The Exodus and Passover

Question 0

What does exodus mean?

Answer 0

A way out or departure from Egypt

Question 1

What does salvation mean?

Answer 1

Being saved and brought into a relationship with God

Question 2

What does sacrifice mean?

Answer 2

Giving up something for something for greater value

Question 3

When is the Passover lamb to be slaughtered?

Answer 3

The 14th day of the first month

Question 4

God spoke to which two Jewish men about the Passover?

Answer 4

Moses and Aaron

Question 5

How big did the lamb have to be for the Passover?

Answer 5

Big enough to feed a household

Question 6

What time of day did the slaughter of the lamb take place?

Answer 6

Twilight

Question 7

What did the people have to do with the blood of the lambs?

Answer 7

Paint it on the side of the door frames

Question 8

How was the meat to be prepared?

Answer 8

Roasted and eaten with bitter herbs

Question 9

What kind of bread were they to eat?

Answer 9

Unleavened

Question 10

What had to be done with the meat before morning?

Answer 10

All had to be eaten

Question 11

How were the people to be dressed while eating?

Answer 11

Ready to leave - cloak tucked in, sandals on, staff in hand

Question 12

What was the 10th plague?

Answer 12

God would kill all the first born (animals and humans) except the ones with blood on the doorposts

Question 13

Why is it called the Passover?

Answer 13

Because the angel of death would pass over the houses with blood on the doorposts

Question 14

What did Moses receive at Mount Sinai?

Answer 14

The Law, including the 10 commandments

Question 15

Who was the successor to Moses who brought the Israelites into the Promised Land?

Answer 15

Joshua

Question 16

What two months in our calendar does Nisan overlap?

Answer 16

March and April (around Easter)

Question 17

What does God’s command about eating the lamb at home teach us?

Answer 17

Family is important

Question 18

Why don’t Jews eat the roasted lamb today, even though they place some on a plate?

Answer 18

Because there have been no animal sacrifices since the destruction of the Temple

Question 19

When was the Jewish Temple destroyed?

Answer 19

70 AD

Question 20

What do the bitter herbs symbolise?

Answer 20

The suffering of the Jews when they were slaves in Egypt

Question 21

Why is the bread unleavened?

Answer 21

Because there was no time to bake bread with yeast. It also symbolises new beginnings

Question 22

Why do Jewish people lean on the table today?

Answer 22

To show they are now free

Question 23

God passing over the Israelites is a sign of God’s…

Answer 23

Love and generosity

Question 24

Should God take sides? (FOR)

Answer 24

Yes, because of his justice. He must take the side of those who have been wronged against those who have wronged them

Question 25

Should God take sides? (AGAINST)

Answer 25

No, because God is not supposed to show favouritism and is to treat all people equally

Question 26

Can the Passover, which happened 3000 years ago, teach us anything today? (FOR)

Answer 26

Yes, because it is a powerful story that inspires everyone. For example, Martin Luther King used the Exodus idea to inspired people to march to Washington to protest against racial injustice

Question 27

Can the Passover, which happened 3000 years ago, teach us anything today? (AGAINST)

Answer 27

No, because life 3000 years ago was very different and the story is a bit like superstitious magic. It also seems unfair that all these innocent Egyptian children and animals should die