He told his Egyptian taskmaster that no more straw was to be given to the Israelites to make bricks. Pharaoh then made a devastating declaration that would cause the Israelites to experience great hardship and suffering (Exodus 5:6-19). Pharaoh expressed his defiance against Moses’ demands and told Moses that he didn’t know who the Lord was and therefore had no justifiable reason to free the Israelites from slavery. Moses was in actuality declaring WAR against Pharaoh, and his response was drastic (Exodus 5:1-19). He had no idea of Pharaoh’s response to what he was going to do after being told that the Lord demanded that Pharoah release the Israelites from slavery. However, initially, things didn’t turn out for Moses as he had imagined they should have as God’s servant and messenger. The elders worshipped God and rejoiced about the encouraging predictions of Moses. They met with the leaders of the nation and told them about God’s plan to deliver them from slavery. He said goodbye to his father-in-law, Jethro, and left his wife and family in Midian. Gary Baker is an independent columnist for The Atascadero News and Paso Robles Press you can email him at was called by God to go to Egypt with his brother Aaron to deliver the nation of Israel from slavery, and he obeyed God.
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