ast faith in God's
promise?

What two most peculiar facts may be noted with regard to Joseph's
body?

Lesson 5

Moses

Old Testament Division--Third Period (Continued)

LEADING PERSONS

#Moses.#--Son of Amram and Jochebed (Exod. 6:20). Adopted by
Pharaoh's daughter (Exod. 2:1-10). Took the part of the
oppressed and had to flee (Exod. 2:11-14). Shepherd for forty
years and married (Exod. 2:21). Called to deliver his people,
but was timid (Exod. 3:1-10). Had various contests with
Pharaoh (Exod. 5 to 12). Led people out of Egypt triumphantly
(Exod. 14). Received the Ten Commandments (Exod. 20). Built
the Tabernacle (Exod. 25). Led the people to the borders of
the Promised Land, but was turned back on account of their
sins (Num. 13:1 to 14:34). Died on Mount Nebo (Deut. 34).
Reappeared on Mount of Transfiguration (Matt. 17:3).

#Aaron.#--Brother of Moses. Made high priest (Exod. 28 and
29). Sinned in the matter of the golden calf (Exod. 32). Died
on Mount Hor (Deut. 10:6).

#TIME.#--1578 B. C. to 1458 B. C.

#PLACES.#--Egypt and Sinaitic Peninsula, then east of the Jordan
valley.

[Illustration]

#SIGNIFICANCE OF EVENTS.#--The "going out" of the Hebrews from Egypt
marked the beginning of their national life, and laws were given
governing their relation to God and to each other. The breaking of
God's laws cost the nation forty years of wilderness wandering before
they entered their "promised land."

Moses--Leader and Legislator

#33.# By far the greatest man in Old Testament history is Moses. In
point of moral uplift, no man in all the world, until Christ, can be
compared with him. His life divides itself into three equal sections--

(1) Life at Pharaoh's court.--Forty years.
(2) Life as shepherd in the desert.--Forty years.
(3) Life in the desert as leader of God's people.--Forty years.

#34. Life at Pharaoh's court.#--Moses was born at the time of Israel's
greatest oppression, when, as a measure of self-defense, Pharaoh had
ordered all Hebrew male children to be cast into the Nile. Hence the
Hebrew proverb, "When the tale of bricks is doubled, then comes
Moses." As in the case of Joseph, we see at once the collision between
God's plan and that of earth's greatest monarch. God's plan was that
Moses must live; Pharaoh's plan, that Moses must die. Again we see the
successful issue of God's plan, and the overthrow of the human plan