Exodus 3:16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
Who was Moses to gather? ______________________________
What was he to say to them? __________________________
Class Discussion
Why do you think God had Moses to call for the elders
Exodus 3:17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.
Exodus 3:18
And they shall hearken to your voice: and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him, The LORD God of the Hebrews has met with us: and now let us go, we beseech you, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.
Why does God want Moses to take the elders with him to see the king of Egypt? ______________
What does Moses say to the king? _______________________________
Exodus 3:19 And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.
What is God sure about? ___________________________________
(KJV)
