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Then the Lord became angry with Moses and said, "All right! I'll give you someone to help you. Aaron the Levite is your brother, isn't he? He is a good speaker. In fact, Aaron is already coming to meet you, and he will be happy to see you.

Then Moses went back to Jethro, his father-in-law. Moses said to him, "Please let me go back to Egypt. I want to see if my people are still alive." Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."

Then Aaron spoke to the people and told them everything the Lord had told Moses. Then Moses did the miracles for all the people to see,

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh. I will use my great power against him, and he will let my people go. He will be so ready for them to leave that he will force them to go."

The Lord said to Moses, "See how important I have made you? In speaking to Pharaoh, you will be like God, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.

But Moses said, "It would not be right to do that. The Egyptians think it is terrible to kill animals as sacrifices for the Lord our God. If we do this here, the Egyptians will see us and throw stones at us and kill us.

Pharaoh sent people to see if any of the animals of Israel died. Not one of them died. But Pharaoh remained stubborn and did not let the people go.

The locusts will cover the land. There will be so many locusts that you will not be able to see the ground. Anything that was left from the hailstorm will be eaten by the locusts. The locusts will eat all the leaves from every tree in the field.

None of the people could see each other, and no one got up to go any place for three days. But there was light in all the places where the Israelites lived.

Then Pharaoh told Moses, "Get out of here. I don't want you to come here again. The next time you come to see me, you will die!"

Then Moses told Pharaoh, "You are right about one thing. I will not come to see you again."

But the blood on your houses will be a special sign. When I see the blood, I will pass over your house. I will cause bad things to happen to the people of Egypt. But none of these bad diseases will hurt you.

At the time the Lord goes through Egypt to kill the firstborn, he will see the blood on the sides and top of each doorframe. Then he will protect that house and not let the Destroyer come into any of your houses and hurt you.

But Moses answered, "Don't be afraid! Don't run away! Stand where you are and watch the Lord save you today. You will never see these Egyptians again.

They will be filled with fear when they see your strength. They will be as still as a rock, Lord , while your people, the ones you made, pass by.

So Moses called to the Lord , and the Lord showed him a large piece of wood. When Moses put the wood in the water, the water became good to drink. There the Lord put in place a law and a command for him and tested him to see if he would obey.

Then the Lord said to Moses, "I will cause food to fall from the sky. This food will be for you to eat. Every day the people should go out and gather the food they need that day. I will do this to see if they will do what I tell them.

Every day the people will gather only enough food for one day. But on Friday, when the people prepare their food, they will see that they have enough food for two days."

So Moses and Aaron said to the Israelites, "Tonight you will see the power of the Lord . You will know that he is the one who brought you out of Egypt.

You have been complaining about the Lord , and he heard you. So tomorrow morning you will see the Glory of the Lord . You have been complaining and complaining about us. Maybe now we can have a little rest."