What did God give to Moses at Mount Sinai?
(The Ten Commandments. You can tell them that there were a lot of laws, too.) What are the Ten Commandments? I am the Lord, your God, who brought you out of Egypt. You shall have no other gods besides me. You shall not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain. Keep holy the sabbath day. Honor your father and mother. You shall not kill. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. (You shall not lie.) You shall not covet your neighbor s goods. You shall not covet your neighbor s spouse. What did the Israelites do while Moses was on the mountain? (They were impatient and afraid that God had deserted them, so they made a golden calf (explain why this is a problem – it was part of the Egyptian religion to have many gods they were trying to replace God with a fake god.)) What did Moses do when he came down and saw what they had done? (He broke the stone tablets. Point out that the people had broken God s covenant (promise) l
