OT Mini 2 St Paul's School

This afternoon I had the great pleasure of being with the year 5 then year 6 children from St Paul's School in Barrow doing OT Mini.  It was lesson 2 therefore we were looking at some of the stories connected with Moses.  We heard about his birth and upbringing then on into adult life and forty years as a shepherd before his major encounter with God.  We then looked at the children of Israel's release from Egyptian slavery and the journey into the promise land except they didn't quiet make it thanks to the 10 spies that told false accounts of what the land was like.  Then we heard forty years later they return and we left them on the border ready for their first entry into the promised land.  Along our journey today we also heard about the giving of the law, the creation of the Tabernacle and the role of the priests, as well as the counting of the people, the forty years of wilderness wandering and the second counting and giving of the law.  Next week we look at the exploits of Joshua as he takes the lead into the land promised to them.