Exodus 1-19 Twenty Questions

1. What does Exodus 1:15-21 reveal about lying and absolute honesty?

2. How do you see the providence of God at work in the story of Moses in Exodus 2:1-10?

3. Based on Exodus 2:11-15, would you describe Moses as a murderer?

4. What are Moses’ two questions to God in Exodus 3?

5. What meanings do you find in God’s revelation of His name as “I AM WHO I AM”?

6. In Exodus 4, what three signs did God give Moses to show the Israelites as proof of his story?

7. How would you describe Moses’ reaction to his call?

8. What is the difference in the elders’ attitude toward Moses and Aaron at the end of Exodus 4 and Exodus 5?

9. What are the odds of success for Moses’ mission at the end of Exodus 6:12?

10. According to Exodus 7:22-23, how did Pharaoh respond to the first plague of the water turning to blood? 

11. In Exodus 8, how did Pharaoh respond to the second plague of frogs?

12. How did Pharaoh’s magicians describe the plagues after they could not replicate the gnats?

13. Which do you personally feel would have been the worst plague?

14. Was it wrong for God to harden Pharaoh’s heart in Exodus 9:12 considering Pharaoh had already hardened his heart several times?

15. What parallels do you see between the Passover in Exodus 12 and the sacrifice of Christ?

16. The firstborn of the Egyptians were killed in the final plague.  What did God require be done to the firstborn of the Israelites instead?  (See Exodus 13:1-2 and 13:14-16)

17. How does Exodus 13:9 resolve the ending of the Book of Genesis?

18. Some have proposed various naturalistic explanations for the plagues and the parting of the Red Sea.  Does the Bible leave any room for acceptance of these events apart from the supernatural work of God?

19. What were some of the special rules regarding manna, and how did the Israelites break them?

20. How do the stories in Exodus 17 and 18 reveal that Moses needed help?