Bible Cartoon: Moses

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God Feeds His People - Pt. 4

The children of Israel were wandering in the desert, and they cried out for food.

So God told Moses that He would provide bread from heaven for the people of Israel to collect.

And the next morning, a round fruit appeared with the dew. So Moses told the children of Israel that this was the bread which God sent them from heaven. And it was called manna.

And quails also covered the land so that the children of Israel would have meat to eat.

Later the children of Israel cried out for water.

And God told Moses to strike the rock at Horeb. Moses struck the rock with his staff, and water sprung forth.

So the children of Israel had bread and meat to eat, and water to drink. And they marched on through the desert, confident that God had blessed their journey.

(Exodus 16 - 17)

The Escape - Pt.3

Moses went to Pharaoh to ask him to set the Hebrews free. Pharaoh did not want to lose his slaves. He would not let them go, because they worked on his grand buildings.

Awful things began to happen in Egypt. There were ten plagues. Before each one, Moses had warned Pharaoh what would happen. Moses told him the disasters had been sent by God.

The last plague was the worst. The eldest son in every Egyptian family, including Pharaoh's, died. God had warned Moses to mark the doorposts of all Hebrew houses so that Hebrew boys would be safe.

Pharaoh was so upset by losing his son that he said the Hebrews could leave Egypt.

The Hebrews knew they must leave Egypt quickly. They needed food to take with them.

Pharaoh changed his mind again and sent his army after them to bring them back.

The army chased the Hebrews to the banks of the Red Sea. They would have been trapped but a miracle happened. God told Moses to lift up his rod and as he did so the waters parted to make a dry path. They were able to make their escape.

When all the Hebrews were safely at the other shore, Moses lifted up his rod again and the waters of the sea closed on Pharaoh's army who had been chasing them.

God had saved the Hebrews.

(Exodus 5-14)

God Calls Moses - Pt.2

After Moses grew up, one day he saw an Egyptian man beating up a Hebrew man. When he tried to stop him, the Egyptian man was killed. Moses had to run away from Egypt.

Moses became a shepherd for many years. One day he was watching the sheep near Mount Horeb. Suddenly the Lord appeared to Moses in the middle of a bush that was burning with fire.

God spoke to Moses. First He told him to remove his sandals because he was standing on holy ground in the presence of God. Then He told Moses that he had to return to Egypt to free the Hebrew slaves.

Moses said to God, "I won't be able to convince the Pharaoh to let the sons of Israel go, and even if I do, why do you think they will follow me. Why should they believe me?

The Lord said, "Throw down your staff." Moses threw it on the ground and it turned into a serpent. The Lord said, "Now pick it up by the tail." Moses did so and the snake became a staff again!

With this sign and others Moses finally believed that God would always be with him to help him do the difficult things God had asked him to do. And so he left for Egypt.

(Exodus 2:11-4:31)

Descriptions adapted from JesusandKidz.com

The Baby in the Basket - Pt.1

The Hebrew people had lived in Egypt many years, and had many children. They lived happily with the Egyptian people for all this time.

But one day there was a new king of Egypt, and he did not like the Hebrew people. He was afraid that because there were so many, they would try to take over Egypt. He made the Hebrews become slaves and he had all Hebrew boy babies killed so they could not grow up to become soldiers.

But Moses' mother had a plan to save her baby. She made a little basket, put baby Moses in it and put it in the river. Moses' sister Miriam kept watch to see what would happen.