CHAPTER 9

SECTION 1

OUT OF EGYPT

• Moses leads Israelites out of slavery
• Songs of praise to God, book of Exodus
• Wilderness of Sinai Peninsula
• Transition from slaves to free people of God
• Key word: Mount Sinai

FAITH IN GOD

• God asks the Israelites to be faithful
• Grumbling against Moses because of hardships
• Key word: Miracle
• Key word: Manna
• God sustained the Israelites in whatever they needed

SECTION 2

THE LAW

• Israelites makes camp at Mount Sinai
• Moses receives the Ten Commandments
• Other laws kept in last part of Exodus and Book of Leviticus
• Blood of the covenant- 12 pillars, 12 tribes
• New covenant in blood: Jesus' sacrifice

SYMBOLIC NUMBERS

• Forty: number of days Moses prayed on Mount Sinai
• Twelve: number of pillars on stone altar
• 40 days: Noah, Jesus
• 12: Tribes of Israel, Apostles

SECTION 3

IDOL WORSHIP

• Moses had been gone for a long time
• The Israelites grew restless and created a new god
• They began worshiping a golden calf
• Moses throws down the 10 Commandments in anger, they break
• Moses meets God on Mount Sinai, returns changed

ARC OF THE COVENANT

• Key word: Arc of the covenant
• "dwelling place" for God
• Meeting tent, Arc, altars, furniture, vestments
• God didn't seem so far away
• The dwelling place was a reminder of God's presence

SECTION 4

TO THE PROMISED LAND

• God's people grew and changed
• Journey detailed in the Book of Numbers ("two censuses")
• God's presence in a guiding cloud
• Israelites tried to conquer Canaan, failed
• Balaam the prophet- predicted the greatness of Israel

A NEW LEADER

• Moses in his old age selects another leader
• Joshua is chosen as the leader of God's people