📖 Unit 2: The Power of God and the Passover
An 11-week Exodus curriculum covering all ten plagues and the Passover night.
The First Plague: Water to Blood
Exodus 7:14-25
God strikes the Nile and turns every drop of water in Egypt to blood, killing the fish and making the water undrinkable for seven days. Pharaoh's heart remains hard, and the stage is set for the plagues to escalate.
View LessonFrogs and Pharaoh
Exodus 8:1-15
Frogs swarm out of the Nile and fill every house, bedroom, oven, and bowl in Egypt, and Pharaoh begs Moses to pray them away. The moment the frogs are gone, Pharaoh hardens his heart again, showing how quickly people forget their desperation before God.
View LessonThe Plague of Gnats
Exodus 8:16-19
Moses strikes the dust and gnats cover every person and animal in Egypt, and for the first time the magicians cannot duplicate the miracle. They tell Pharaoh, 'This is the finger of God,' but he does not listen.
View LessonThe Plague of Flies
Exodus 8:20-32
Thick swarms of flies fill Egypt while the land of Goshen where the Israelites live remains completely untouched. God is making a distinction between his people and Egypt, a picture of the protection that comes from belonging to him.
View LessonThe Fifth Plague: Livestock Disease
Exodus 9:1-7
God strikes the Egyptian livestock in the fields with a devastating disease while every animal the Israelites own stays healthy. Pharaoh checks and sees that not one Israelite animal has died, but his heart remains hard.
View LessonThe Plague of Boils
Exodus 9:8-12
Moses throws handfuls of furnace soot into the air and painful boils break out on every Egyptian person and animal. The magicians cannot even stand before Moses because they too are covered in sores.
View LessonThe Plague of Hail and Fire
Exodus 9:13-35
God sends the most severe hailstorm in Egypt's history, with lightning flashing to the ground, destroying crops and livestock left in the fields. The Egyptians who feared God's warning and brought their servants and animals inside were spared.
View LessonThe Plague of Locusts
Exodus 10:1-20
An east wind brings a massive swarm of locusts that devours every plant the hail left standing, leaving nothing green in all of Egypt. Pharaoh's officials beg him to let Israel go, but he will only negotiate, not fully obey.
View LessonThe Plague of Darkness
Exodus 10:21-29
God brings three days of thick, touchable darkness over Egypt while the Israelites have light in their homes. Pharaoh tries one more negotiation, but Moses will accept nothing less than complete obedience.
View LessonThe Passover and the Tenth Plague
Exodus 11-12:30
God announces the final plague: the death of every firstborn in Egypt. Israel is instructed to paint lamb's blood on their doorposts so the destroyer will pass over them. This is the clearest Old Testament picture of Jesus, the Lamb of God whose blood saves us from death.
View LessonThe Great Escape from Egypt
Exodus 12:31-51
At midnight God strikes every firstborn in Egypt, and Pharaoh finally drives Israel out. Six hundred thousand men plus families and flocks walk out of slavery after 430 years, carrying the Passover meal in their hands. The rescue Israel needed pointed forward to the rescue Jesus would accomplish.
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