chapters of the Bible tell about the oppression of the Israelites in Egypt and their escape? 6. Where in the Bible is the story of Moses' birth and adoption given? 7. Where is the account of his call to deliver his people? 8. Where is the account of the Exodus? 9. Where is the account of the crossing of the Red Sea? 10. What are today's lessons from Exodus? QUESTIONS TO TEST KNOWLEDGE OF THE TEXT Where is each quotation below found and what does it mean? Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? I will turn aside now, and see this great sight. He set among them his signs, and wonders in the land of Ham. He went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens. Who am I, that I should go? What mean ye by this service? Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore. He led his flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God. And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin-; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. If ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine. Behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. The waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. Honor thy father and thy mother. It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome. Your murmurings are not against us, but against Jehovah. Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, let my people go. QUESTIONS TO TEST HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE 1. How many centuries between the death of Joseph and the life of Moses, and what do we know about their events? 2. Who was the Pharaoh of the Exodus? 3. What do you know about him? 4. Who was the Pharaoh of the Oppression? 5. What do you know about him? 6. Where are now the mummies of these two Pharaohs? 7. For what purpose did the Egyptians want the land of Goshen in the reign of Rameses? 8. For what purpose did they want the Israelites? 9. How was the spirit of the Israelites broken? 10. How did the Israelites escape from Egypt? II. What somewhat similar event occurred both at the beginning and the end of the Exodus? 12. What was the Passover? 13. What was the date of the Exodus? 14. Name the chief events on the way from the Red Sea to Sinai. 15. At Sinai. 16. How long was the stay in the wilderness of Sinai? 17. Who appointed leaders during Moses' absence on the mountain? 18. Who ascended the mountain with Moses? 19. What happened on the plain while Moses was gone? 20. What event changed the year of the Israelites? QUESTIONS TO TEST GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE I. In what town of the Delta did Rameses hold court during a part of the year? 2. Where and what was Pithom? How was its site identified? 4. Where Quarter September 28 is Rameses and how was it identified? 5. Where was Moses probably educated, and what do you know about the city? 6. What object have we in this country which Moses must have often seen, and in what city of Egypt was it? How did it come to our country and where was it erected? 7. Where was Midian? 8. Of what greater peninsula is the Peninsula of Sinai a part? 9. What are the two natural divisions of the Peninsula of Sinai? 10. Describe the lower part. II. What water on the southeast and southwest? 12. What was the most direct route from Egypt to Canaan? 13. Why was not this route followed? 14. Where and what was Succoth? 15. Where was Etham? 16. Describe the probable route taken from Succoth to the Red Sea. 17. How did the extent of the Gulf of Suez differ at the time of the crossing from now? 18. Describe the situation of the Israelites at the Red Sea. 19. Describe their course by naming the stopping places from the Red Sea to Sinai. 20. What growths were there in the Peninsula of Sinai? 21. What industry in the peninsula had been carried on by the Egyptians long before the coming of the Israelites? 22. Describe the Plain of Er-Raha, which it is believed was the camping ground in the Wilderness of Sinai. 23. Where was the Mountain of the Lord? QUESTIONS TO TEST KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM ARCHEOLOGY AND ORIENTAL LIFE 1. How were the Pharaohs treated as gods? 2. What was the Egyptian punishment for homicide? 3. What does the putting off of one's shoes in a sacred place symbolize in Eastern thought? 4. How does the oriental regard a name? 5. What do you know about the Egyptian practice of beating workmen? 6. How were the Egyptian bricks made? 7. For what purpose was straw used in brick making? 8. What gods would the Egyptian think the plagues were aimed at? 9. What is the oriental interpretation of the striking of the lintel and the sideposts of the door with blood? 10. How does the legend of the Lost Jewel written on the papyrus of 1800 B. c. show that the account of the crossing of the Red Sea was not legend? 11. What illustrations of food come from Egyptian tombs? 12. How do Bedouins subsist in Sinai today? 13. How are quails caught there today? 14. What objects were worshipped by other nations? 15. What were some of the things worshipped in Egypt? 16. How was the Babylonian Sabbath observed? 17. How was labor regarded by the world at this time? 18. How have parents been regarded in the East? 19. What is the oldest book in the world and what words from it resemble two of the commandments? 20. How was the Egyptian bull consulted as an oracle? 21. How may Moses have burnt and reduced to powder the Golden Calf? QUESTIONS TO TEST BIOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE I. Into what three periods may Moses' life be divided and how long was each? 2. What did he learn in Egypt? 3. What did he learn in Midian? 4. What did he learn in Sinai? 5. What quality did he lack in Egypt? 6. What quality did he lack in Midian? 8. How did Moses show his sympathy with suffering? 9. His courage in danger? 10. In what lesson does Moses show himself selfsacrificing? 11. In what lesson does he show himself humble? 12. Courageous? 13. Of unconquerable determination? QUESTIONS TO TEST KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTHS OF THE LESSONS 1. Which lessons show God's Providence? 2. What is said concerning one's duty to God? 3. Concerning one's duty to men? 4. In what lesson is there an instance of the breaking of the Second Commandment? 5. Of the Sixth Commandment? 6. How does the Golden Text for the Quarter apply to each lesson? 7. Write the Ten Commandments. 8. How did Moses show himself "a very perfect knight"? 9. How is the need of self-control shown? 10. How is the value of long training for God's service shown? II. How is the nearness of God taught? 12. The way in which he calls one to his service? 13. The secret of true greatness? 14. That God does care for his children? 15. That we may meet with God? 16. That to complain is sinful? 17. That we must put nothing in the place of God? 18. That we must not be irreverent? 19. That each one must pay the penalty for his own sin? SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN WORK TO BE BROUGHT TO CLASS For Younger Pupils. Tell the story of:— How God Fed a Multitude. The Struggle between two Men of Iron Will. A Wonderful Night. A Man who went from a Palace to live in the Wilderness. A Mother who was Hired to Care for her Own Baby. A Bush Ablaze with Fire but Unconsumed. A Hard Taskmaster. A God made out of Golden Earrings. How a Multitude Crossed a Sea. For Older Pupils. Moses' Training in Egypt. The Great Choice. The Man who defied Pharaoh. The Qualities of a Great Leader. Moses as Mediator. Taking the Part of the Weak against the Strong. Perseverance under Difficulties. An Appreciation of Moses. An Appreciation of Aaron. Moses and Aaron Contrasted. WORK TO BE ASSIGNED FOR THE NEXT LESSON Questions to look up. 1. Where are the Israelites now? 2. With Moses' desire for death compare Elijah's, 1 K. 19, and Jeremiah's, Jer. 15. 3. What organization did the Jews in the time of Christ trace to this appointment of seventy elders? (Clipping, ¶2, p. 359.) 4. What besides flesh did the Hebrews recall with longing? (Verse 5.) 5. How did God give the people flesh? What was the result? 6. Describe the life of the people at this time. (Clipping, p. 370.) 7. What was the "Tent", verse 24? 8. What was the nature of the prophesying, verse 25? (Clipping, 14, p. 369.) What are the main divisions of the Book of Numbers? (Clipping, 16, p. 27.) Questions to think about. I. Recite the commandments learned at Sinai. 2. When before had Moses been angry with the people? 3. When before had the people murmured against their leader, and for what reasons? (Ex. 14.11, 12; 15.24; 16.2, 3; 17.3.) 4. What did Moses mean by his "wretchedness", verse 15? 5. Is it true that it was well with the Israelites in Egypt? 6. When had quails first been sent? 7. What is the meaning of verse 17? 8. What does the expression "Ye have wept in the ears of Jehovah" mean? 9. Does God hear discontented words now as well as then? 10. In what way may our discontented words be considered as a complaint against God? II. Do we make similar remarks about "the good old times"? FOURTH QUARTER LESSON I-OCTOBER 5 MOSES' CRY FOR HELP Golden Text The supplication of a righteous man HOME DAILY BIBLE READINGS-M. Num. 11.10--18, 24, 25. Moses' Cry for Help. T. Num. 9.1-14. Keeping the Passover. W. Num. 9.15-23. The Cloud upon the Tabernacle. T. Num. II.1-9. The People Murmur. F. Jer. 14.7-22. A Prophet's Intercession. S. John 17.1-11. Jesus' Prayer of Intercession. S. John 17.12-26. Jesus' Prayer of Intercession (continued). STUDY Num. 11.4-33 READ Num. 9-11 COMMIT vv 14, 15 10 And Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled greatly and Moses was displeased. II And Moses said unto Jehovah, Wherefore hast thou dealt ill with thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? 12 Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers? 13 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh that we may eat. 14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. 15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness. 16 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with thee. 17 And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the Spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. 18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow, and ye shall eat flesh; for ye have wept in the ears of Jehovah, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore Jehovah will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. 24 And Moses went out and told the people the words of Jehovah: and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the Tent. 25 And Jehovah came down in the cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, but they did so no more. WORDS AND PHRASES EXPLAINED Lesson Outline. I. The Complaint of the People, 4-9. II. The Complaint of Moses, 10-15. III. Help for Moses, 16-25. IV. Eldad and Medaḍ, 26-30. V. Punishment for the People, 31-35. 11-15. Wherefore hast thou dealt ill with thy servant? Why has my lot been made so hard.-That thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? Sed Quarter October 5 Ex. 33.12-16.-Have I conceived all this people. The pronoun I is emphatic: the inference being that the children of Israel are Jehovah's people.-As a nursing father. A foster father. "The addition of a single letter to the Hebrew gives the more appropriate 'nursing' or 'foster mother."-Kill me out of hand. I would prefer death at once.-Let me not see my wretchedness. The apparent failure of his mission. Compare Elijah's complaint, 1 K. 19.4; and Jeremiah's, Jer. 15.10. 16-17. Seventy men of the elders of Israel. The elders were the leading men. The Jewish Sanhedrin, which was in power in the time of Christ, consisted of seventy members, and later Jewish writers declared that its origin was this command given to Moses. No one can help being struck by the similarity-and differences between this account and Ex. 18 and Ex. 24-1-11.—I will take of the Spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them. They should have a portion of their leader's true spirit of zeal for his task. 18. Sanctify yourselves. Make yourselves ceremonially clean, prepared to receive the promised gift of God. See Ex. 19.10.-Who will give us flesh to eat. See verse 5 of this chapter.-Jehovah will give you flesh. Quails were sent, verses 31-35 he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul, Ps, 106.15. 24-25. Verses 24-30 continue the narrative of the appointment of the seventy elders, which begins with verse 16.-The Tent. The Tabernacle made at Sinai.-Jehovah came down in the cloud. Down to the Tabernacle.-They prophesied. In a state of exaltation or ecstasy they praised God and declared his will. As Dr. A. T. Pierson says, Prophesy is not always predictive; it is sometimes preceptive-forth-telling rather than fore-telling. It conferred insight, if not foresight. In this case it implied a Divine qualification for the specific duties assigned to the seventy, of counsel and co-operation in the administration of a great people.-But they did so no more. "The elders are only affected by this form of religious excitement on the present occasion, nor does the narrative relate that their reception of the Spirit had any permanent effect on them; it simply relates that they returned with Moses to the camp, verse 30" (Gray). SUGGESTIVE THOUGHTS FROM HELPFUL WRITERS 4-18. It was well with us in Egypt. The question might have been asked whether the people were not better by the flesh-pots and in the lush pastures of Egypt than wandering and struggling amid the difficulties and perils of the wilderness. There were times when the people declared that it would have been better, and it may be safely said that a wilder scheme never entered the brain An Egyptian Dinner Party. From Tombs near the Pyramids of man than the scheme of Moses for leading these people out from Egypt across the desert to a land already occupied by hostile tribes. So there are grave and thoughtful men who discuss seriously the wisdom or the folly of disturbing people in the enjoyment of a religion with which they are content, and attempting to introduce a faith with which they have no sympathy. If the policy were wise it were impossible; if it were possible it were foolish. Charles Brown, in The Birth of a Nation. 18. Ye have wept in the ears of Jehovah. "Does God really hear every discontented word I ever speak? Does he hear when I grumble about the weather, |