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Deuteronomy 9 · Grade 5

The Intercessor

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Deuteronomy 9 dismantles pride. Three times Moses says, Not for your righteousness. God would go before Israel as a devouring fire, but the victory would be His. The nations were being judged for their wickedness, and God was keeping His oath to the patriarchs. Israel, Moses says, was a stiff-necked people.

The evidence is their record. From the day they left Egypt they had rebelled. At Horeb, in the very shadow of the mountain, they cast a golden calf. Moses broke the tablets before their eyes, burned the calf, ground it to dust, and threw the dust into the brook. At Taberah, Massah, Kibroth Hattaavah, and Kadesh Barnea they provoked God again.

Moses lay prostrate forty days and nights, neither eating bread nor drinking water. His prayer pleaded God's reputation, God's redemption, and God's promises, not Israel's merit. God listened. Moses here points ahead to Jesus, who always lives to intercede for His people (Hebrews 7:25).

Show What You Know

  1. What does Deuteronomy 9 dismantle?

  2. Why were the nations being judged?

  3. What did Moses do with the calf?

  4. What did Moses' prayer not appeal to?

  5. How does Moses point ahead to Jesus?

Crossword

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Across

  1. The people made a golden ____.
  2. Moses asked God not to look at their ____ness (9:27).
  3. Moses ____ for the people.

Down

  1. Moses broke the two ____.
  2. Moses was on the mountain ____ days.

Think About It

  1. Moses prayed based on who God is, not on how good the people were. How can that shape your prayers?

  2. Why is it freeing to know that God's blessings do not depend on our goodness?

Memory Verse

I prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Lord Yahweh, don’t destroy your people and your inheritance that you have redeemed through your greatness, that you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

Deuteronomy 9:26 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for hearing prayer. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What does Israel's stubbornness teach about our own hearts?
  • How can you pray for others like Moses did?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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