The Ancient Hebrews

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The Ancient Hebrews
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The City of Jerusalem arose around 1000BCE
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This story begins before Jerusalemwith Abraham
between 2000 and 1500BCE

• He is the father of the Hebrews
• God told him to leave his home in Ur and take a
  long journey west
• God would make his descendants into a mighty
  nation

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Abraham

• Abraham and his family left Mesopotamia and
  settled in Canaan
• He and his followers lived there many years
• However, the moved to Egypt and became enslaved
  by the pharaohs

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Then came Moses around 1200sBCE

• According to the Book of Exodus, Moses was born
  in a time when his people was increasing in
  number and the Egyptian Pharaoh was worried that
  they might help Egypt's enemies. Moses' Hebrew
  mother, Jochebed, hid him when the Pharaoh
  ordered all newborn Hebrew boys to be killed, and
  he ended up being adopted into the Egyptian royal
  family

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The Plagues

• Moses went to the Pharaoh and demanded the
  Hebrews be freed. The pharaoh refused.
• Soon afterward a series of terrible plagues
  struck Egypt

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There were 10 plagues!
Plague Of Frogs
Plague of Blood
Plague Of Flies
Plague of Lice
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Even more Plagues!
Plague Of Livestock death
Plague of boils
Plague Of locusts
Plague of Hail
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And two more make 10!
Plague of Darkness
The First Born Slain
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The plagues frightened the pharaoh so much that
he agreed to free the Hebrews
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Moses led the Hebrews out of EgyptThis is
called the Exodus
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This proved that God was protecting and watching
over them

• Major event in Hebrew history
• For 40 years the Hebrews wandered through the
  desert
• During this time Moses parted the Red Sea to
  cross over to Canaan

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Mt. Sinai

• During this time, they came upon a mountain
  called Mt. Sinai
• On that mountain, God gave Moses two stone
  tablets
• These tablets contained The Ten Commandments

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The Ten Commandments

• Do not have any other Gods before me
• Do not take the Lords name in vain
• Remember the Sabbath
• Honor your Father and Mother
• Do not commit murder
• Do not commit adultery
• Do not steal
• Do not bring false witness
• Do not be envious of your neighbors house
• Do not be envious of your neighbors wife

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When God appeared to Moses, what form did God
take?

• the bush was on fire, but was not consumed by the
  flames
• the burning bush is the location at which Moses
  was appointed by God to lead the Israelites out
  of Egypt and into Canaan

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The Golden Calf

• Moses went up onto Mount Sinai to receive the Ten
  Commandments
• He left the Israelites for forty days and forty
  nights. The Israelites feared that he would not
  return and asked Aaron to make gods for them.
  Aaron complied and gathered up the Israelites'
  golden earrings.
• He melted the earrings and constructed the golden
  calf. The Israelites made offerings and
  celebrated.

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The Golden Calf

• The Lord told Moses that his people had corrupted
  themselves, and he planned to eliminate them
• However, Moses argued and pleaded that they
  should be spared, and the Lord relented.
• Moses went down from the mountain, but upon
  seeing the calf, he too became angry. He threw
  down the tablets upon which God's law had been
  written, breaking them.
• Moses burnt the golden calf in a fire, ground it
  to powder, scattered it on water, and forced the
  Israelites to drink it.
• Moses then gathered the sons of Levi and set them
  to slaying a large number of men (3000).

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Monotheistic

• Because of all these miracles, the Hebrews agreed
  to worship only one God.
• They also agreed to value human life,
  self-control and justice
• These commandments shaped the Hebrew society