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Lesson
Pentecost
Study Word
shekel: (shekå ßl) a Jewish coin
“Now Abigail, tell me the three other “Fifty what?” asked Father. “Fifty sheep?
names for the Feast of Pentecost (Penå ti Fifty years? Fifty shekels?”
kost),” instructed Father when the family had Abigail didn’t know and Ethan said he
finished the evening meal. had forgotten, so Father explained. “It means
“Are there three?” asked the little girl. She fifty days. Way back there in the time of
thought for a minute. “One is the Feast of Moses, God told Israel to keep three special
Weeks. One is the Feast of Harvest. And . . . feasts.Three times a year all the men were to
and . . . the other is . . . the Feast of Pentecost.” gather at the tabernacle to celebrate those
Father’s eyes twinkled under his bushy three feasts. Passover is the first one. And
black brows. “I said three other names.” Pentecost is the second.
“Oh.That’s all I know.” “God told them to count seven weeks
“Ethan.” Father turned to his youngest son. from the second day of Passover week.”
“The Feast of First Fruits,” said the boy “That’s why we call it the Feast of Weeks,
promptly. “We had to memorize those in isn’t it?” put in Abigail.
school.” “Yes.Then on the next day, the fiftieth, they
“Well, if I could go to school, I’d have were to celebrate the Feast of Pentecost. And
known them too,” said Abigail. we call it the Feast of Harvest because on that
“Girls can’t go to school, but they can learn day we celebrate the good harvests which God
just as much as the boys. Only they must work has given during the year. On Pentecost, or the
harder to learn it,” said Mother comfortingly. Feast of First Fruits, we offer to God two
“Abigail, you didn’t know all the names, loaves of raised bread made from fresh grain.”
but you know what Pentecost means, don’t “I like this good raised bread better than
you?” asked Asher. the unleavened bread we eat at Passover
“Yes, I know that. Pentecost means ‘fifty.’” time,” said Ethan, breaking off a piece from
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the big loaf on the table. the Feast of Pentecost?”

“The two feasts have two very different “What?” asked Ethan and Abigail at the
meanings,” Father explained, “but both are to same moment.
help us remember things our God has done “I think about the first time Moses told
for us. Asher, can you tell us what those our people about the Feast of Pentecost. It
things are?” was at Mount Sinai. Some of our rabbis think
“I think so. At Passover we remember the it was fifty days after they left Egypt. Anyway,
hard, bitter life our people suffered in Egypt. it wasn’t very long before they would get to
That’s why we eat bitter herbs. And we re- the Promised Land.They had been slaves.
member how God got them away from there Now Moses was telling them about celebrat-
and saved the lives of the firstborn.” ing abundant harvest in the good land God
“The Passover lamb died to save them,” was taking them to. But what happened when
Abigail pointed out. they came to the border of that good land?”
“Yes. So there are happy and sad things to “They got scared,” said Asher in a dis-
remember at Passover. But Pentecost is all gusted voice. “After all they had seen God do
joyful. Then we remember all the good har- in Egypt! After all the ways He had showed
vests God has given us in the fifty days since His power! He had gotten them out of
Passover.” Egypt, but they wouldn’t trust Him to take
“That is right,” said Father. “Do you know them into Canaan!”
what I always think about on “Yes,” said Father. “They refused to trust.
So instead of going into the Promised Land
and celebrating the Feast of Pentecost after a
good grain harvest, they spent the next
forty years eating manna while living in
the wilderness.
“Now, Abigail, can you tell me the three
other names for Pentecost?”
“Yes, I’m sure I can now. Feast of Weeks,
Feast of Harvest, and Feast of First Fruits.”
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FROM THE STORY

W r i t e Passover o r Pentecost.
1. eat bread without yeast.
2. offer raised bread to God.
3. remember abundant harvests.
4. remember suffering in Egypt.
5. remember God delivered.
Wri te a nu mb e r i n ea ch b l a nk .
6. The Jews celebrate Pentecost days after the second day of Passover.
7. God told the men of Israel to meet at the tabernacle times each year to
celebrate feasts.
8. Between Passover and Pentecost are weeks.
9. The children of Israel lived in the wilderness for years.
10. The Feast of Pentecost has names in all.
11. On the Feast of Pentecost, the Jews offer loaves of raised bread to God.
W r i t e t h e t h r e e o t h e r n a m e s o f t h e Fe a s t o f Pe n t e co s t .
12.
13.
14.
WE REMEMBER
Wri te T fo r t rue o r F fo r fal s e.
15. Bread for Passover is made without yeast.
16. Nisan, the month of flowers, was the first month.
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U n d e r l i n e t h e c o r r e c t a n s w e r.
17. At Passover a perfect newb or n, yea r- old lamb was killed.
18. Death of the firstborn was the tenth, twelf th plague.
19. The Jews eat bitter herbs at Passover to remember thei r u nple asa nt l ife i n E gyp t,
t h a t G o d s a v e d t h e i r f i r s t b o rn .
Wri te t he l et te r o f th e c or rec t a n s wer s.

20. Passover helps the Jews remember , , and .
a. God rested on the seventh day and made it holy
b. God saved the lives of the firstborn in Egypt
c. An innocent lamb had to die
d. God sent bountiful harvests
e. The Israelites had a bitter life in Egypt
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Lesson
The Day of Atonement
Study Words
atonement: (ß t9nå mßnt) making a payment for sins committed
High Priest: (h8å pr7st) the highest order of the ancient Jewish priesthood
priest: (pr7st) specially appointed leader to go between man and God
sacrifice: (saå krß f 8s) an animal killed and offered to God on an altar
Samaritan: (sß merå ß tßn) people who lived in Samaria who were only part Jew and did
not worship at the temple in Jerusalem; the Jews did not like the Samaritans
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the big loaf on the table. the Feast of Pentecost?”

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Wri te t he l et te r o f th e c or rec t a n s wer s.

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