Exodus 7 Summary God has Moses and Aaron go to Pharaoh and show him signs, but He will harden the Pharaoh’s heart anyway. As they perform their signs, the Pharaoh calls his magicians to do the same, but Moses’ and Aaron’s are better. This doesn’t change the Pharaoh’s heart (the one God is manipulating). Even turning …
Exodus 6 Summary After Moses had mouthed off to God in Exo 5:22-23, God now boasts of who he is. How he appeared to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. How he promised them Canaan. How he now hears the groaning of his people. God tells Moses to tell this to the Israelites and how he will free them. …
Exodus 5 Summary Moses and Aaron meet with the Pharaoh to ask that the Hebrews be allowed to have a festival to worship. The Pharaoh refuses, saying that he doesn’t obey the Hebrew god and that they should get back to work. The Pharaoh then orders that the Hebrew slaves need to work harder by getting the …
Exodus 4 Summary Moses is afraid that he will fail at his task of convincing the elders of what God wants of them. So the LORD gives Moses a few signs that he can use to convince them: A staff that turns into a snake, his hand can become leprotic and healed at will, and he …
Exodus 3 Summary Moses tended his father-in-law’s (Jethro’s) sheep near the mountain Horeb when he saw a bush of fire that didn’t burn. When he investigated he heard God’s voice telling him to free the Israelites from Egypt because he saw their suffering. They are to lie to Pharaoh about performing sacrificed to their God. After …