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n Lesson One, we learned about a family thatwas very special to God. We learned of God’s

promise to Abraham to make his descendantsinto a great nation. We learned that this samepromise was passed down to Abraham’s sonIsaac, and again to Isaac’s son Jacob. We left offlast lesson after learning about the twelve sons ofJacob (whose name was changed to Israel).

JOSEPH SOLD

Jacob loved his son Joseph more than any of hisother sons. To show his love, he made Joseph avery fine coat of many different colors (Genesis37:3). This caused Joseph’s brothers to envy andhate him.

One day, Joseph’s eleven brothers were in thefields feeding their father’s flock of sheep. Jacobsent Joseph to check on them. When the brotherssaw Joseph, they decided to use it as an opportu-nity to get rid of him. After considering theiroptions, they decided to sell Joseph as a slave tosome Midianite traders who were passing by ontheir way to Egypt. On the way home, the broth-ers killed a goat and smeared Joseph’s coat in itsblood. When they showed the coat to their father,they explained that a wild animal in the fieldskilled Joseph. This caused Jacob to mourn formany days.

When Joseph arrived in Egypt, Potiphar, anEgyptian captain, bought him. A great wrong hadbeen done against Joseph. He did not deserve to

be sold as a slave. However, Joseph realized abiblical principle that we can turn to the NewTestament and read about. I Peter 3:14 says, “Buteven if you should __________ for________________ sake, you are __________.”Joseph knew that he had been wronged, but healso knew that God would not forsake him if hedid not forsake God. We can turn back to Genesisto see how God dealt with Joseph: “The Lordwas with __________, and he was a______________ man.” (Genesis 39:2). Josephbecame so successful that Potiphar decided to putJoseph in charge of his entire household.

As time went on, Potiphar’s wife becameattracted to Joseph, and attempted to be intimatewith Joseph in a way that only a husband andwife should be. Because Joseph obeyed andfeared God, he would not allow her to succeed.This angered Potiphar’s wife. The next time shetried to make advances on Joseph, she grabbedonto a piece of his clothing as he ran away. Sheripped the piece off of him and kept it. She thenwent to her husband and made up the story thatJoseph tried to be intimate with her, and she hadsome of his clothing to prove it. Potipharbelieved his wife and became very angry withJoseph—putting him in prison.

Despite all of his trials, Joseph did not giveup. He trusted God, and knew that God was test-ing him to see if he would continue to obeyHim. Joseph was determined not to forsakeGod. Over two years after being put in prison,

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Joseph was called on by Pharaoh to interpret adream. Joseph told Pharaoh that he did not havethe ability to interpret dreams, but if it wereGod’s will, then God would work throughJoseph to interpret it. Pharaoh explained hisdream to Joseph by saying, “Behold, in mydream I stood on the bank of the river.Suddenly, seven cows came up out of the river,fine-looking and fat; and they fed in the mead-ow. Then behold, seven other cows came upafter them, poor and very ugly and gaunt, such

ugliness as I have never seen in all the land ofEgypt” (Genesis 41:17-19).

Joseph explained that the seven fine-lookingcows represented seven years of prosperity forEgypt. However, the seven ugly cows represent-ed seven years of severe famine for Egypt. Heexplained that Pharaoh should appoint a wiseman over Egypt to make sure that during each ofthe good years, one-fifth of all the food in Egyptbe stored for use during the seven years offamine. Pharaoh was impressed with Joseph’swisdom, and saw that God was working withhim. He appointed Joseph to be over Egypt tomake sure this plan was carried out.

Joseph’s reliance on God paid off. Just likehis great-grandfather Abraham, Joseph under-stood the law of cause and effect. He knew if he

patiently waited for God to work out the situa-tion, obeying God the whole time and not tryingto have things work out his own way, then Godwould bless him. That is exactly what happened.Thirteen years after being sold as a slave by hisbrothers, Joseph became the second most power-ful man in Egypt, next only to Pharaoh.

When the seven years of famine struck, noneof the surrounding nations had food, since theydid not store any during the seven years of pros-perity. When others heard that Egypt had extra

food, they traveled there to buy it. This alsoincluded Jacob. He sent ten of his sons to Egyptto get food. However, he did not send his youngson Benjamin, out of fear that what happened toJoseph could also happen to him.

When they arrived and stood in line to getfood, Joseph recognized his brothers. AlthoughJoseph was very happy to see them, he decidednot to reveal himself immediately. Instead, hespoke to them using a Hebrew translator, so thatthey thought that Joseph was an Egyptian. Josephaccused them of being spies. The brothersexplained that they were merely part of a familyof twelve brothers and an aging father. Josephwas relieved to hear that after these many years,his father was still alive. He questioned where theother two brothers were. They explained that one

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was at home and the other one was dead. Josephremained strong and was able to hold back hisemotions. He told his brothers that he wouldbelieve their story if they returned home andbrought their youngest brother to him. In themeantime, he was going to hold one of them inprison.

The brothers were distressed, because theyknew that Jacob would not want to sendBenjamin. When they arrived home, theyexplained to their father everything that had hap-pened. At first, Jacob would not allow Benjaminto go, but they eventually ran out of food again.They needed to go back to Egypt to get more.This time, Jacob allowed Benjamin to go.

JACOB MOVES TO EGYPT

After his brothers arrived back in Egypt, Josepheventually could not hold back any longer. Withgreat emotion, he made his identity known tothem. Many years had passed since they soldJoseph to slavery—and they were astonished atthe great power that he had in Egypt. Joseph wasable to forgive his brothers for selling him intoslavery.

Turn to Genesis 45 to see Joseph’s remark-able statement to his brothers: “But now, do nottherefore be __________ or ________ with your-selves because you sold me here; for ______ sentme before you to preserve life” (verse 5).Continue in verse 8: “So now it was not _____who sent me here, but _____; and He has mademe a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house,and a _______ throughout all the land of________.” Remarkable! Instead of being angrywith his brothers for selling him as a slave, hewas able to recognize that it was God’s will thathe go to Egypt, and preserve life by becoming aruler of Egypt and saving enough food during theprosperous years. Most people in the same situa-tion would have blamed the brothers, and would

have considered themselves great for obtainingso much power. Not Joseph. He saw that this wasGod’s plan all along, and he was merely the per-son that God worked with to fulfill it. All thegreatness that Joseph had obtained in Egypt wasnot because of anything that he had done—butbecause of God!

Joseph desired greatly to see his father again.He asked his brothers to go back to Canaan andbring his father with them to live in a part ofEgypt called Goshen. Jacob was overcome withjoy when he heard that Joseph was still alive.Jacob and his sons left Canaan and moved toGoshen.

In Genesis 48, we read that as Jacob got clos-er to death, he knew it was time for him to passdown the blessing that he had received fromIsaac. Instead of blessing his firstborn, he blessedJoseph’s two sons—Ephraim and Manasseh. Byblessing his grandchildren, Jacob adopted themas his own sons so that they would also take partof the great blessing given to Israel.

Notice in verse 19 what Jacob said when heblessed Ephraim and Manasseh: “[Manasseh]also shall become a people, and he also shall begreat; but truly his younger brother shall begreater than he, and his descendants shall becomea multitude of nations.” Jacob was recalling yearsearlier when he was blessed and was told by God,“Be fruitful and multiply; a _______ and a___________ of _________ shall proceed fromyou” (Genesis 35:11).

God does not break His promises. The begin-ning of the fulfillment of this promise startedwith Ephraim and Manasseh. They did grow intoa great nation and company of nations that existtoday. The descendants of Ephraim grew into theBritish Commonwealth (which includes suchcountries as England, Canada, and Australia.)Manasseh grew into the great nation of theUnited States of America. Many of you live inone of these nations, and the reason that they

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have so many physical blessings is because of thepromise that God made to Abraham over 3,000years ago. God does not break His promises.

ISRAEL TAKEN INTO SLAVERY

In the years following Jacob’s death, his descen-dants lived in Egypt and became large in number.As the Israelites grew, the Egyptians felt threat-ened by them and forced them into slavery. Hardtimes had now come upon Israel. However, Godwould not forsake His chosen people. He had aplan to eventually free Israel from their captivity.God works on His own timeline and, as we willsee, He wanted Israel to learn some lessonsbefore He freed them.

In Lesson One, we saw that God’s govern-ment is from the top down, with God the Fatherand then Jesus Christ as the two Beings with themost authority. God then has one human leaderwhom He uses to lead His people. By the timeGod was ready to free Israel from Egyptian cap-tivity, they had grown to at least 2 or 3 millionpeople. God would need a very special person tobe able to successfully lead all these people. Thisperson’s name was Moses.

Moses was born after Israel was taken intoslavery by the Egyptians. At that time, Pharaohhad a plan to stop the growth of Israel. He decid-ed to kill all the newborn Hebrew boys! Moses’mother tried for three months to hide Moses fromthe Egyptians, but eventually realized that it wastoo dangerous. So she made a basket and putMoses in it, then placed the basket in the NileRiver. She trusted that God’s will would be done,and that the child would find safety. Moses wasdiscovered in the river by the Pharaoh’s daugh-ter—who took Moses as her own child. Thismeant that Moses was raised with a life of privi-lege, receiving a good education and living verycomfortably. Despite this, Moses was unhappythat his fellow Hebrews were being treated bru-

tally as slaves. One day, Moses observed anEgyptian taskmaster beating a Hebrew slave.This made Moses so angry that he tackled theEgyptian to the ground and began fighting withhim. The taskmaster died from his wounds.Afraid that the Pharaoh would find out, Mosesfled from Egypt.

MOSES CALLED

Many years later, while Moses was tending sheepin the land that he fled to, he came across a burn-ing bush. This bush got Moses’ attention because,even though it was on fire, it would not burn up.Moses approached the bush, when suddenly heheard a voice from it say, “Moses, Moses.” Thevoice then told him to take off his sandals becausehe was in the presence of God, and the groundthat he was standing on was holy ground—setaside by God for a special purpose! Moses wasastonished. Imagine how you would react if Godwere speaking directly to you! Moses kneeleddown because he was afraid to look at the bush.God explained to Moses that He had seen theoppression of Israel in Egypt, and He was nowgoing to use Moses to free them from Egypt and

their slavery. Moses was very hesitant to acceptthe job for which God had chosen him. He cameup with many excuses, but eventually realizedthat he was dealing with God—and God wouldnot take “no” for an answer.

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Exodus 2:24 says, “So God heard [Israel’s]groaning, and God remembered His [agree-ment] with Abraham, with Isaac, and withJacob.” God cannot break his promises. Hepromised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob thatIsrael would become a great nation. He knewthat they could not become a great nation if theywere in slavery.

Although God was going to free them fromslavery, we will see that He still wanted Israel tolearn important lessons about relying and trustingin Him. This is important understanding. Thosewho serve and obey God must realize that Goddesires the best for us. This sometimes meanscorrecting us—teaching us a lesson. The Biblespeaks of the correction that we receive fromGod. Just as our human parents will correct us ifwe do something wrong, our Heavenly Fatherwill also correct us if we do not obey Him.

Turn to Hebrews 12 and fill in the blanks ofverse 11: “Now no chastening [correction] seemsto be ____________ for the ____________, but_____________; nevertheless, afterward it yieldsthe __________________ ____________ of__________________ to those who have been______________ by it.” Although it does notseem pleasant to be corrected—either by ahuman parent or by God the Father—if we areable to learn from (be trained by) this correction,then we will be closer to obtaining God’s right-eousness because we will learn the importance ofobeying His commands. It is important toremember that God corrects us because he LOVES

us, and He knows that the only way we will behappy is if we follow His way.

In regard to Israel, God was dealing with mil-lions of His people who had been in Egyptianslavery for many generations. During that time,they were unable to obey God like Abraham,Isaac, and Jacob had. In fact, over the genera-tions, they had completely forgotten God’s way.They had not kept the Sabbath or Annual Holy

Days for a long time. God knew that He wouldhave to do more than just free Israel from Egypt.

He would have to showIsrael the importance

of relying on Himand obeying

Him. This wasa large-scale

n a t i o n a lcorrectionb e c a u s eHe wantedall thepeople ofIsrael toknow and

obey Hisway again.When Moses

first went toPharaoh and asked

that all the Hebrews belet go, Pharaoh refused. Because ofPharaoh’s refusal, God sent plagueson the Egyptians. In fact, ten dif-ferent plagues in total had to besuffered by Pharaoh and theEgyptians until he changed hismind and finally freed them.

For the final plague, Godmade it known that He wasgoing to send an angel tokill all the firstborn chil-dren and animals inEgypt—exceptfor those

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whose families had the blood of a lamb sprinkledon their doorpost. Such people would be passedover by God. God told Israel that on the sameday every year, they were to do the same thing,so that they would remember when God deliv-ered them from Egypt.

Your parents still observe this special dayevery year. It is called Passover, and it occurs theevening before the first day of the Feast ofUnleavened Bread. Passover is now observed ina spiritual way, as we remember the shed bloodof Jesus Christ—our Passover Lamb.

ISRAEL FREE AGAIN

That night, all the firstborn in Egypt, includingPharaoh’s own son, were killed—except forthose who were Hebrew. Pharaoh had finallyhad enough. Egypt had suffered from nineplagues already, and this tenth plague was toomuch for him to bear. He called Moses andAaron (his brother who acted as his spokesman,since Moses spoke with a stutter.) He said tothem, “Rise and go out from among my people,both you and the children of Israel. And go,serve the Lord as you have said” (Exodus12:31). That night—the night after thePassover—Israel left Egypt. Each year weremember this evening on the Night To BeMuch Remembered.

Pharaoh had one more change of heartbefore Israel saw the last of him. Israel had beenon the run a few days when Pharaoh decided hewanted to try to capture them again. God had apurpose for this. He wanted all the Egyptians tosee the true power of God, so they would knowwho the only true God is. God caused Pharaohto want to chase Israel. The Egyptian armycaught up with the Israelites at a spot wherethey were surrounded by large mountains, thewilderness, and the Red Sea. They had nowhereto run! Would their freedom be over already?

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Some certainly thought so. But Moses trusted inGod, and told the people not to be afraid,because the Lord was going to deliver them(Exodus 14:13).

At that moment, God spoke to Moses and toldhim to stretch out his hand over the Red Sea anddivide it in two. Moses did, and the water divid-ed in two, so that there was dry land on the bot-tom to allow the Israelite to cross to the otherside. Once they reached the other side, theEgyptian army was part way though the sea andGod allowed the division to disappear, so that thewater drowned the army. God did deliver Israel,and now they truly were free from their Egyptianslavery—many years after being first taken cap-tive!

ISRAEL LEARNS GOD’S WAY

Before long, the Israelites forgot the awesomepower that God had shown them.

They soon started to com-plain to Moses thatthere was no food inthe desert. They toldMoses that in Egypt

they had plenty of food, and they accused Mosesof bringing all of Israel into the desert to starve.What the Israelites forgot was that it was notMoses who had brought Israel out of Egypt—itwas God. Regardless, God did have a solution.He toldMoses that atype of breadcalled mannawould fallfrom heavenevery day. God did not want the people to gathermore bread than they needed for that day,because He wanted them to learn to always trustGod for their needs—day after day. The excep-tion to this would be on the sixth day of the week.

On this day, the people were to gather twice asmuch food so that they would have enough to lastthem through the Sabbath.

There were some who did not trust God, anddecided to gather more than they needed for thecurrent day. The next morning, their bread hadworms in it and had an awful odor. And, just asGod promised, those who went out to look forbread on the Sabbath could not find any. Butthose who had gathered twice as much on thesixth day had bread for the Sabbath.

God now had the task of teaching His chosenpeople how to live His way of life. When Israelreached Mount Sinai, God called Moses to thetop of the mountain. There, God wrote on twotablets the Ten Commandments, by which Israelwas to live. He made an offer to Israel that if theywould obey His commandments, He would betheir God. Turn to Exodus 19 and fill in theblanks to better understand the agreement (orcovenant) that God proposed: “Now therefore, ifyou will indeed ________ My _________ andkeep My ______________, then you shall be a_____________ _________________ to Meabove all people; for all the earth is Mine. Andyou shall be to Me a _____________ of priestsand a ________ _____________” (verse 5-6).

In Exodus 20, you will find the TenCommandments that Israel was to obey. Becomefamiliar with these, because your Bible Memoryassignment for this lesson will be to name all TenCommandments. All of Israel answered God,saying that they would do whatever Hecommanded.

God allowed Israel to wander in the wilder-ness for forty years before He finally led them tothe same land that He had promised Abrahamhundreds of years earlier (the Land of Canaan).During those forty years, Moses acted as a judgefor the people of Israel. Whenever there was adispute, they would bring it to Moses. Moseseventually appointed elders under him to deal

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with smaller matters, so that all his time wouldnot be consumed by making judgments. Thisshows how God’s government works. God theFather is at the top, with the Word taking direc-tion from the Father. Below Him was Moses,who took orders directly from The Word of theOld Testament, who later became Jesus Christ. Inturn, Moses gave orders and instructions to hiselders. God uses this structured form of govern-ment (from the top down) in order to preventchaos and confusion.

The elders and Moses knew that they mustrespect the decisions that were made by Godbecause they were made out of love and concernfor them and for all of Israel.

It is for this same reason that God commandseveryone to honor their father and their mother.Your parents are responsible for you and, there-fore, have authority over you. The decisions thatthey make are for your own good, and are madebecause they love you. In turn, they are receivingdirection about how to be good parents from theChurch, who receives instruction from God. Ifyou don’t respect and obey your parents’ deci-sions, then you are not only disrespecting them,but you are disrespecting God, and you willcause chaos and confusion in your household.

Moses never did reach the Promised Land.Just as Israel was close enough to see it God toldMoses, “This is the land that I gave to Abraham,Isaac, and Jacob. Now I will give it to yourdescendants, and although I have allowed you tosee it, I will not allow you to cross over into it”(Deuteronomy 34:4). At the age of 120, Mosesdied just as Israel was about to enter thePromised Land. Before Moses died, he laid hishands upon a man named Joshua, who thenbecame the new leader of Israel. Israel calledtheir leaders “judges” since they would makejudgments on all the various situations that arose.

Israel entered into the Promised Land and,during the period of the judges, they fell into a

pattern. Israel would forget the great power thatGod had shown them, and they would disobeyGod’s commands because they would allow theircarnal nature to get the best of them. When thishappened, God would remove their materialblessings, and the people would complain to theirleader. Things eventually got so bad that theIsraelites would cry out to God for help. Godwould help them and then, for a time, they wouldobey God again. However, as time went on, theywould fall back into disobedience, and the pat-tern would continue. The same thing happenedwhen they were wandering in the desert beforeentering the Promised Land.

ISRAEL DEMANDS A KING

During the days when Samuel was the judge ofIsrael, the people wanted a king like all the othernations around them. They did not realize thatGod was their King, and that He was much morepowerful than all of the human kings on earth.This upset Samuel, so he prayed to God about it.Turn to I Samuel 8:7 to read God’s answer toSamuel’s prayer: “And the Lord said to Samuel,‘[Obey] the voice of the people [and their requestfor a king] in all that they say to you; for theyhave not rejected you, but they have______________ _____, that I should not____________ over them.’”

By asking for a human king, Israel rejectedGod as King over them. Therefore, God warnedIsrael and told them that their king would act outof greed, and would make them worse off. Healso said that He would not hear the cries of thepeople when they complained about their king,since they had rejected God as their ruler (verse18). Yet, Israel still wanted a king.

And so a man named Saul was appointedking. Just as God had warned, Saul eventuallyacted out of greed and did not do a good job ofbeing king. He did not obey God’s command-

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ments, and so God decided to punish Saul byremoving him as king and replacing him with abetter king. Even though Israel had rejected God,God was merciful and still decided to guide whowas their king. We will learn in later lessons thatGod did eventually punish Israel for their disobe-dience by sending them back into captivity.

God chose a young man named David to bethe new king of Israel. David trusted God withall his heart. In fact, when Israel was at war withthe Philistines, David was willing to go out andfight Goliath—a giant man who could easilydestroy any normal-sized person. But Davidknew God would be with him if he would trustGod. God was with him, and he was able todefeat Goliath.

David was a good king. He obeyed God’slaws and so God made a special agreement withhim. He promised David that his descendantswould continue to reign over Israel forever andever (II Samuel 7:16). He also said that the nextking—David’s son—would build a temple forGod. God did not break His promise. David’sthrone still exists on earth today. It is the verythrone that Jesus Christ will return to when Hesets up God’s government on the whole earth—agovernment that will last forever and ever.

SOLOMON’S WISDOM

As King David grew older, he realized that hewas soon going to die. He wanted to be sure thathe provided his son Solomon with advice aboutbeing king over Israel.

Turn to I Kings 2 and fill in the blanks to seeDavid’s advice to Solomon: “I go the way of allthe earth; be ___________, therefore, and proveyourself a man. And keep the charge of the -__________ your _______: to walk in His_______, to keep His __________, His____________________, His _____________,and His ________________, as it is written inthe Law of Moses, that you may __________ inall that you do and wherever you turn; that theLord may fulfil His word which He spoke con-cerning me, saying, ‘If your sons take heed totheir way, to walk before Me in ________ withall their ___________ and with all their_________,’ He said, ‘you shall not lack a manon the throne of __________” (verses 2-4).

David understood the law of cause and effect.He knew that God promised that his descendantswould remain on the throne of Israel if theyobeyed God’s way. David knew that if Solomondid not follow God’s way, then the effect wouldbe that Israel would reject God. I Kings 3:3 says,“And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in thestatutes of his father David.” This pleased God somuch that He appeared to Solomon in a dreamand said that He would give Solomon anythingthat he wanted. Solomon knew that his father hadruled Israel in a way that was pleasing to God, andthat this is why God blessed Israel. Consideringthis, Solomon asked God for wisdom. He knewthat he had been given an important job, and hewanted to make sure that he would do it right. Heknew he would only succeed if he relied on God.In fact, the wisdom that God gave to Solomonmade him the wisest man to ever live!

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Solomon was able to use this wisdom to writethe book of Proverbs. Proverbs 3:5 shows howwell Solomon understood this: “Trust in the_________ with all your ________, and lean noton your own _________________.” Solomonknew that when humans do what they think isright, it often is not what God says is right. Wewill later spend an entire lesson looking at theProverbs.

Sadly, Solomon did not use all his wisdomproperly. When he got older, he gave intohuman lust, and took for himself seven hundredwives. This is very wrong in God’s eyes, as mar-riage is to be between one man and one woman.Many of Solomon’s wives were not evenIsraelites, so Solomon began to worship thefalse gods and idols of his wives’ nations. Thisteaches us that we need to make sure that wenever stop obeying God. Even if we feel asthough we are doing many things right, we mustrealize how easy it is for us to fall—just asSolomon did.

Interestingly, there is another important les-son that we can learn about how God deals withus. You see, when David was alive, he also brokeGod’s law by taking a woman who was not hiswife. So what is the difference? Why did Goddeal favorably with David, but remain angrywith Solomon? Because David repented. Heconfessed his sin to God, and asked God to for-give him. He told God that he had made a mis-take, but he still wanted to live God’s way andobey Him. And he did not commit such a sinever again.

Although the book of Ecclesiastes indicatesthat Solomon may have later repented before hedied, God told Solomon that He would tear thekingdom of Israel away from him. But how couldGod do this? Didn’t God promise to David thathis descendants would remain on the throne for-ever? Turn to I Kings 11:11-13 and, in the blankbelow, explain how God would take away the

kingdom from Solomon without breaking Hispromise to David: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The one tribe that God left to Solomon’s sonRehoboam was the tribe of Judah. A man namedJeroboam ruled the rest of the tribes of Israel. InLesson 3, we will learn how the split of Israeloccurred, and we will learn of some of the kingswho ruled both Judah and the rest of Israel.

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BIBLE MEMORY: The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20)

Published by The Restored Church of God.Printed in the USA; All Rights ReservedCopyright © 2004

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Directions: Find all the words listed. Use the unused letters to fill in the mystery scripture below, which reminds usof how merciful God is. Note: Small words (for example, sin) cannot be found entirely in another word (Sinai).

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AaronAngelBlessingCorrectDavidEgyptEphraimExodusHoneyIsraelJosephJudgeKingLambLove

Solomon SonsManassehCommandmentPromised Land

Moses Nile Noah Passover Pharaoh Plague Proverb Righteous Sabbath Samuel Saul Sin Sinai TenMilk

P R O M I S E D L A N D N I SA B E X O D U S O L O M O N US A U L T R I G H T E O U S TS A B B A T H H P H A R A O HO E M L S E E P H R A I M R CV J Y E A B R E V O R P A O FE T O S M H L T E L O H A T SR C H S U R A G E D M O R P IS O E I E I M S N N I N O Y NE R S N L P B F R I L E N G AS R S G O L H M E S K Y V E IO E A E D A V I D R R L A S TM C N I O G N G T A S N O S OE T A N J U D G E E L I N V ER L M A L E G N A L S T I N GT N E M D N A M M O C L O V E

(Psalm 103:17)