EXODUS –LESSON 37
LEARN: Review the 10 Commandments to say them in totality. Exodus 20:2-17
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2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6 and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11 for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
13 Thou shalt not kill.
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15 Thou shalt not steal.
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. 20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
READ: Exodus 20:18-26
1.Read through the parallel passage of the 10 Commandments as found in Deuteronomy 5:6-21. Make note of any additional details that are given in this passage that were not given in the Exodus 20 passage.
2. Use v 18 and Deuteronomy 5:22, 23a to give a complete description of the occasion of the giving of the 10 Commandments.
3. What was unique, and set apart the 10 commandments from every other law that the LORD gave? Deuteronomy 5:22; Exodus 31:18
4. What effect did being in the manifest presence of God elicit upon the people? v 18b
5. Who did the Israelites send to make request that they be removed from the closeness of God’s manifest presence? Deuteronomy 5:23b
6. How did the people describe what they had experienced? Deuteronomy 5:24
7. What did it seem to them would happen to them as God manifested himself in this way? v 19b; Deuteronomy 5:25, 26
8. What request did they make because of their fear? v 19a; Deuteronomy 5:27
9. What assurance and then explanation did Moses give to the people for why God had come to them in this way? v 20
10. Upon hearing the people’s request, Moses brought it to the LORD. How did the LORD answer? Deuteronomy 5:30
11. What does the LORD’S answer in Deuteronomy 5:29 teach you about the LORD?
12. As time went on and Israel did not keep their promise to obey the word of the LORD, did his heart towards them change? Psalm 81:13-16; Isaiah 48:17-19
13. Will God ever change his heart towards his chosen people of Israel? Use Jeremiah 31:35-37 to explain your answer.
14. Find other Scripture that shows that God will never change his mind concerning the promises that he has made to Israel, beginning with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and also to David.
15. What is it about God’s very being that assures us that God will keep his promises to Israel? Give Scriptural proof for your answer.
16. What assurance does God’s steadfast love for Israel give to you and I, as believers in Jesus Christ for salvation, about our relationship with him?
17. The people went back to their tents. What was God’s instruction to Moses? Deuteronomy 5:31
18. Describe the situation of Moses’ meeting with the LORD. v 21
19. HOW and WHY was Moses response to God’s manifestation on the mountain different than the people’s response? I John 4:16-18
20. In ONE word, what did the beginning of God’s commands for the nation focus upon?
21. List at least 6 specifics of how the nation WAS and WAS NOT to worship God. vv 23-26
22. From Deuteronomy 5:31, what did the LORD say that he would speak unto Moses?
23. According to Deuteronomy 5:32, 33a how closely were the people to observe the commands which the LORD gave them?
24. What were the benefits promised for walking in all the ways which the LORD commanded? Deuteronomy 5:33b; 6:2c, 3b
25. Where was the LORD specifically speaking of Israel keeping his commands? Deuteronomy 6:1, For how long? Deuteronomy 6:2b
26. According to Deuteronomy 6:1,2a, how will knowing all that God requires affect Israel and us?
27. It follows then, that if a person does not know what God has commanded, they will not ___________ God.
28. What is it that the LORD wants from every person that has ever lived and will live? Deuteronomy 6:4, 5
29. What is the ONLY WAY that a person that wants a close relationship with God, accomplish their goal? Deuteronomy 6:6-9; Psalm 119:9-11
30. What must we all be ware of? Deuteronomy 6:12a