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GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE ENTER THE PROMISED LAND
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9. Give a oor talk in which you show that the Israelites were
Why did God punish the scouts with sudden death?
How can we prepare for a happy death?
Compare the conduct of the scouts with that of Abraham. Wh-y does a liar prepare the way for his own destruction? Why should we often make acts of Faith, Hope and Love?
an ungrateful people.
10. Tell of the sign God gave to restore peace.
11. Prove from this lesson that we can aid others by our
prayers.
3. THE ISRAELITES ARE CONDEMNED TO WAND· FOR YEARS IN THE DES T
1. Why did the Israelites move from place to place after they reached Cades?
2. Locate Cades and trace the wanderings from this point.
3. Why can we say that the Israelites who entered the Promised Land were a new people?
4. How should Moses have acted when God commanded him to speak to the rock?
5. How did God punish Moses?
6. Make a list of the virtues which Moses practiced.
7. Show why we say the Brazen Serpent is a gure of Christ on
the Cross.
8. Give a oor talk in which you explain God's mercy to the
Israelites in the desert, describing the many times He forgave them.
9. Memorize the words which Balaam uttered instead of the required curse.
10. Write an essay in which you compare the life of Moses and that of Jesus Christ.
11. Give a oor talk. Prove that Moses was an historian, a priest, and a king.
12. Read "Moses" in "Old Testament Stories," by Rev. C. C. Marti ale, S. J.