Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded. In the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants he lifted up the staff and struck the water in the Nile, and all the water in the Nile turned into blood. And the fish in the Nile died, and the Nile stank, so thatContinue reading “Exodus 7:20 – 8:4….Your choice, Pharaoh!”
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Exodus 7: 11-19….Can your wooden snakes do this?
Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts. For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. Still Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as theContinue reading “Exodus 7: 11-19….Can your wooden snakes do this?”
Exodus 7: 1-10….Moses and Aaron Before Pharaoh – the second time.
And the LORD said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall tell Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go out of his land. But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart,Continue reading “Exodus 7: 1-10….Moses and Aaron Before Pharaoh – the second time.”
Exodus 6: 1-9….I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God!
But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the LORD. I appeared to Abraham, toContinue reading “Exodus 6: 1-9….I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God!”
Exodus 5: 19-23….God, are You sure that You’re doing this right?
The foremen of the people of Israel saw that they were in trouble when they said, “You shall by no means reduce your number of bricks, your daily task each day.” They met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them, as they came out from Pharaoh; and they said to them, “The LORD lookContinue reading “Exodus 5: 19-23….God, are You sure that You’re doing this right?”
Exodus 5: 10-18….The New Law is announced!
So the taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you straw. Go and get your straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced in the least.’” So the people were scattered throughout all the landContinue reading “Exodus 5: 10-18….The New Law is announced!”
Exodus 5: 1-9….The first ‘rough patch’.
Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’” But Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD,Continue reading “Exodus 5: 1-9….The first ‘rough patch’.”
Exodus 4: 27-31….God prepares the ground
The LORD said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So he went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him. And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD with which he had sent him to speak, and all the signs that he had commanded him to do.Continue reading “Exodus 4: 27-31….God prepares the ground”
Exodus 4: 18-26….A few unexpected details added.
Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Please let me go back to my brothers in Egypt to see whether they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.” And the LORD said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who were seekingContinue reading “Exodus 4: 18-26….A few unexpected details added.”
Exodus 4: 10-17….Moses finds more excuses!
But Moses said to the LORD, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.” Then the LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind?Continue reading “Exodus 4: 10-17….Moses finds more excuses!”
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