The Lord sends Moses to free Israelis from the Pharao with his brother Aron as prophet. To convince the pharaoh, that Moses is indeed with god, he performs miracles. However, the Pharao ‘hardens his heart’ and won’t let the people go. God actually said beforehand that he would harden pharaohs heart to make him refuse the requests.
- Stick to snake
- Riverwater to blood
- Plague of frogs
- Dust to gnats
- Swarm of flies
- Plague on livestock
- Plague of boils
- Hailstorm
- Plague of locusts
- Darkness
- Death of firstborn
These plagues were only befallen on the Egyptians and not on the followers of god. The pharaohs magician actually were able to recreate those miracles up until the dust to gnat magic. Furthermore, the last miracle is a special case as the lord would pass over each house and kill the first born.
To distinguish the Israelis from the Egyptians, god instructed that on the tenth day of the first month (10.01) “man is to take a lamb for his family” (Exodus 12-3). And on the fourteenth day at twilight it shall be slaughtered. The blood is put on the side and on top of the door frame. So that when pass through each house, he knows, which households first son he does not need to kill.
The lamb shall be roasted and eaten with bitter herbs and bread made without yeast. In fact yeast is to be banned from a household for the next seven days or they are “cut of from the community of Israel”(Exodus 12-20).
Exodus 12-11: “This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand”
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