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And Yahweh said to Moses, "When you go to return to Egypt, see to it that all the miraculous wonders which I have put in your hand, that you do them before Pharaoh; but as for Me, I will harden his heart with strength so that he will not let the people go.

So I said to you, ‘Let My son go that he may serve Me'; but you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn."'"

But Pharaoh said, "Who is Yahweh that I should listen to His voice to let Israel go? I do not know Yahweh, and also, I will not let Israel go."

But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your hard labors!"

But the quota of bricks which they were making previously, you shall set upon them; you are not to reduce any of it. Because they are lazy, therefore they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'

You go and get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, but no amount of your slave labor will be reduced.'"

There is no straw given to your slaves, yet they keep saying to us, ‘Make bricks!' And behold, your slaves are being beaten; but it is the sin of your own people."

But he said, "You are lazy—lazy! Therefore you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to Yahweh.'

So now, go and labor; but straw will not be given to you, yet you must deliver the quota of bricks."

and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name, Yahweh, I was not known to them.

So Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on account of their weakness of spirit and hard slavery.

But Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, "Behold, the sons of Israel have not listened to me; how then will Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?"

But Moses said before Yahweh, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips; how then will Pharaoh listen to me?"

But I will harden Pharaoh's heart with stiffness that I may multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.

But Pharaoh will not listen to you. And I will set My hand upon Egypt and bring out My hosts, My people the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt by great judgments.

And each one threw down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs.

And you shall say to him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, "Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness. But behold, you have not listened until now."

But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite your whole territory with frogs.

Then the magicians did the same with their secret arts in order to bring forth gnats, but they could not; so there were gnats on man and beast.

And the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hardened with strength, and he did not listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.