Study Desk

Hail The Lord then said to Moses, "Early tomorrow morning meet with the king and tell him that the Lord , the God of the Hebrews, says, ‘Let my people go, so that they may worship me.

This time I will punish not only your officials and your people, but I will punish you as well, so that you may know that there is no one like me in all the world.

But to show you my power I have let you live so that my fame might spread over the whole world.

So Moses raised his stick toward the sky, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the ground. The Lord sent

Moses said to him, "As soon as I go out of the city, I will lift up my hands in prayer to the Lord . The thunder will stop, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth belongs to the Lord .

So Moses and Aaron went to the king and said to him, "The Lord , the God of the Hebrews, says, ‘How much longer will you refuse to submit to me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me.

There will be so many that they will completely cover the ground. They will eat everything that the hail did not destroy, even the trees that are left.

The king's officials said to him, "How long is this man going to give us trouble? Let the Israelite men go, so that they can worship the Lord their God. Don't you realize that Egypt is ruined?"

So Moses and Aaron were brought back to the king, and he said to them, "You may go and worship the Lord your God. But exactly who will go?"

So Moses raised his stick, and the Lord caused a wind from the east to blow on the land all that day and all that night. By morning it had brought the locusts.

Moses called for all the leaders of Israel and said to them, "Each of you is to choose a lamb or a young goat and kill it, so that your families can celebrate Passover.

So the people filled their baking pans with unleavened dough, wrapped them in clothing, and carried them on their shoulders.

They baked unleavened bread from the dough that they had brought out of Egypt, for they had been driven out of Egypt so suddenly that they did not have time to get their food ready or to prepare leavened dough.

During the day the Lord went in front of them in a pillar of cloud to show them the way, and during the night he went in front of them in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel night and day.

I will make the Egyptians so stubborn that they will go in after them, and I will gain honor by my victory over the king, his army, his chariots, and his drivers.

between the Egyptians and the Israelites. The cloud made it dark for the Egyptians, but gave light to the people of Israel, and so the armies could not come near each other all night.

He made the wheels of their chariots get stuck, so that they moved with great difficulty. The Egyptians said, "The Lord is fighting for the Israelites against us. Let's get out of here!"

So Moses held out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the water returned to its normal level. The Egyptians tried to escape from the water, but the Lord threw them into the sea.

Then they came to a place called Marah, but the water there was so bitter that they could not drink it. That is why it was named Marah.

So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, "This evening you will know that it was the Lord who brought you out of Egypt.