And the whole congregation grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, and the people of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of HaShem in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into […]

Who is like you, O HaShem, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders? (15:11) The above verse is in the middle of a wonderful song of praise that Moses and the people of Israel sang to HaShem after He delivered them from the Egyptian army as

When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to HaShem. They said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in

When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, “Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt.” But God led the people around by the way of the Red Sea. (13:17-18) And

The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.” (12:33) It was “go time!” After all the plagues that had no lasting effect on Pharaoh, after all the “Okay, go – no you can’t go” back and forth, Pharaoh and

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb

HaShem said to Moses, “Yet one plague more I will bring upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. Afterward he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will drive you away completely.  Speak now in the hearing of the people, that they ask, every man of his neighbor and every woman of her neighbor, for silver and

Then HaShem said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them, and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians and

 Then HaShem said to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says HaShem, the God of the Hebrews, “Let my people go, that they may serve me. For this time I will send all my plagues on you yourself, and on your servants and your people, so that you may

  Then HaShem said to Moses, “S Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, so that it may become gnats in all the land of Egypt.’” And they did so…and there were gnats on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became gnats… The magicians tried by their secret arts