Moses: The Exodus - Animated Bible Story
Summary
TLDRThis video recounts the early life of Moses, starting from his rescue as a baby by Pharaoh's daughter, through his journey of discovering the suffering of the Israelites in Egypt. The narrative details Moses' exile, his encounter with God through the burning bush, and his mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. The story progresses through the ten plagues, culminating in the dramatic parting of the Red Sea and the Israelites' escape from Egypt. The video hints at the challenges awaiting the Israelites on their journey to the promised land.
Takeaways
- 📚 The story of Moses begins with his birth during a time when the Egyptian king feared the growing Israelite population.
- 👶 Moses was hidden for three months by his mother and then placed in a basket in the Nile to escape the king's order to kill all male Israelite babies.
- 👑 Pharaoh's daughter found Moses and decided to raise him, giving him his name, which means 'drawn out of water'.
- 👨👩👧 Moses grew up and identified with his people, eventually killing an Egyptian who was mistreating a Hebrew.
- 🏜 After fleeing to Midian, Moses lived as a shepherd, married, and had a son.
- 🔥 God called Moses from a burning bush at Mount Horeb, instructing him to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
- 🐍 Moses was reluctant but God provided signs, such as turning his staff into a serpent, to convince the Israelites of his divine mission.
- 🦟 Moses and Aaron performed miracles, including turning the Nile to blood and bringing plagues upon Egypt, but Pharaoh's heart remained hardened.
- 🐑 The final plague before the exodus was the death of the firstborn in Egypt, which led to Pharaoh allowing the Israelites to leave.
- 🌊 The Israelites crossed the Red Sea, which Moses parted, and were pursued by the Egyptians, who were subsequently drowned when the waters returned.
- 🏞 The journey of the Israelites towards the Promised Land began, marked by God's presence in a pillar of cloud by day and fire by night.
Q & A
Why did the new king of Egypt fear the Israelites?
-The new king feared the Israelites because they were multiplying rapidly and becoming stronger than the Egyptians, which he thought could pose a threat if there was a war.
What harsh measures did the Egyptians take against the Israelites?
-The Egyptians forced the Israelites into hard labor, making them work harder and harder, and even commanded that all male Hebrew babies be thrown into the river.
How did Moses' mother protect him from Pharaoh's decree?
-Moses' mother hid him for three months and then made a basket covered with tar to float, placing Moses in it and setting it adrift on the river where he was found by Pharaoh's daughter.
What was the significance of the name 'Moses' given by Pharaoh's daughter?
-The name 'Moses' was given because Pharaoh's daughter drew him out of the water, signifying his rescue from the river.
Why did Moses kill an Egyptian man?
-Moses killed an Egyptian man who was beating a Hebrew, acting out of rage when he saw the injustice against his people.
How did Moses end up in Midian?
-Moses fled to Midian after killing an Egyptian, fearing for his life, and lived there as a shepherd.
What was the significance of the burning bush that Moses saw?
-The burning bush was a divine manifestation where God spoke to Moses, instructing him to take off his sandals as he stood on holy ground.
What was God's plan for Moses according to the script?
-God's plan was for Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt to a land flowing with milk and honey, and to confront Pharaoh to demand their freedom.
What were the plagues that God sent upon Egypt?
-The plagues included turning the Nile to blood, infestations of frogs and lice, a swarm of flies, a deadly livestock disease, boils, a hailstorm, locusts, darkness, and the death of the firstborn.
How did the Israelites escape Egypt?
-The Israelites escaped Egypt after the tenth plague, where Pharaoh allowed them to leave with their flocks and herds, and the Egyptians hastened their departure fearing further calamity.
What was the parting of the Red Sea and how did it happen?
-The parting of the Red Sea occurred when Moses stretched out his hand and God caused the sea to go back with a strong east wind, allowing the Israelites to cross on dry ground.
Outlines
📚 The Birth of Moses
The first paragraph narrates the story of Moses' birth during a time when the Egyptian king feared the growing Israelite population. To curb their growth, the king ordered the drowning of all male Hebrew babies. Moses' mother, however, hid him for three months before placing him in a basket on the river, where he was found by Pharaoh's daughter and adopted. The paragraph also describes the harsh conditions the Israelites faced under Egyptian rule, including forced labor and the Egyptians' fear of their strength.
🏞️ Moses' Early Life and Encounter with God
Paragraph two details Moses' life as he grows up, becomes aware of his people's suffering, and in a fit of rage, kills an Egyptian who was mistreating a Hebrew. This act forces Moses to flee to Midian, where he becomes a shepherd, marries, and has a son. The narrative then shifts to Moses' encounter with God at Mount Horeb, where he is tasked with leading the Israelites out of Egypt. Despite his initial reluctance, God provides signs to convince Moses of His presence and support, including the transformation of a staff into a serpent and the healing of a leprous hand.
🌊 The Plagues of Egypt and Moses' Stand
The third paragraph recounts the ten plagues of Egypt as Moses, with Aaron's assistance, confronts Pharaoh to demand the release of the Israelites. Each plague, from turning the Nile to blood to the death of the firstborn, intensifies, but Pharaoh's heart remains hardened until the final, devastating plague. The paragraph describes the Egyptians' suffering and their magicians' inability to replicate the last few plagues, leading to Pharaoh's eventual consent for the Israelites to leave, taking with them valuables from the Egyptians.
🌈 The Exodus and the Parting of the Red Sea
The final paragraph describes the Israelites' exodus from Egypt, led by a pillar of cloud by day and fire by night. As they approach the Red Sea, Moses parts the waters, allowing the people to cross on dry ground. The Egyptians, in pursuit, are drowned when Moses causes the waters to return. The paragraph concludes with the Israelites' awe and belief in God and Moses, setting the stage for their journey to the Promised Land and the establishment of the Passover as a commemorative feast.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Moses
💡Pharaoh
💡Israelites
💡Plagues
💡Exodus
💡Burning Bush
💡Passover
💡The Red Sea
💡Covenant
Highlights
The story begins with Moses being named after being drawn out of the water by Pharaoh’s daughter.
A new Pharaoh, who didn’t know Joseph, rises in Egypt and becomes wary of the growing strength and numbers of the Israelites.
The Pharaoh makes the Israelites' lives hard by forcing them into labor and harsh working conditions, yet they continue to grow and multiply.
Pharaoh commands the Egyptians to throw every Hebrew baby boy into the river to curb the population growth.
Moses’ mother hides him for three months, then places him in a basket in the river, where he is watched by his sister.
Pharaoh’s daughter finds Moses and, touched by his tears, decides to adopt him, unknowingly hiring his own mother as his nurse.
Moses grows up in Pharaoh’s household but can’t ignore the suffering of his people. He kills an Egyptian for beating a Hebrew, leading him to flee to Midian.
In Midian, Moses marries Zipporah, becomes a shepherd, and lives in exile until he encounters God in the burning bush on Mount Horeb.
God calls Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt, assuring him of His presence despite Moses’ hesitations and lack of eloquence.
Moses performs miraculous signs, like turning a rod into a serpent and his hand becoming leprous, to validate God’s message to the Israelites.
Moses and Aaron confront Pharaoh, demanding the release of the Israelites. Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, leading to a series of plagues.
The ten plagues include turning the Nile to blood, infestations of frogs, lice, flies, pestilence, boils, hail, locusts, darkness, and the death of Egypt's firstborn sons.
The Passover is instituted to mark the Israelites’ homes, protecting them during the final plague and establishing a lasting observance for future generations.
The final plague strikes Egypt, causing Pharaoh to release the Israelites. They depart with Egyptian gold, silver, and clothing, marking the end of their 430 years of sojourn.
The Israelites cross the Red Sea as Moses parts it with God’s power, escaping the pursuing Egyptians, who are drowned when the waters close.
Transcripts
so she called his name Moses saying
because I drew him out of the
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water many years ago in the land of
Egypt the children of Israel were
fruitful and increased abundantly
multiplied and grew exceedingly Mighty
and the land was filled with them but
there arose a new king over Egypt who
did not know Joseph and he said to his
people
look at the children of Israel there are
too many of them and they are stronger
than we are we must make plans to stop
them from growing stronger if there is a
war they might join our enemies defeat
us and escape from the land the
Egyptians decided to make life hard for
the Israelites they forced the
Israelites to work harder and harder but
the harder they worked the more they
grew and spread and the more the
Egyptians became afraid of them so the
Egyptians made them work even harder
they forced the Israelites to work hard
at making bricks and mortar and to work
hard in the fields the Egyptians showed
no mercy in all the hard work they made
the Israelites do yet the Israelites
continued to have more children and they
became very strong so the king Pharaoh
gave this command to his own people if
the Hebrew women give birth to a baby
girl let her live but if they have a
baby boy you must throw him into the
river during this time there was a man
named amram from the family of Levi who
decided to marry a woman named yied from
the tribe of Levi she became pregnant
and gave birth to a baby boy the mother
saw how beautiful the baby was and hid
him for 3 months after 3 months she made
a basket and covered it with tar so that
it would float then she put the baby in
the basket and put the basket in the
river in The Tall Grass the baby's
sister stayed and watched to see what
would happen to the baby in a basket
made ofs he gently trips away on the sof
waves beneath the light of
day his sister by the shore her eyes are
wide and bright watching over Moses till
he Fades from
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dream Pharaoh's daughter finds him with
a heart so kind and warm she lifts him
from the water keep him safe from harm
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and the world
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pursue little Moses while your sister
keeps you near in the Cradle of the
night
you then the daughter of pharaoh came
down to bathe at the river and her
maidens walked along the Riverside and
when she saw the basket among the Reeds
she sent her maid to get it and she saw
the child in it and behold the baby wept
so she had compassion on him and said
this is one of the Hebrews children then
his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter
shall I go and call a nurse for you from
the Hebrew women so that she may nurse
the child for you and Pharaoh's daughter
said to her go so the maiden went and
called the child's mother then Pharaoh's
daughter said to her take this child
away and nurse him for me and I will
give you your wages so the woman took
the child and nursed him and the child
grew and she brought him to Pharaoh's
daughter and he became her son so she
called his name Moses saying because I
drew him out of the water as Moses grew
he could not ignore the suffering of his
people one day witnessing an Egyptian
beating a Hebrew man he acted in a fit
of rage and slayed the Egyptian the next
day Moses saw two Hebrew men fighting
each other he saw that one man was wrong
and said to him why are you hurting your
neighbor the man answered Did anyone say
you could be our ruler and judge tell me
will you kill me as you killed the
Egyptian yesterday fearing for his life
Moses fled to the desert of Midian where
he lived in Exile as a Shepherd there he
married Zapora the daughter of a priest
and bore a son named gersam a long time
p and the king of Egypt died but the
Israelites were still forced to work
very hard they cried for help and God
heard them God heard their painful cries
and remembered the Covenant he made with
Abraham Isaac and Jacob God saw the
Troubles of the Israelites and he knew
that he would soon help them one day
Moses was tending the flock of Jethro
his father-in-law the priest of Midian
and he led the flock to the back of the
desert and came to Horeb the the
Mountain of God he saw a bush that was
burning without being consumed by the
Flames so he decided to go closer to the
bush and see how a bush could continue
burning without being burned up so when
the Lord saw that he turned aside to
look God Called to him from the midst of
the Bush and said Moses
Moses and he said here I am then he said
do not draw near this place take your
sandals off your feet for the place
where you stand is Holy
Ground I am the god of your father the
god of Abraham the god of Isaac and the
god of
Jacob and Moses hid his face for he was
afraid to look upon God and the Lord
said I have surely seen the oppression
of my people who are in Egypt and have
heard their cry because of their task
Masters for I know their sorrows so I
have come down to deliver them out of
the hand of the Egyptians
and to bring them up from that land to a
good and large land to a land flowing
with milk and honey to the place of the
Canaanites and the Hittites and the
amorites and the perizzites and the
hivites and the jebusites now therefore
Behold The Cry of the children of Israel
has come to me and I have also seen the
oppression with which the Egyptians
oppressed them come now therefore and I
will send you to Pharaoh that you may
bring my people the children of Israel
out of Egypt but but Moses said to God
who am I that I should go to pharaoh and
that I should bring the children of
Israel out of
Egypt so he said I will certainly be
with you and this shall be a sign to you
that I have sent you when you have
brought the people out of Egypt You
Shall Serve God on this
mountain then Moses said to God indeed
when I come to the children of Israel
and say to them the god of your fathers
has sent me to you and they say to me
what is his name what shall I say to
them and God said to Moses I am who I
am thus you shall say to the children of
Israel I am has sent me to you then
Moses answered and said but suppose they
will not believe me or listen to my
voice suppose they say the Lord has not
appeared to you so the Lord said to him
what is that in your hand a rod cast it
on the ground so he cast it on the
ground and it became a serpent and Moses
fled from it then the Lord said to Moses
reach out your hand and take it by the
tail that they may believe that the Lord
God of their fathers the god of Abraham
the god of Isaac and the god of Jacob
has appeared to you the Lord also
instructed Moses to place his hand in
his cloak and when he withdrew it it was
leprous after placing it back and
withdrawing it again
his hand was miraculously restored Moses
expressed his reluctance to lead by
highlighting his lack of eloquence but
God reassured him stating that he would
be with Moses and teach him what to say
when Moses still hesitated God's anger
kindled and he appointed Aaron moses'
Brother to speak on his behalf while
instructing Moses to perform signs with
the rod after this encounter Moses took
his wife and his sons and set them on a
donkey and he returned to the land of
Egypt Moses and Aaron with a heart full
of faith and obedience approached
Pharaoh with a bold request from the
Lord let my people go so they may hold a
feast in the wilderness wildness but
Pharaoh said who is the Lord that I
should obey his voice to let Israel go I
do not know the Lord nor will I let
Israel go undeterred Moses and Aaron
pleaded again emphasizing the need to
sacrifice to the Lord lest he strike
them with plagues or the sword but
Pharaoh's heart hardened further he
accused the Hebrew slaves of laziness
and order the task Masters to no longer
Supply straw for Brick making yet demand
the same quota of
bricks this harsh decree burdened the
Hebrews who now had to gather their own
straw without any reduction in their
workload Pharaoh continued to harden his
heart and refused to let the children of
Israel go Moses and Aaron following
God's command demonstrated a miracle by
turning Aaron's Rod into a serpent
before Pharaoh whose magicians
replicated the feet but Aaron's rods
swallowed their rods yet Pharaoh's heart
remained hardened the Lord instructed
Moses and Aaron to warn Pharaoh that the
Waters of the Nile would be turned to
blood if he refused to let the
Israelites go and when Pharaoh remained
unyielding Aaron struck the river with
his Rod turning all the Waters of Egypt
to blood killing the fish and making the
water undrinkable despite The Magicians
replicating this sign Pharaoh's heart
remained hardened and the Egyptians were
forced to dig for water elsewhere this
was the first of 10 plagues that the
Egyptians would face God sent a plague
of frogs that infested all of Egypt but
after Pharaoh begged Moses to intercede
and the frogs were removed Pharaoh
hardened his heart again and refused to
release the Israelites
then Aaron struck the dust with his Rod
it turned into lice infesting all of
Egypt and although Pharaoh's magicians
acknowledged this as the work of God
Pharaoh's heart remained hardened and he
refused to listen so God sent swarms of
flies that filled Egypt except for Goan
prompting pharaoh to relent temporarily
and request moses' intercession but once
the Flies were removed Pharaoh hardened
his heart and refused to release the
Israelites so God sent a severe
pestilence that killed all the livestock
of Egypt but spared the livestock of the
Israelites yet Pharaoh's heart remained
hardened and he still refused to release
the
Israelites then Moses and Aaron
scattered ashes as God had commanded
causing painful boils on all Egyptians
and their animals but despite the
suffering Pharaoh's heart remained
hardened and he refused to
listen God sent a devastating hail storm
which struck Egypt except for go
leading pharaoh to confess his sin and
promis to release the Israelites but
once the storm ceased he and his
servants hardened their hearts and
refused to let them go then God sent a
devastating plague of locusts to cover
Egypt consuming all remaining crops and
causing pharaoh to briefly repent and
request relief but after the locusts
were removed Pharaoh's heart was
hardened again and he refused to let the
Israelites go God sent a palpable
Darkness over Egypt for 3 Days leading
pharaoh to offer a compromise on the
Israelites departure but Moses refused
the offer insisting on taking all their
livestock and Pharaoh's heart remained
hardened resulting in a final
confrontation where he threatened Moses
with death if he
returned then the Lord said to Moses I
will bring one more plague on pharaoh
and on Egypt afterward he will let you
go from here when he lets you go
he will surely drive you out of here
altogether God instructed Moses and
Aaron to prepare for the Passover by
having each household sacrifice a
blemish-free lamb spread its blood on
their doorposts and eat the Lamb with
unleavened bread and bitter herbs all
while being dressed and ready to leave
in haste this act would Mark the
Israelites homes so that God would pass
over them during the plague of the
firstborn
leading to their deliverance from Egypt
and the event was to be commemorated
annually as the Feast of unleavened
bread and it came to pass at midnight
that the Lord struck all the firstborn
in the land of Egypt from the firstborn
of pharaoh who sat on his throne to the
firstborn of the captive who was in the
dungeon and all the firstborn of
livestock so Pharaoh Rose in the night
he all his servants and all the
Egyptians
and there was a great cry in Egypt for
there was not a house where there was
not one dead after the 10th plague
Pharaoh urgently told Moses and Aaron to
leave Egypt with the Israelites taking
their flocks and herds and blessing him
as they Departed the Egyptians fearing
further Calamity hastened their
departure and gave the Israelites silver
gold and clothing allowing them to leave
quickly and begin their Journey from
rameses to suo marking the end of 400 13
years of sojourn in Egypt and
establishing the night as a solemn
observance for future
generations and the Lord went before
them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead
the way and by night in a pillar of fire
to give them light so as to go by day
and
night God instructed Moses to Camp by
the Red Sea knowing Pharaoh would pursue
the Israelites leading to a
confrontation by the sea as the
Egyptians closed in Moses stretched out
his hand over the waters and the Lord
caused the sea to go back by a strong
East Wind and made the sea into dry land
and the waters were divided so the
children of Israel went into the midst
of the Sea on the dry ground and the
waters were a wall to them on their
right hand and on their left and the
Egyptians pursued and went after them
into the midst of the sea all Pharaoh's
horses his chariots and his Horsemen the
pursuing Egyptians were drowned when
Moses stretched out his hand over the
sea and the waters returned to full
depth the Israelites witnessed the
destruction of the Egyptian Army and
were filled with awe and belief in the
Lord and his servant
Moses as they rejoiced they couldn't
help but wonder what new challenges and
divine wonders awaited them in the vast
Wilderness ahead the journey to the land
flowing with milk and honey had only
just begun
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