Going to Talk to King Pharoah

Exodus 3:10-22

(10)  Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

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 (18)  …. And … ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.

When I read this, my oldest boy jumped up and said, "3 days journey"!  I hadn't planned to do anything for that part, but as soon as I read it, they were ready to do something, so we walked around designated pathway 3 times and talked about how far a days journey is.  (BTW, when God says we need to be like little children, it might have something to do with the fact that children think in terms of action, not theory.  God's word is active ... not passive)

 

Exodus 4:1-31

(1)  And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.

(2)  And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

(3)  And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.

The boys both held their walking sticks:

 

They threw the sticks on the ground and fled from the plastic snake (they loved the running part!):

 

(4)  And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:

(5)  That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.

(6)  And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.

(7)  And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.

For the white hands, the boys dipped their hands in a container of water and then into a container of starch (cornstarch works great).  

(10)  And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

(11)  And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?

(12)  Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

(13)  And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.

(14)  And the … LORD … said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.

(27)  And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.

 The boys took two separate routes and met at "the mountain".  We talked about how both Moses and Aaron followed God's instructions.  Quick obedience to God's commands enabled them to meet up at the right time and place.  So it's important for us to obey quickly so we can know God's plans for us.

(28)  And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.

(29)  And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:

(30)  And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

(31)  And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.