1.6 The Sinai Covenant

• The making of the Sinai Covenant: Exodus 19:3-24
• The Ten Commandments: Exodus 20:1-17
• Applying the Ten Commandments in daily life
• The breaking of the covenant: Exodus 32
• The renewal of the covenant: Exodus 34
• How the Israelites worshipped God in the wilderness

• describe the making of the Sinai Covenant
• apply the Ten Commandments in day-to-day life
• dramatize the breaking of the Sinai Covenant
• illustrate the renewal of the Sinai Covenant
• establish how the Israelites worshipped God in the wilderness
• take part in worshipping God at home, school and in church

“How was the Sinai Covenant made?”

“Why was the covenant renewed?”

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1. The making of the Sinai Covenant
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   What a covenant is, the offer God made at Sinai, the preparation of the people, and the sealing of the agreement.
2. The Ten Commandments and their application
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   The ten commandments, how they are grouped, what each requires, and how they apply to a learner today.
3. Breaking the covenant, its renewal, and worship in the wilderness
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   The golden calf, Moses' intercession, the renewal of the covenant, and how Israel worshipped God in the wilderness.
4. Holiness at the mountain: why Sinai was fenced
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Exodus 19 in depth: consecration, limits, the third day, fear of God, and how the later covenant meal belongs with the same holiness.
5. The first table in daily life: God first
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Commandments one to four applied in a Kenyan week: rivals to God, manageable gods, misuse of the Name, and rest that includes those who work for you.
6. The second table in Kenya: neighbour, honesty, desire
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Commandments five to ten in Kenyan life: ageing parents, violence, faithfulness, stealing as cheating and corruption, WhatsApp false witness, and coveting as the root.
7. The tabernacle: how Israel worshipped in the wilderness
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   The tent of meeting, its courts and furniture, priests and Levites, offerings and festivals - and what each taught about a holy God among his people.
8. Keeping the covenant: worship at home, school and church
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Why the covenant was renewed, how wilderness worship translates to a Kenyan home, school and congregation, and how to take part without repeating the golden calf.