The Exodus

The Exodus

...Moses. We start with the daughter of Pharaoh finds the baby Moses in the Nile river in a basket, this is because of a decree by Pharaoh to murder all the young babies of the Hebrew people. After Moses had grown he fled to the land of Midian after he killed an Egyptian for beating a Hebrew. There he met the high priest of Midian and his seven daughters, one he married named Zipporah the eldest of Jertho's daughters.
After all this God called Moses back to Egypt at the burning bush. At the burning bush God revealed the divine name which was stated by God as "I AM WHO I AM.' and for Moses to tell the Israelites that "I AM" has sent him. And Moses was given great power through the power of God. Further along Moses rises and leaves Midian with his with and children then the Lord said to Aaron, Moses' brother to meet Moses in the wilderness, so Aaron went and met him at the mountain of God where Moses explained all God had said to Moses. Then Aaron explained all the God had told him.
After all this Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said that the Lord, God of Israel said to let his people go. And Pharaoh answered Moses with another question which was," Who is the Lord, that I should heed him and let Israel go? I don't know the Lord and I will not let your Israel go!" Then Pharaoh made the command that all the people should go back to their labors and would not get any straw to make bricks, but he still wanted the same amount of production. Moses was 80 and Aaron was 83 the first time they met with Pharaoh.
This was then followed by the first plague which was turning the water of the Nile and all the water in Egypt to blood. After Moses asked Pharaoh to set the people of Israel free, and again the Pharaoh said no. After which God commanded Aaron to Stretch his hands across all the water of Egypt and God turned them all to blood and the waters stank so bad that...

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