Exodus 5 · Grade 3
Who Is Yahweh?
Read the Story
Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness. Pharaoh said, Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don't know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go.
That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters, You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves. He still required the same number of bricks. He called them lazy. So the people scattered through Egypt to gather stubble. The Israelite officers were beaten because the work was not finished.
The officers complained to Pharaoh, but he said, You are idle! When they met Moses and Aaron, they blamed them. Moses returned to Yahweh and asked why God had brought trouble on this people and why he had sent Moses. Since Moses came to Pharaoh, things had only gotten worse.
Memory Verse
“Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’””
Exodus 5:1 (WEB)
Answer the Questions
Why did God want Israel to go to the wilderness?
What question did Pharaoh ask about God?
What did Pharaoh say about the bricks?
Who was beaten when the work wasn't done?
What did Moses ask God?
Story Order
Write what happened in each box.
Prayer
Dear God, thank You for today's Bible story. Help me to . Amen.
Take It Home
For families: talk about these together.
- When do things get worse after you do right?
- How can you take your problems to God?
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