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Day 100 and 4.
Then Moses went back to the Lord and protested.
Why have you brought all this trouble on your own people?
Lord, why did you send me?
Ever since I came to Pharaoh as your spokesman, he has been even
more brutal to your people, and you have done nothing to rescue them.
Then the Lord told Moses, now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh.
When he feels the force of my strong hand, he will let the people go.
In fact, he will force them to leave his land.
And God said to Moses, I am Yahweh the Lord.
I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as l Shadi, God Almighty, but I
did not reveal my name, Yahweh to them.
And I reaffirmed my covenant with them under its terms.
I promised to give them the land of Canaan where they were living as foreigners.
You can be sure that I have heard the groans of the people of Israel who are
now slaves to the Egyptians, and I am well aware of my covenant with them.
Therefore, say to the people of Israel, I am the Lord.
I will free you from your oppression and will rescue you
from your slavery in Egypt.
I will redeem you with a powerful arm and great acts of judgment.
I will claim you as my own people and I will be your God.
Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who has freed you
from your oppression In Egypt, I will bring you into the land I swore
to give Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
I will give it to you as your very own possession.
I am the Lord.
So Moses told the people of Israel what the Lord had said, but
they refused to listen anymore.
They had become too discouraged by the brutality of their slavery.
Then the Lord said to Moses, go back to Pharaoh, the king of
Egypt, and tell him to let the people of Israel leave his country.
But Lord, Moses objected.
My own people won't listen to me anymore.
How can I expect Pharaoh to listen?
I'm such a clumsy speaker.
But the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them orders for the Israelites
and for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.
The Lord commanded Moses and Aaron to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt.
These are the ancestors of some of the clans of Israel.
The sons of Ruben Israel's oldest son were Hayak, Palou, Heran, and Cari.
Their descendants became the clans of Ruben.
The sons of Simeon were Jim Jamon, OAD, Jenkin, Zohar, and Shaw.
Shaw's mother was a Canaanite woman.
Their descendants became the Klans of Simeon.
These are the descendants of Levi as listed in their family records.
The Sons of Levi were Gershen, koha, and Marai.
Levi lived to be 137 years old.
The descendants of Gersin included Lyna and Shiai, each of whom
became the ancestor of a clan.
The descendants of Coha included Amam Isar, he and Aze Coha
lived to be 133 years old.
The descendants of Marai included Mala and Muha.
These are the clans of the Levites as listed in their family records.
Amam married his father's sister Jacked and she gave birth to his sons.
Aaron and Moses.
Amam lived to be 137 years old.
The sons of Iha were Cora, Nephi, and z.
The Sons of Zeel were Michelle Elza fan and Sri.
Erin married Alicia, the daughter of Amab and sister of Naan, and she gave birth
to his sons naab, a BA hug, zer and eMAR.
The Sons of Cora were Azer, AA, and Abi.
Their descendants became the clans of Cora Azer.
Son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putal and she
gave birth to his son Phineas.
These are the ancestors of the Levite families listed according to their clans.
The Aaron and Moses named in this list are the same ones to whom the Lord
said, lead the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt like an army.
It was Moses and Aaron who spoke to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, about leading
the people of Israel out of Egypt.
When the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, he said to him, I am the Lord.
Tell Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, everything I am telling you.
But Moses argued with the Lord saying, I can't do it.
I'm such a clumsy speaker.
Why should Pharaoh listen to me?
Then the Lord said to Moses, pay close attention to this.
I will make you seem like God to Pharaoh and your brother
Aaron will be your prophet.
Tell Aaron everything I command you and Aaron must command Pharaoh to let
the people of Israel leave his country.
But I will make Pharaoh's heart stubborn so I can multiply my miraculous signs
and wonders in the land of Egypt.
Even then, Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you.
So I will bring down my fist on Egypt, then I will rescue my forces, my
people, the Israelites from the land of Egypt with great acts of judgment.
When I raise my powerful hand in bring out the Israelites, the Egyptians
will know that I am the Lord.
So Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded them.
Moses was 80 years old and Aaron was 83 when they made their demands to Pharaoh.
Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Pharaoh will demand, show
me a miracle when he does this.
Say to Aaron, take your staff and throw it down in front of Pharaoh
and it will become a serpent.
So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did what the Lord had commanded them.
Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his officials,
and it became a serpent.
Then Pharaoh called in his own wise men and sorcerers, and
these Egyptian magicians did the same thing with their magic.
They threw down their staffs, which also became serpents, but then Aaron's
staff swallowed up their staffs.
Pharaoh's heart, however, remained hard.
He still refused to listen just as the Lord had predicted.
Then the Lord said to Moses, Pharaoh's heart is stubborn and he
still refuses to let the people go.
So go to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes down to the river, stand on the
Bank of the Nile and meet him there.
Be sure to take along the staff that turned into a snake.
Then announced to him, the Lord, the God of the Hebrews has sent me to
tell you, let my people go so they can worship me in the wilderness.
Until now, you have refused to listen to him.
So this is what the Lord says.
I will show you that I am the Lord.
Look, I will strike the water of the Nile with this staff in my hand,
and the river will turn to blood.
The fish in it will die and the river will stink.
The Egyptians will not be able to drink any water from the Nile.
Then the Lord said to Moses, tell Aaron, take your staff and raise
your hand over the waters of Egypt.
All its rivers, canals, ponds, and all the reservoirs.
Turn all the water to blood.
Everywhere in Egypt, the water will turn to blood, even the
water stored in wooden bowls.
In stone pots.
So Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord commanded them, as Pharaoh and all of
his officials watched Aaron raised his staff and struck the water of the Nile.
Suddenly the whole river turned to blood.
The fish in the river died and the water became so foul that
the Egyptians couldn't drink it.
There was blood everywhere throughout the land of Egypt.
But again, the magicians of Egypt used their magic and they
too turned water into blood.
So Pharaoh's heart remained hard.
He refused to listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had predicted.
Pharaoh returned to his palace and put the whole thing out of his mind.
Then all the Egyptians dug along the riverbank to find drinking water for they
couldn't drink the water from the Nile.
Seven days passed from the time the Lord struck the Nile.
Then the Lord said to Moses, go back to Pharaoh and announced to
him, this is what the Lord says.
Let my people go so they can worship me.
If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs across your entire land.
The Nile River was swarm with frogs.
They will come up out of the river and into your palace, even into
your bedroom, and onto your bed.
They will enter the houses of your officials and your people.
They will even jump into your ovens and your kneading bowls.
Frogs will jump on you, your people, and all your officials.
Then the Lord said to Moses, tell Aaron, raise the staff in your hand over all
the rivers, canals, and ponds of Egypt and bring up frogs over all the land.
So Aaron raised his hand over the waters of Egypt, and frogs came
up and covered the whole land.
But the magicians were able to do the same thing with their magic.
They too caused frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and begged plead with the Lord to take
the frogs away from me and my people.
I will let your people go so they can offer sacrifices to the Lord.
You set the time.
Moses replied, tell me when you want me to pray for you, your
officials, and your people.
Then you and your houses will be rid of the frogs.
They will remain only in the Nile River.
Do it tomorrow.
Pharaoh said, all right, Moses replied, it will be as you have
said, then you will know that there is no one like the Lord our God.
The frogs will leave you and your houses, your officials, and your people.
They will remain only in the Nile River.
So Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh's palace and Moses cried out to the Lord about
the frogs he had inflicted on Pharaoh.
And the Lord did just what Moses had predicted.
The frogs and the houses, the courtyards and the fields all died.
The Egyptians piled them into great heaps and a terrible stench filled the land.
But when Pharaoh saw that relief had come, he became stubborn.
He refused to listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had predicted.
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