Moses and the Exodus Lesson 6 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 17 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: the lesson at school .
0 In Egypt the Hebrews were slaves, and Pharaoh ordered their baby boys to be killed; two brave midwives refused, and Moses' mother hid her baby in a basket on the River Nile, where Pharaoh's own daughter found him and raised him. 1 Years later God spoke to Moses from a bush that burned but did not burn up, gave his name «I AM WHO I AM», and sent him to tell Pharaoh: «Let my people go». 2 Pharaoh refused again and again, ten plagues struck Egypt, and on the night of the Passover the Israelites left; God opened a way through the Red Sea and they walked out free. 3 In the desert God fed them with manna, enough for each day, but the journey to the Promised Land took forty years, and the people often grumbled. 4 Christians believe this story shows that God sees people who are treated unfairly and sets them free; for a child today it means standing up for the weak, being brave like the midwives, and trusting God one day at a time. 5 Pharaoh ordered Hebrew baby boys to be killed, and Moses' mother hid him in a basket on the Nile. 6 Pharaoh's daughter found the baby Moses and raised him as her own son. 7 Two Hebrew midwives, Shiphrah and Puah, refused Pharaoh's order to kill the baby boys. 9 At the bush God gave his name, «I AM WHO I AM», written in Hebrew as YHWH; Jews show respect by not saying it aloud. 10 Moses and his brother Aaron asked Pharaoh, «Let my people go», and Pharaoh refused again and again. 11 Ten plagues struck Egypt, from the river Nile turning to blood to the death of the firstborn. 12 At the Passover the Israelites marked their doors with lamb's blood, and death passed over their homes; Jews remember it every year at the Passover meal. 14 God parted the sea so the Israelites crossed on dry ground, and Pharaoh's army was drowned when the water came back. 15 In the desert God fed the people with manna, bread from heaven, enough for each day; kept overnight it went bad. 16 The Israelites wandered forty years in the wilderness before reaching the Promised Land, and they often grumbled. 17 The words «Let my people go» inspired enslaved people in America who sang and fought for their freedom. 18 Historians disagree about how much of the Exodus story can be traced in Egyptian records; this is disputed. ← previous Joseph and his brothersnext → The Ten Commandments↑ back to Religion ethics This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/