Exodus 10:1-20 The Plague of Locusts

 Exodus 10:1-20 The Plague of Locusts

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God told Moses and Aaron to go to Pharaoh once again.  So Moses and Aaron did as they were told.  Moses reminded the pharaoh that he would not let the Israelites go out to worship.  This time Moses said that he was going to bring Locust into Egypt.  The Locust were going to take care of anything that was left from the hail.  This will be the worst ever seen. After this Moses left Moses.  Pharaoh’s officials we all for letting the people go.  

Exodus 10:7

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?”

Pharaoh had Moses and Aaron come back and he ask who would be going.  Moses told him that everyone one would be coming because it would be a celebration festival to the Lord.  Pharaoh said only the men could go.  After this they made Moses and Aaron leave.  

The lord told Moses to stretch out your hand and then the Locust swarmed all over the land, and Moses did as he was told.  The locust was great in number and devoured everything green.  Pharaoh called for Moses and asked him to forgive his sin and pray for him.  Moses did as Pharaoh asked and the Lord changed the winds and made the locust go into the Red Sea.  But…..

Exodus 10:20

But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.

Exodus 9:13-35 The Plague of Hail

 Exodus 9:13-35 The Plague of Hail

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The Lord told Moses to get up early in the morning and go to Pharaoh. He was to tell Pharaoh once again to let his people go. If the pharaoh did not let his people go he would send a plague that would affect the people.  

Exodus 9:15-16

For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with a plague that would have wiped you off the earth. 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.

God said that he would hit them with the worst hail storm ever.  God gave the first stay at home order.  God told the people to bring in all their animals and people.  Anyone that was still out of shelter would die.  Those who feared the Lord brought in everything they had into shelter, others did not believe and they left everything out in the fields.  

The Lord told Moses to stretch your hand to the sky and all of the hail will fall on all of Egypt.  Moses did as the Lord told him.  Hail fell and a large storm started.  The hail destroyed men, animals, fields, and stripped the trees.  The hail did not fall on the Israelites.  Pharaoh once again saw what he had done

Exodus 9:27-28

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said to them. “The LORD is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong. Pray to the LORD, for we have had enough thunder and hail. I will let you go; you don’t have to stay any longer.”

Moses said that when they had left he would pray.  Moses did as he said he would do and the hail storm stopped.  And then Pharaoh did what he always did:

Exodus 9:34-35

When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again: He and his officials hardened their hearts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses.

Exodus 9:1-12 The Plague of Livestock and Boils

 Exodus 9:1-12 The Plague of Livestock and Boils

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The Lord told Moses once again to go tell Pharaoh to let his people go and worship.  This time the Lord was going to plague their horses, donkeys, camels, sheep and goats. Once again there was going to be a distinction from Egypt and Isrealites.  This would not affect any of the livestock of the Isrealites.  The Lord was going to do this tomorrow.  

The next day all of the livestock of Egypt died but not even on of the Israelites livestock suffered.  Pharaoh sent his men to check and see if there were any dead animals among the Isrealites.  The men confirmed that there was not even one dead animal. But still Pharaoh would not let God people go.  

Exodus 9:7

Pharaoh sent men to investigate and found that not even one of the animals of the Israelites had died. Yet his heart was unyielding and he would not let the people go.

God then told Moses and Aaron to take soot from a furnace and toss it in the air in front of Pharaoh.  This will become a fine dust all over Egypt and they will develop boils on all living creatures left in Egypt. Moses and Aaron did as they were told.  Pharaoh’s magicians could not do the same because they too were covered with boils. 

Exodus 9:12

But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said to Moses.

Exodus 8:20-32 The Plague of Flies

 Exodus 8:20-32 The Plague of Flies

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God told Moses and Aaron to get up early in the morning and go see Pharaoh.  Again they are to tell him that God says to Let my people go.  This time he was going to send swarms of flies to the officials and all his people.  All house and even the ground would be full of flies.  

This time was going to be different.  God would not send flies to everyone.

Exodus 8:22-23

“ ‘But on that day I will deal differently with the land of Goshen, where my people live; no swarms of flies will be there, so that you will know that I, the LORD, am in this land. I will make a distinction between my people and your people. This miraculous sign will occur tomorrow.’ ”

And this is exactly what God did.  Pharaoh requested to see Moses and Aaron.  He told them they could do their sacrifices to God.  But Moses said that he could not do this in the land of Egypt.  They had to make the 3 days journey as God commanded them.  Pharaoh said he could go but not too far.  Moses prayed for the flies to leave and they did.  Then pharaoh changed his mind and would not let them leave.

Exodus 8:30-32

Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD, and the LORD did what Moses asked: The flies left Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not a fly remained. But this time also Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not let the people go.

 Exodus 8:16-19 The Plague of Gnats

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The Lord told Moses to tell Aaron to strike the dust of the ground.  The dust was going to turn to gnates.  Moses and Aaron did as God told them to and when Aaron hit the ground the dust became gnats that went on men and animals.  This time when pharaoh’s magicians tried to do the same they were not able.  The magicians did acknowledge that it was from God but Pharaoh’s heart was hardened and would not listen.

Exodus 8:19

The magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not listen, just as the LORD had said.

Exodus 7:25-8:15 The Plague of the Frogs

 Exodus 7:25-8:15 The Plague of the Frogs

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7 days when by and than the Lord told Moses to tell Pharoah to let his people go. If pharaoh would not let them go he would fill the land with frogs.  

There would be frogs in:

The Nile

In pharaoh palace

Pharaoh bathroom

Pharaoh bed 

In the pharaoh’s official 

On pharaoh’s people

Ovens

Kneading troughs 

Aaron stretched out his hand and made frogs come from the streams, canals and ponds.  The magicians did the same thing and also made frogs.  

Pharaoh asked Moses and Aaron to pray for the frogs to be gone.  Moses told the pharaoh he could pick the time.  Pharaoh said “Tomorrow” 

Exodus 8:12-14

After Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD about the frogs he had brought on Pharaoh. And the LORD did what Moses asked. The frogs died in the houses, in the courtyards and in the fields. They were piled into heaps, and the land reeked of them. 

Can you even image how smelly Egypt would be!

But then again…….

Exodus 8:15

But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.

Exodus 7:14-24 The Plague of Blood

 Exodus 7:14-24 The Plague of Blood

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God told Moses to go out to see Pharaoh tomorrow by the Nile.  Moses was to take his staff that had become a snake and say to him:

Exodus 7:16

Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the desert. But until now you have not listened.

God told Moses to take his staff and hit the water.  This would make the water in the Nile into blood and would kill all that was in the water.  The water would stink.  Moses and Aaron did as they were told but the Egyptian magicians did the same things.  This only hardened Pharaoh’s heart and he would not let the people go.  

Exodus 7:22

But the Egyptian magicians did the same things by their secret arts, and Pharaoh’s heart became hard; he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said. 

Exodus 7:8-13 Aaron's Staff Becomes a Snake

 Exodus 7:8-13 Aaron's Staff Becomes a Snake

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God told Moses and Aaron exactly what to do when they say pharaoh.  Pharaoh was going to ask them to perform a miracle and Aaron was to throw the staff down before pharaoh and it would become a snake.  Moses and Aaron did just as God asked them to do.  After Aaron threw down the staff and it became a snake.  Pharaoh called for his wise men and sorcerers to do the same thing. And once again God has a sense of humor and Aaron’s staff eat all of their staffs. 

Exodus 7:13

Yet Pharaoh’s heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

Exodus 6:28-7:7 Aaron to Speak for Moses

 Exodus 6:28-7:7 Aaron to Speak for Moses

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Once again Moses tells of God why he cannot do what God is asking him to do.  This time he was saying that his speech was not good enough.  And that because of how he speaks pharaoh will not listen to him.  

God told Moses to say everything he told him to say.  Aaron was to tell pharaoh to let them go.  God would harden the pharaoh heart.  Pharaoh would not listen to them even though God will multiply miraculous signs and wonders.  God would then put his judgement over Egypt and he would let them go.  

Moses and Aaron then did as they were told.  Moses was 80 and Aaron was 83.

Exodus 6:13-27 Family Record of Moses and Aaron

 Exodus 6:13-27 Family Record of Moses and Aaron

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These were the heads of their families

The sons of Reuben:

Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, Carmi. 

The sons of Simeon:

Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, Shaul 

The sons of Levi: 

Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

The sons of Gershon:

Libni and Shimei

The sons of Kohath:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.

The sons of Merari:

Mahli and Mushi

The sons of Amram:

Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.

The sons of Izhar: 

Korah, Nepheg and Zicri.

The sons of Uzziel:

Mishael, Elzaphan and Sithri.

The sons of Aaron: 

Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

The sons of Korah:

Assir, Elkanah and Abiasaph. 

The son of Eleazar: 

Phinehas.

Exodus 5:22-6:12 God Promises Deliverance

 Exodus 5:22-6:12 God Promises Deliverance

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Moses questioned God about why he was bringing trouble to his people and that he had only brought them trouble and not rescued the people at all.  

God told them that Moses would see his mighty hand and that the people would be let go.  He appeared to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as God Almighty.  He remember the Israelites and the covenant he made.  Moses was told to tell the people that He is the Lord and he would deliver them.  God was going to give him the land he  promised. 

Moses told the Israelites this but they did not listen because of their hardship.  

God then told Moses to tell Pharaoh to go out of the country.  Moses said why would pharaoh listen to me if the Israelites would not listen to him.  

Exodus 5:1-21 Bricks without Straw

 Exodus 5:1-21 Bricks without Straw

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Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him to let their people go so they could go worship their Lord.  This was a new pharaoh one that did not know Abraham, Isaac or Jacob's God.  He said he would not let Israel go. Moses warned pharaoh that if he did not let them go on their three day journey to worship their God then there would be plagues or the sword. Pharaoh was more concerned about the Hebrew people doing their work. He did not want to stop their work.  Pharaoh also that day told those who were in charge to not give the Hebrew people straw anymore.  They were to get straw on their own.  The Hebrew people were still required to make the same amount of bricks each day as they had before the straw was taken away.  

Exodus 5:8-9

But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don’t reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’ Make the work harder for the men so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies.”

When the Isrealites were not able to make the same amount of brick the Israelite foremen were beaten. The foremen went to pharaoh and asked why he was treating them so badly.  Pharaoh called them lazy because they wanted to go worship God. Pharaoh would not budge and still required them to get straw and make as many bricks as they did before.  The foremen were not happy with Moses and Aaron.  

Exodus 4:18-31 Moses Returns to Egypt

 Exodus 4:18-31 Moses Returns to Egypt

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Moses went back to his father in law and told him he wanted to go back to his people in Egypt to see if any of his family was still there.  Jethro told him to go.  God told him that none of the people that were out to kill him was still alive.  Moses took his wife and sons and started back to Egypt.  

God told Moses to perform all the things God had shown him.  Moses also knew that God was going to harden the pharaoh heart and not let Moses' people go.  

God told Aaron to go meet his brother in the desert.  Aaron did as he was told.  Moses told Aaron all that had happened. 

Exodus 4:1-17 Signs for Moses

 Exodus 4:1-17 Signs for Moses

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The chapter starts with Moses One again questioning God:

Exodus 4:1

Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The LORD did not appear to you’?”

The Lord asked what Moses had in his hand.  It was a staff. He told him to throw it on the ground and it became a snake.  Then he asked Moses to pick it up by the tail and it became a snake again.  Next he had him put his hand in his cloak.  Then he had him pull it out and it had leprous.  When Moses put it back in his cloak and took it out it was restored as it was before.  God told him that he gave both of these miraculous signs so that they will know God sent Moses. God said that if they do not believe still take water from the NIle and pout it on dry land and the water from the Nile will turn to blood.  

Even after all of this Moses still question God:

Exodus 4:10

Moses said to the LORD, “O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.”

God points out to Moses that he was the one that makes people deaf, mute, blind.  Then he told him GO, and that he would help him speak and teach him what to say.  

What was Moses’ answer?

God had been very patient with Moses but now he was done.  He asked him what about your brother.  Aaron was to be his mouth and speak for him.  But he was still to do the miraculous signs.  

Exodus 3:1-22 Moses and the Burning Bush

 Exodus 3:1-22 Moses and the Burning Bush

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Moses was taking care of his father in laws flock.  When he come to Horeb, the mountain of God, there was a angel who appeared in flames of a burning bush.

God called to him from the burning bush.  God told him to take off his Sandals because he was on holy ground.  God told him he was the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.  This made him hide his face because he was afraid to look at God.  

God told Moses he had seen the suffering of his people in Egypt.  God was there to rescue his people for Egypt and bring into a better land.  He told Moses he was there to send him to bring his people out of Egypt.  Moses’s response:

Exodus 3:11

But Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

God reassured him that he would be with him, but Moses can up with more reason he could not do it:

Exodus 3:13

Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?”

God told him to tell them that I AM sent him.  The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob has sent me. God told him to go and see the elders.  And tell them that I have sent you and that I (Moses) will bring you out of Egypt and bring you to a land flowing with milk and honey.  And take the Elders to Pharaoh and say to him that you need to take your people on a 3 day journey to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God.  God also gave him a preview of the wonders that he would perform.  He also told him that they would leave with treasures from Egypt.  

Exodus 2:11-25 Moses Flees to Midian

 Exodus 2:11-25 Moses Flees to Midian

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Once when Moses was grown he was out walking.  He saw and Egyptian beating one of his people. Moses looked around to see who was looking.  When he knew there was no one looking he killed the Egyptian.  

When he went out the next day he saw two of his people fighting.  He asked why they were fighting.  The one that was in the wrong asked if Moses was going to kill him like he did the Egyptian.  Moses was afraid that someone had seen what he had done.  Pharaoh tried to kill Moses but Moses ran away to Midian.  

While in Midian help the 7 daughters of the priest of Midian. Shepards had tried to make them leave when they were at the well but Moses helped them by watering there their flock.  When the daughters returned home their father asked why they were home so early.  The daughter explains that an Egyptian had helped them.  Their father told them to invite them to have something to eat.  Moses agreed to stay with them and he was given Zipporah to marry.  They had a son named Gershom.

The king of Egypt died and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.  God looked at his people and was concerned for them.  

Exodus 2:1-10 The Birth of Moses

 Exodus 2:1-10 The Birth of Moses

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2 descendant of Levi married and had a son.  His mother hid him for 3 months.  After this it was impossible for her to hide him.  So she took a basket and coated it with tar and pitch to make it waterproof.  She put the baby in the basket and than place it among the reeds in the Nile.  His sister watched to see what would happen to her baby brother.  

Pharaoh’s daughter went to the Nile to bathe.  She saw the basket among the reeds and asked her attendant to go get it.  When she opened it she saw the baby boy inside.  The baby boy cried which made her feel sorry for the boy.  She knew that he was a Hebrew baby.  The baby boy’s sister ask if they would like one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby.  Pharaoh’s daughter agreed and she went to go get her mother.  So Pharaoh’s daughter paid his mother to take care the baby boy.  

Exodus 2:9-10

Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.” So the woman took the baby and nursed him. When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, “I drew him out of the water.”

Exodus 1:1-22 The Israelites Opressed

 Exodus 1:1-22 The Israelites Opressed

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11 of Jacob's sons and all of their wives and children went to Egypt to join Joseph, in total there were 70 people.  Joseph, brothers and all their generation died.  The generation after Joseph multiplied and became many in number so much they filled the land of Egypt.  

There was a new king that did not know Joseph and all that he had done. The king feared that because of the great number of Israelites that they might join with their enemy, defeat them  and leave Egypt.  So they made them slave to build their cities.  And once again I believe God has a good sense of humor and instead the Israelites grew in number.  This made the Egyptians work the Israelites even more.  They did all of the Egyptians hard labor, building and working in the fields.

The midwives Shiphrah and Puah were instructed to kill all baby boys of the Isrealites.  The midwives fear God and they did not kill the baby boys. When the midwife ask why they were not doing what they were told they said that the Isrealites had the babies before they got there.  God blessed the moves with families of their own.  

Pharaoh then told all the people that they should through all the baby boys into the Nile but let the girls live.  

Genesis 50:22-26 The Death of Joseph

 Genesis 50:22-26 The Death of Joseph

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Joseph continued in Egypt with his fathers family.  Joseph lived to see his grandchildren and great grandchildren.  Joseph knew he was about to die and told his brothers to make sure to take his bones when they traveled to the land that was promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.  Joseph died at the age of 110 years old.  He was embalmed and put in a coffin in Egypt.  

Genesis 50:15-21 Joseph Reassures his Brothers

 Genesis 50:15-21 Joseph Reassures his Brothers

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Joseph’s brothers were afraid that Joseph was going to want revenge now that his father was dead.  They told Joseph that his father had told him to forgive his brothers before his death.  This was Joseph response:

Genesis 50:19-21

But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.” And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.