40 Questions
What did the people find when they went three days in the wilderness?
No water
What happened to the waters of Marah after Moses cast a tree into them?
They were made sweet
Where did the children of Israel encamp after coming to Elim?
By the waters
Where did the congregation of the children of Israel come after leaving Elim?
Wilderness of Sin
Who did Moses choose to be heads over the people?
Elders of the people
Where did the children of Israel camp before the mount?
Wilderness of Sinai
What did the LORD promise the children of Israel if they obeyed his voice and kept his covenant?
They would be a peculiar treasure unto the LORD above all people
Who did Moses call for and lay before their faces all the words which the LORD commanded him?
Elders of the people
What happened on the third day in the morning?
There were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount
What descended upon mount Sinai in fire, causing the whole mount to quake greatly?
The LORD
Who did the LORD call up to the top of the mount?
Moses
What did the LORD instruct Moses to do to the people to prevent them from breaking through unto the LORD to gaze?
Set bounds about the mount and sanctify it
What did Moses do to the people before the third day?
Sanctified them
What did Moses warn the people not to do on the third day?
Come at their wives
What did the people do when the voice of the trumpet sounded long?
They trembled
What did Moses do after the people answered together, saying, 'All that the LORD hath spoken we will do'?
He returned the words of the people unto the LORD
What did the Lord instruct Moses to do to produce water for the people?
Strike a rock
What did Jethro advise Moses to do to ease the burden of judging the people?
Delegate the task to able men
What did Jethro suggest Moses teach the people?
God's laws
What did Jethro advise Moses to focus on?
Larger matters
What was the result of Moses accepting Jethro's counsel?
Relief and more efficient functioning
What does the passage illustrate about Moses' leadership?
Reliance on God for guidance
What did the people complain about?
Lack of water
What did Moses do during the battle against Amalek?
Held up his hand
What did Jethro do after hearing about the miracles in Egypt?
Rejoiced and brought offerings to God
What does the passage highlight the importance of?
Delegation and wise counsel in leadership
What did Jethro's counsel bring to the community?
Order and peace
What did Jethro observe Moses doing all day?
Judging the people
What did the Lord promise to provide to prove the people's obedience to His law?
Bread from heaven
How often were the people instructed to gather manna?
Every day, except for the seventh day
What happened to the manna that some tried to keep until the morning?
It bred worms and stank
How long did the children of Israel eat manna until they reached the land of Canaan?
Forty years
What was the taste of manna described as?
Like wafers with honey
What was the appearance of manna described as?
White like coriander seed
What did the congregation do when they reached Rephidim and found no water?
Complained to Moses
What was kept as a testimony for future generations?
An omer of manna
What did the people do on the seventh day in relation to manna?
No manna was found, and the people were commanded to rest
Who did the children of Israel complain to about being brought into the wilderness to die of hunger?
Moses and Aaron
What did the people gather twice as much of on the sixth day?
Manna
What did Moses question the people about at Rephidim?
Their chiding and their temptation of the Lord
Study Notes
Provision of Manna and Quail in the Wilderness
- The children of Israel complained to Moses and Aaron about being brought into the wilderness to die of hunger.
- The Lord promised to provide bread from heaven to prove the people's obedience to His law.
- Quails came up in the evening, and in the morning, a small round thing, called manna, appeared on the ground.
- The people were instructed to gather an omer of manna per person every day, except for the sixth day when they would gather twice as much.
- Some tried to keep manna until the morning, but it bred worms and stank.
- On the sixth day, the people gathered twice the amount of manna, which did not stink or breed worms when kept until the morning.
- On the seventh day, no manna was found, and the people were commanded to rest.
- The taste of manna was described as like wafers with honey and the appearance as white like coriander seed.
- An omer of manna was kept as a testimony for future generations.
- The children of Israel ate manna for forty years until they reached the land of Canaan.
- The congregation journeyed to Rephidim, where there was no water, and they complained to Moses.
- Moses questioned the people's chiding and their temptation of the Lord.
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