Moses'+Relationship+with+God

**Burning Bush**
•Voice called to him from Bush, saying it was the voice of God •God instructed Moses to go to Egypt and to tell the Pharaoh to let all of the slaves go, and that Moses was going to lead them to the promise land •Moses was afraid of what God told him, he thought that nobody would take notice and listen to him •God sent Moses brother with him because he had a stutter and was nervous in front of people Link to Muhammed and what he thought of Gods message

**Mt. Sinai**
•Separated the Sea of Reeds and every Israelite passed and then closed it and the Egyptians following, causing them all to die •After seven weeks in the Wilderness, The Israelites arrived at Mount Sinai •Moses ascended the Mountain when summoned by God •Moses was with God for 40 days and Nights and the people started doubting he would return •Aaron had to find a way to calm the people down, something they could see and have faith in, told people to get there gold and made a golden cow (had rescued them from Egypt) •God was furious with the cow wanted to destroy the people but Moses pleaded him not to •When Moses saw the cow he became furious and hurled the stones at the ground •Ran at the cow and broke it into a million pieces •Moses made all the non-believers repent and those who didn’t were killed •3,000 were killed because of their lack of faith Link to miracles of Moses, Jesus and Buddha

**Moses' Mistakes**
•When Moses was first contacted by God he was nervous and afraid, he tried to hide from God •When the first meeting with the Pharaoh failed Moses complained to God, that he had failed him •Didn’t listen when god said to talk to a rock and they would receive water, instead struck it with his staff •Moses never got to enter the Promise land because of his mistakes •Died at 120 didn’t get to lead the Hebrews into Canaan

**Interesting Facts**
•10 Commandments came from Moses' revelation with God •Made a code of law by the 10 commandments, Called the Book of the Covenant •Like Moses God also revealed important teachings to Muhammed with the Koran

**Bibliography**
•Barron, Sharon. __Moses and Judaism__. North Mankato, Minnesota: White-Thompson, 2002. 1-20. •Bourgoin, Suzanne M., and Paula K. Byers, eds. "Moses." __Encyclopedia of World Biography__. 2nd ed. 17 vols. Detriot, MI: Gale Research, 1998.