Bible Story Poems - Moses

[MIRIAM JACOB]

Bible Story Poems

Moses In The Desert:

Moses was born an Israelite;
Then a decree was sent out as a plan,
By the Egyptian king named Pharaoh,
To smite every male child in the land.

So, Moses' mother was frantic;
To save her newborn child,
She weaved a basket and sealed it with pitch,
And took Moses down to the Nile.

Then along came Pharaoh's daughter;
A Princess to the Egyptian throne,
She had Moses pulled from the river,
And she decided to take him home.

Though Moses grew up an Egyptian,
He was a Hebrew by heart, all the while,
He watched as his people were beaten as slaves,
And some died beside this river,(called Nile.)

Then one day God called Moses;
To lead his people home,
Back to the land of Canaan,
Where his father's before him had gone.

God had to send ten plagues;
Upon Egypt,with His almighty hand,
Before Moses could free his people,
And lead them to their promised land.

Then Moses set out for the desert;
With his brother Aaron along,
While God supplied their every need,
Still, they had to be strong.

So, Moses climbed up to Mt. Sinai;
To talk face to face with the Lord,
He stayed on the mountain for forty days,
And his people grew restless and bored.

Then, the Lord gave Moses two tablets of stone;
With ten laws for the Hebrews to see,
Moses headed back to the Israelite camp,
As God's laws he was anxious to read.

The people begged Aaron to build them a god;
One they could touch of their own,
So, he took their gold jewelry, shaped it into a calf,
As the Egyptians has done for so long.

When Moses came down from Mt. Sinai;
And saw what his people had done,
He grew so fierce, and angry,
That he destroyed God's laws, one, by one.

Then, Moses begged his forgiveness;
For this calf was an ungodly sin,
So then God sent him back to the mountain,
To receive His Commandments again.


These were The Ten Commandments that God gave to Moses:

1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me;
2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.
3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain;
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy;
5. Honor thy father and thy mother;
6. Thou shalt not kill;
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery;
8. Thou shalt not steal;
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor;
10. Thou shalt not covet;



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