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Study guide for Quiz 2
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 2
04/24/2009

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What is the outline of Exodus?
Definition

1. Moses in Egypt

2. Moses leads the Exodus

3. Moses and the Law

4. Moses and the Tabernacle

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What are the excuses of Moses and the promises by God?
Definition

1. Who am I?--------I will be with you.

2. Who shall I say sent me?--------I AM who I AM.

3. What if they don't believe me?--------Three signs

4. I'm not eloquent.--------I will help you.

5. Let someone else do it.--------Aaron & staff

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What was the specific purpose of the plagues that God set upon Pharaoh?
Definition
To discredit the gods of Egypt.
Term
Describe the Sabbath
Definition
Weekly day of rest
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Describe the Passover Feast
Definition
Celebrate Israel’s deliverance from slavery in Egypt
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Describe the Unleavened Bread Feast
Definition
Remember the haste which Israelites left Egypt
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Describe Pentecost
Definition
Also called “Weeks” which celebrated the joy and thankfulness of the Israelites for the Lord’s harvest
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Describe the Feast of Trumpets
Definition
Also called Rosh Hashanah or the Jewish New Year
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Describe the Day of Atonement
Definition
Also called Yom Kippur which was the yearly time for the high priest to make atonement for the sins of the people
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Describe the Feast of Tabernacles
Definition
Also called Feast of Booths which memorialized the journey from Egypt to Canaan during which the Lord provided for the Israelites
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Describe the Feast of Purim
Definition
Memorialized the deliverance of the Israelites from national destruction during the time of Esther
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Where was the Ark located?
Definition
The Holy of Holies in the Tabernacle and finally in the Holy of Holies in Solomon’s Temple
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How did God lead the people through the desert?
Definition
Led by pillar of cloud (day), pillar of fire (night)
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What was in the Ark?
Definition
Two small writing tablets on which the ‘ten words’ were recorded, a pot of manna, and Aaron’s staff.
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Exodus 3:14
Definition
God said to Moses, "I am who I am . This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.' "
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Leviticus 11:45
Definition
I am the LORD who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.
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Exodus 14:21
Definition
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided,
Term
List four factors that point to the supernatural aspects of the plagues.
Definition

1. Their timing

2. Their intensity

3. Moses’ foreknowledge

4. The Hebrew’s immunity from them all

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The plagues struck at the very fabric of the Egyptian religion.
What are the four basic principles of the Egyptian religious system?
Definition

1. Pharaoh was a god

2. The Nile made life possible.

3. The sun was viewed as a god.

4. Animals possessed religious significance.

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What does "I AM" mean?
Definition
It is translated as "The Lord", it is the most personal name of God, "YAHWEH"
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What happened at Marah?
Definition
Three days without water, The bitter waters at Marah, Grumbling of the people, Water sweet through piece of wood
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What does Manna mean?
Definition
“What is it?”
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What food did God provide the people in the desert?
Definition
Quail and Manna
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What happened at Rephidim?
Definition
Quarreling and grumbling against Moses, Water from striking the rock
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What happened while Moses was on Mt. Sanai?
Definition
The people asked Aaron to fashion a Golden Calf to worship.
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What happened when Moses came down from Mt. Sanai and saw what the people had done?
Definition
When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces at the foot of the mountain. And he took the calf they had made and burned it in the fire; then he ground it to powder, scattered it on the water and made the Israelites drink it.
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Functions of the Law:
Definition

1. To reveal God’s character

 

2. Standard for human race to realize they are not perfect and to point out sin

 

3. Guide for our faith as God’s expectations for His believing creation

 

4. Provide basis for discipline by God, To point us to Christ

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What is the simple outline of the Life of Moses?
Definition

1. 40 years in Egypt

2. 40 years in Midian

3. 40 years in Egypt and Wilderness Wanderings

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When did Moses and the Israelites have the Exodus from Egypt?
Definition
1440 BC
Term
How was the LORD’s presence known in the Tent of Meeting?
Definition
A cloud descended on the tent
Term
List and briefly explain the five sacrifices or offerings identified in Leviticus 1-7.
Definition

1. The Burnt-Offering…was the only one in which the whole animal was burnt; a token of dedication.

 

2. The Grain-Offering…often an accompaniment to burnt- and peace-offerings.

 

3. The Peace-Offering…re-establishing fellowship between the offerer and God, and binding the offerers together as a family and/or community as they feast together; or it could be a thank-offering.

 

4. The Sin-Offering…made in order to obtain forgiveness.

 

5. The Trespass-Offering…a more generic form of the offering for unwitting sin with an added restitution and 20% fine.

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What are the first ten books of the Old Testament?
Definition
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, I Samuel, II Samuel
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What are the second ten books of the Old Testament?
Definition
IKings, II Kings, I Chronicles, II Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Psalms, Proverbs
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What is the first commandment?
Definition

No other gods before me

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What is the second commandment?
Definition

No making of idols

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What is the third commandment?
Definition

 

No misusing the name of the LORD

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What is the fourth commandment?
Definition

 

Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy

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What is the fifth commandment?
Definition

 

Honor your father and mother

Term
What is the sixth commandment?
Definition

 

No murder

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What is the seventh commandment?
Definition

 

No adultery

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What is the eighth commandment?
Definition

 

No stealing

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What is the ninth commandment?
Definition

 

No false testimony

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What is the tenth commandment?
Definition

 

No coveting

Term
Name the three biblical references that indicate the early date of the Exodus.
Definition
I Kings 6:1, Judges 11:26, Numbers 21
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