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We are given no straw, but we are still ordered to make bricks! And now we are being beaten. It is your people that are at fault."

Now get back to work! You will not be given any straw, but you must still make the same number of bricks."

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as Almighty God, but I did not make myself known to them by my holy name, the Lord .

Moses told this to the Israelites, but they would not listen to him, because their spirit had been broken by their cruel slavery.

But Moses replied, "Even the Israelites will not listen to me, so why should the king? I am such a poor speaker."

But Moses answered, "You know that I am such a poor speaker; why should the king listen to me?"

But I will make the king stubborn, and he will not listen to you, no matter how many terrifying things I do in Egypt. Then I will bring severe punishment on Egypt and lead the tribes of my people out of the land.

They threw down their walking sticks, and the sticks turned into snakes. But Aaron's stick swallowed theirs.

Then say to the king, ‘The Lord , the God of the Hebrews, sent me to tell you to let his people go, so that they can worship him in the desert. But until now you have not listened.

But the magicians used magic, and they also made frogs come up on the land.

The magicians tried to use their magic to make gnats appear, but they failed. There were gnats everywhere,

and the magicians said to the king, "God has done this!" But the king was stubborn and, just as the Lord had said, the king would not listen to Moses and Aaron.

But I will spare the region of Goshen, where my people live, so that there will be no flies there. I will do this so that you will know that I, the Lord , am at work in this land.

Moses answered, "As soon as I leave, I will pray to the Lord that tomorrow the flies will leave you, your officials, and your people. But you must not deceive us again and prevent the people from going to sacrifice to the Lord ."

But even this time the king became stubborn, and again he would not let the people go.

The next day the Lord did as he had said, and all the animals of the Egyptians died, but not one of the animals of the Israelites died.

The king asked what had happened and was told that none of the animals of the Israelites had died. But he was stubborn and would not let the people go.

But the Lord made the king stubborn and, just as the Lord had said, the king would not listen to Moses and Aaron.

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.