Tag: Pharaoh
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Daily Devotional: Exodus 14:1-12
The Egyptians regret letting Israel leave. Their labor force was gone and they faced a possible period of economic recession. Pharaoh mounts his chariots-six hundred select military chariots and all his transport chariots-in order to retrieve his slaves. The people of Israel worry they will die in the wilderness as they see Egypt overtaking them.…
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Daily Devotional: Exodus 10:1-20
When Moses goes before Pharaoh this time, we almost have a glimpse of hope as Pharaoh offers to let the people. Once Moses tells Pharaoh that all the people of Israel must go, Pharaoh calls his thoughts evil and directs Moses only to take the men into the wilderness to praise Yahweh. God causes locusts…
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Daily Devotional: Exodus 7:8-13
The first sign in Egypt is the sign of the serpent. For many peoples around the world, including Egypt, the serpent represented and was said to bring long life, eternal youth, wisdom, and beauty. Pharaoh wore the image of the serpent. This is why Mosaic literature is filled with serpentine imagery from Genesis 1 onward—he…
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Daily Devotional: Exodus 5:1-23
God never said that He would punish Israel for not going into the wilderness to worship Him. Further, God predicted that Pharaoh would not let the Israelites go (cf. Exodus 3-4). Thus, the nation of Israel begins her history of not fully listening to God, but only hearing some of what God says, and complaining…