In the time before this last plague that will befall Egypt, God teaches Moses who teaches the Children of Israel what they are to do so that their firstborn children will live and not die. They are to take a year old lamb or kid without defect and slaughter them at twilight. Then they are…

Exodus 11 is a short Chapter. One more plague. Now the Lord had said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here, and when he does, he will drive you out completely. v. 1. In the last Chapter Pharaoh had threatened…

“How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me?” Exodus 10:3. God’s question to Pharaoh before the plague of locusts. Even Pharaoh’s officials question why he won’t realize Egypt is ruined! v. 7. Yet, Pharaoh refuses to humble himself and tries to dictate to God the terms of who would leave. His country is…

The message given to Pharaoh each time Moses and Aaron went to him: Let my people go so they can worship Me. But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth. Exodus 9:16. For by now…

As I read Exodus 8, I can’t help but imagine how awful the plagues of frogs, gnats and flies would be as they overtake every space where the people are. How could anyone work or think or not be driven to distraction? The magicians could replicate the frogs but what help was that? Who needed…

In Genesis 7 is the interesting statement: Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.” v. 1. In the commentary below it said God made Moses “like God to Pharaoh” – in other words, a powerful person who deserved to…

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.” Exodus 6:1. Pharaoh didn’t let the Israelites go because Moses and Aaron told him God told…

When Moses and Aaron appear before Pharaoh in Exodus 5 to give him the message from God to let the Israelites go into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to Him, Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord and I will not…

Moses was having a difficult time believing God knew what He was doing. “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?” Exodus 4:1. “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your…

Exodus 3 tells the remarkable encounter Moses had with God and the burning bush. In reading Exodus I’m trying to imagine what it was like for Moses. He wouldn’t remember his mother saving his life when he was only 3 months old, but he knew what it was to be brought up in the home…