LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Numbers 1-3, God instructed Moses to count all the people of Israel and organize them into twelve tribes, each descended from one of Jacob’s sons. Because Jacob had previously adopted his two grandsons, Ephraim and Manasseh (the sons of Joseph), as his own, the tribe of Joseph was replaced by these two tribes. The tribe
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Leviticus 10:1-3, we encounter a sobering moment in Israel’s history that reveals just how seriously God takes His own holiness. The Israelites had been set apart as a people who belonged to the one true God, and God had given extremely detailed instructions for how worship was to be carried out, from the design of
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Matthew 21, Mark 11, Luke 19, and John 12, we find Jesus approaching Jerusalem during the busy Passover season, a time when thousands of Jewish people filled the city to remember how God had delivered their ancestors from slavery in Egypt. As Jesus drew near to the city, He sent two disciples ahead to retrieve
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Joshua 24:1-28, near the end of his life, Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel at Shechem to stand before God. He recounted the entire sweep of God’s faithfulness to His people, beginning with Abraham’s calling out of a land of idol worship, through the miraculous deliverance from Egypt, the parting of the Red Sea,
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Numbers 13:16-31, God instructed Moses to send twelve men (one leader from each tribe of Israel) into the land of Canaan to scout it out and bring back a report. After forty days, the men returned with samples of the land’s fruit, including a large cluster of grapes, and described what they had seen. The
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Exodus 35:4–40:38, God gave His people a remarkable assignment while they were traveling through the desert. He asked them to build Him a home. This special tent, called the Tabernacle, was to be placed right in the middle of the Israelite camp so that God could dwell among His people. Every detail of its construction
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Exodus 5:22-23 and 12:31-42, we find the dramatic conclusion to God’s deliverance of His people from Egyptian bondage. Moses had been faithfully following God’s instructions, speaking to Pharaoh time and again, yet Pharaoh’s heart remained hardened. Moses cried out to God in frustration, questioning why the Lord had brought trouble upon the Israelite people when
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Exodus 31:18-34:35, we find Moses on Mount Sinai receiving detailed instructions from God, including the Ten Commandments written on stone tablets. While Moses was away for forty days, the Israelites grew impatient and anxious. They approached Aaron, Moses’ brother, demanding that he create a god they could see and worship. Aaron collected gold jewelry from
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Exodus 5:1-23, Moses and Aaron approach Pharaoh with God’s command to let the Israelite people go into the wilderness to worship Him. Pharaoh responds with defiance, refusing to acknowledge God’s authority and rejecting the request. Instead of releasing the Israelites, Pharaoh increases their burden by commanding that they continue making the same quota of bricks
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Exodus 3:1-4, we find Moses tending his father-in-law’s sheep when he encounters a bush that burns but does not consume itself. God speaks to Moses from this burning bush and calls him to return to Egypt to lead the Israelites out of slavery. Moses responds with doubt and fear, focusing on his weakness in speaking
