils and blains, Exod. ix. 10; the seventh, the hail, Exod. ix. 23, 25; the eighth, locusts, Exod. x. 13; the ninth, thick darkness. Exod. x. 22, 23.

Q. Was Pharaoh induced to relent and let the chil dren of Israel go?

A. No. His heart was hardened, and he would not let the children of Israel go. Exod. x. 27. Q. What did Moses command the Israelites to do, preparatory to the last plague, and to their leaving Egypt?

A. Each family was to kill a lamb, and to mark Iwith the blood of the animal the lintel and sideposts of the door of the house; "for the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians, but will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you." Exod. xii. 21-23.

Q. Under what name was this to be afterwards observed?

A. The Passover. Exod. xii. 27.

Q. What was the last plague ?

A. The slaying of the first-born. Exod. xii. 29, 30.

LESSON X.

DELIVERANCE FROM EGYPT.

Q. Did Pharaoh at length suffer the Hebrews to depart?

A. He did; and the Egyptians were urgent to send

them out of the land, for fear of still further calamities. Exod. xii. 30 – 33.

Q. Whose bones did Moses take with him?

A. Those of Joseph; as he had enjoined upon the children of Israel to do, when the time came that they should quit Egypt. Exod. xiii. 19.

Q. What direction was taken by the Israelites?
A. They took their journey from Succoth, and en-
camped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
Exod xiii. 17-20.

Q. How were they guided?

A. By a pillar of cloud by day, and a pillar of fire by night. Exod xiii. 21, 22.

Q. Were they pursued by the Egyptians?

A. Yes. The Egyptians pursued them, and overtook them, encamping by the sea.

5-9.

Exod. xiv.

Q. Into what state were the Israelites thrown by the approach of the Egyptians?

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A. They were sore afraid," and reproached Moses with bringing them out of Egypt only that they might die in the wilderness. Exod. xiv. 10-12. Q. How did Moses encourage the Israelites? A. "He said, Fear not; stand still, and see the sal vation of the Lord." Exod. xiv. 13.

Q. Give an account of the passage of the Red Sea. A. "Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground; and the waters were a wall

unto them on their right hand, and on their left." Exod. xiv. 19-25.

Q. What was the fate of the Egyptians?

A. As they pursued, the waters returned in their strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians were overthrown in the midst of the sea. Exod. xiv. 26 - 31.

Q. In what way did Moses and the people express their thankfulness?

A. They sang a triumphal song, or psalm, which has served as a model for psalms on similar subjects in later times. Exod. xv. 1.

Q. After passing the Red Sea, into what region did the Israelites enter?

A. The wilderness of Shur. Exod. xv. 22.

Q. What was the number of Israelites when they left Egypt?

A. 603,550. But the Levites were not numbered among them. Num. i. 46, 47.

Q. To what land did Moses propose to lead them? A. To the land of Canaan, where their fathers had dwelt.

Q. How long did they wander in the wilderness?
A. Forty years.

Q. After leaving Egypt, how long was it before they reached Mount Sinai ?

A. Three months.

Q. What laws were first given to the Israelites, and what are they called?

A. The Ten Commandments.

Exod. xx.

Q. Can you tell some of the circumstances which attended the giving of the ten commandments? A. The people were sanctified and collected around the foot of the mountain, while its summit was enveloped in cloud, and thunders, and lightnings, and " was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire." Exod. xix. Q. Were the Israelites as yet restrained with difficulty from worshipping false gods?

A. Yes. They persuaded Aaron to make a golden calf, and Aaron built an altar before it, and the people offered burnt-offerings. Exod. xxxii. 1-7. Q. As Moses descended from the mount, what was heard from the camp?

A. There was a noise of the people, shouting and singing. Exod. xxxii. 15-18.

Q. What was done by Moses, on finding the Israelites worshipping the golden calf?

A. Moses was very angry, and threw down the tables

of stone on which the commandments were inscribed, and broke them to pieces. Exod. xxx”. 19, 20.

Q. Were the commandments renewed?

A. They were renewed, and in addition God gave an announcement of himself. Exod. xxxiv. 1-8.