THE LEADER OF THE ISRAELITES

THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT

• God told Moses to free his people
• The Israelites were slaved because the pharaoh was fearful of the Israelites
• Because Pharaoh refused, God punished Egypt with ten terrible Plagues.
• The Pharaoh chased after them until they caught up with them at the Red Sea
• Moses raised his staff and the waters of the sea parted.

THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT

• When the egyptians tried to follow, the waters flooded.
• After the Israelites left, They wandered for 40 years .
• These 40 years, God gave Moses the Ten Commandments.
• These Ten Commandments became the foundation of Judaism.

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

• By obeying God's commandments, Jewish people
• would fulfill their part of the covenant with him.
• Jewish people's responsibility was to make God's
• moral teachings known to the world.
• In return, God would protect them.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO JUDAISM

• He led the exodus out of Egypt. This proved to the Jews that God watched over them.
• Moses gave Judaism some of its most fundamental laws and teachings, which was called the Ten Commandments.
• Moses Forged the Israelites into a united Jewish people devoted to one god.