Today we ventured through the 8th plague, the
Plague of Locusts. I don’t know about you but that just gives me the heebee
jeebees thinking about grasshopper covering the land so that it was black. I am
not a huge bug/insect fan, but I am working on it. But still, I would be no
good with this Plague of Locusts.
Micah was a bit disappointed that there was no edible
part for today. So much so that he tried to eat our toy grasshopper! Yes, yes
he did. He proceeded to cry afterwards because it was not edible. Ah, such is
the life with a toddler. Lucky for him tomorrow I have a sweet treat planned.
Our craft for the day, a clothespin grasshopper, was a
bit complex in the fact that it had so many parts. I chose to laminate the
bodies after the girls colored them instead of mounting them on construction
paper. It made them a little more durable especially in the hands of the
aforementioned toddler. Once again, I read from the Bible as the girls worked
on their grasshoppers.
Exodus
10:1-20 New International Version (NIV)
The
Plague of Locusts
10 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh,
for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I
may perform these signs of mine among them 2 that you may tell your
children and grandchildren how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and
how I performed my signs among them, and that you may know that I am the Lord.”
3 So Moses
and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How
long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me. 4 If you refuse to let them go, I will bring
locusts into your country tomorrow. 5 They will cover the face of
the ground so that it cannot be seen. They will devour what little you have
left after the hail, including every tree that is growing in your fields. 6 They will fill your houses and
those of all your officials and all the Egyptians—something neither your
parents nor your ancestors have ever seen from the day they settled in this
land till now.’” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh.
7 Pharaoh’s
officials said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the
people go, so that they may worship the Lord their
God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is ruined?”
8 Then
Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the Lord your God,” he said. “But tell
me who will be going.”
9 Moses
answered, “We will go with our young and our old, with our sons and our
daughters, and with our flocks and herds, because we are to celebrate a
festival to the Lord.”
10 Pharaoh
said, “The Lord be with
you—if I let you go, along with your women and children! Clearly you are bent
on evil.[a] 11 No! Have only the men go
and worship the Lord, since
that’s what you have been asking for.” Then Moses and Aaron were driven out of
Pharaoh’s presence.
12 And the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out
your hand over Egypt so that locusts swarm over the land and devour
everything growing in the fields, everything left by the hail.”
13 So Moses
stretched out his staff over Egypt, and the Lord made an
east wind blow across the land all that day and all that night. By morning the
wind had brought the locusts; 14 they invaded all Egypt and settled down in every
area of the country in great numbers. Never before had there
been such a plague of locusts, nor will there ever be again. 15 They covered all the ground
until it was black. They devoured all that was left after the hail—everything
growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on
tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.
16 Pharaoh
quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you. 17 Now forgive my sin
once more and pray to the Lord your
God to take this deadly plague away from me.”
18 Moses
then left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord. 19 And the Lord changed the wind to a very strong
west wind, which caught up the locusts and carried them into the Red Sea.[b] Not
a locust was left anywhere in Egypt. 20 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and
he would not let the Israelites go.
I hope you have enjoyed reading about our adventures through the 10 Plagues so far and the
crafts that we have done. The next two plagues will be so great as the
Lord shows his hand and mocks the Egyptians as He prepares to bring the final, ultimate plague.
I hope to see you back here tomorrow!
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*Almost* Edible Plagues
River to blood ~Nile River {bottled} water and Hawaiian punch
packet
Frogs ~ gummy green and white frogs
Frogs ~ gummy green and white frogs
Lice ~ black jelly
beans
Flies ~ toy flies
Livestock ~
Mother’s pink and white animal cookies
Boils ~ Capt'n Crunch Berries {just the red berries}
Hail and Fire ~ Hot Tamales encased
in big marshmallows
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