Bible Reading Challenge – Exodus Activities

Challenge yourself to achieve 1000 points by completing your choice of the following activities. Each activity has a certain number of points depending on how challenging it is. Some activites may be particularly suited for children and families, while others may be more suited for adults and teens. One of the best parts of a challenge is doing it together. Find another family to do it with, or involve your Sunday School or CYC.

Read - 400 Points

Read through all of Exodus for 400 points! Below you can find a printable tracker for each chapter so you can check them off as you go!

Bible Journal - 500 Points

Use a notebook or a Bible Reading Journal to take notes while you read. You can order a prepared reading journal on Amazon (link below) or use just a regular notebook. A page of suggested questions to ask is also available below. Share your thoughts or favourite verses with your friends and family or on Social Media.

Bible Marking - 100 Points

Each time you find a mention of slavery or bondage highlight it in red.

Language - 150 Points

God wanted Israel to become a kingdom of priests and a holy nation – separate and different from Egypt and the nations around. Spend some time researching the word “Holy.” Use the instructions on how to do a word study below. Share what you learn with your friends and family or on Social Media.

Literature - 200 Points

Read through any of the following books and share a quote or two with family and friends or on Social Media. Links to Booksellers below.

Moses My Servant by H. Tennant
The Exodus by Mark Vincent
Mt Sinai in Arabia by Joel Richardson
The Gold of the Exodus by Howard Blum

Media - 300 Points

Search for this talk on Christadelphian Bible Talks and Exhortations:

The Gospel of the Burning Bush by Jay Mayock

You may be interested in the documentaries on this site: Patterns of Evidence

Write a short review to share what you learn.

Memory Verse - 250 Points

Learn at least one of these selections by heart:

Exodus 8:10b
Exodus 19:5-6
Exodus 34:6-7

Create a colouring page or a bookmark to help with memorizing.

Dig Deeper - 350 Points

Egypt had many, many gods, but through the plagues, God would prove to Pharaoh, and Egypt – and His very own people – that He, and He alone, was the only true and powerful God. Use the chart below to see how the ten plagues showed the powerlessness of the gods of Egypt. Share your findings!

Our World - 100 Points

Find a book on rocks and gems at your local library and see if you can find any of the gems in the breastplate. Where are they found? How are they made? What kind of rocks or gems are found where you live?

Drama - 200 Points

Keep a box for drama objects: for exodus this might include: rod, snake, furry white glove, vial of red water, plastic frogs, flies, gnats, grasshoppers, red pompoms for boils, coriander seed, gold candlestick or other tabernacle items. Act out some of the stories and take photos. Share some with friends and family.

Food - 250 Points

Make a Biblical Passover dinner with lamb, unleavened bread (Matzah Recipe), and bitter herbs. Find out more about how the Passover is celebrated here: What is a Seder?

Geography - 100 Points

Colour a map of Egypt and the wilderness wanderings. A blank map is provided below. There are several different ideas of where they wandered. Here are a couple suggestions to copy: Traditional, Arabia. Perhaps create a placemat map, or a big map on a bulletin board and trace their journey through to the promised land. Find out more about Egypt or the land they wandered in. Find photographs online of the area and print them out.

Quiz - 150 Points

Sometimes a question to find the answer to can be helpful to keep little ones engaged. Aquila N. Priscilla has done an excellent job preparing lots of questions to ask before or after reading – you can find their book for purchase here: Know Questions: Genesis to Job. Alternatively you can download a page of questions below.

Timeline - 400 Points

Create a Timeline for the Bible that you can add to as we go along. You could do this using these pages (link here) which you can download and print. Put a drawing or a verse in the appropriate box each night. Or you could use a sketchbook of some sort with at least 50 pages. Share a photo of your work!!

Overview - 200 Points

Fill in the blanks on the Overview of Exodus pages below.

Art Project - 300 Points

Make a model or drawing of the tabernacle or a part of the tabernacle. Here are some ideas: Paper Tabernacle.

The Heart - 300 Points

T H I N K ON T H I S :

Complaining is very easy to do, but it is not good for us. Try to not complain for the next few weeks. If you find yourself complaining, find something to be thankful for instead.

To practice being thankful, try eating the same thing for breakfast each day (porridge for example) without complaining.