--- title: Moses and the Exodus — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Moses and the Exodus», a lesson of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: In Egypt the Hebrews were slaves, and Pharaoh ordered their baby boys to be killed; two brave midwives refused, and Moses' mother hid her bab --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/) / Moses and the Exodus # Moses and the Exodus Lesson 6 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 17 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/0/) — In Egypt the Hebrews were slaves, and Pharaoh ordered their baby boys to be killed; two brave midwives refused, and Moses' mother hid her baby in a basket on the River Nile, where Pharaoh's own daughter found him and raised him. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/1/) — Years later God spoke to Moses from a bush that burned but did not burn up, gave his name «I AM WHO I AM», and sent him to tell Pharaoh: «Let my people go». - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/2/) — Pharaoh refused again and again, ten plagues struck Egypt, and on the night of the Passover the Israelites left; God opened a way through the Red Sea and they walked out free. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/3/) — In the desert God fed them with manna, enough for each day, but the journey to the Promised Land took forty years, and the people often grumbled. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/4/) — Christians believe this story shows that God sees people who are treated unfairly and sets them free; for a child today it means standing up for the weak, being brave like the midwives, and trusting God one day at a time. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/5/) — Pharaoh ordered Hebrew baby boys to be killed, and Moses' mother hid him in a basket on the Nile. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/6/) — Pharaoh's daughter found the baby Moses and raised him as her own son. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/7/) — Two Hebrew midwives, Shiphrah and Puah, refused Pharaoh's order to kill the baby boys. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/9/) — At the bush God gave his name, «I AM WHO I AM», written in Hebrew as YHWH; Jews show respect by not saying it aloud. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/10/) — Moses and his brother Aaron asked Pharaoh, «Let my people go», and Pharaoh refused again and again. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/11/) — Ten plagues struck Egypt, from the river Nile turning to blood to the death of the firstborn. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/12/) — At the Passover the Israelites marked their doors with lamb's blood, and death passed over their homes; Jews remember it every year at the Passover meal. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/14/) — God parted the sea so the Israelites crossed on dry ground, and Pharaoh's army was drowned when the water came back. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/15/) — In the desert God fed the people with manna, bread from heaven, enough for each day; kept overnight it went bad. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/16/) — The Israelites wandered forty years in the wilderness before reaching the Promised Land, and they often grumbled. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/17/) — The words «Let my people go» inspired enslaved people in America who sang and fought for their freedom. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/18/) — Historians disagree about how much of the Exodus story can be traced in Egyptian records; this is disputed. - ← previous: [Joseph and his brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/5-joseph-and-his-brothers/) - next →: [The Ten Commandments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/7-the-ten-commandments/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/)