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The document discusses the biblical account of Moses' request to Pharaoh to free the Israelites, highlighting Pharaoh's defiance and challenge to God. It details the people's initial faith, their subsequent suffering, and God's promises of liberation and covenant. Moses, despite his doubts and the people's lack of faith, is reminded of his role alongside Aaron as a spokesperson for God, emphasizing the persistence required in delivering God's message.

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The document discusses the biblical account of Moses' request to Pharaoh to free the Israelites, highlighting Pharaoh's defiance and challenge to God. It details the people's initial faith, their subsequent suffering, and God's promises of liberation and covenant. Moses, despite his doubts and the people's lack of faith, is reminded of his role alongside Aaron as a spokesperson for God, emphasizing the persistence required in delivering God's message.

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A The request: “Let my people go.

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 Pharaoh's response (Exodus 5:1-2)
— Thutmose III was a child when he was placed on the throne under the regency of Hatshepsut
to prevent Moses from being proclaimed pharaoh. Moses fled Egypt when Thutmose was still
a teenager.
— Forty years later, Moses found himself back in court. Had he come to claim his right to the
throne? Not at all. The request was simple: “Let my people go” (Ex . 5:1).
— Thutmose's response is a challenge, not to Moses, but to God himself. In short, he was
challenging God's very existence (Exod . 5:2).
— His attitude is used in Revelation as a symbol to represent the French nation during the
18th-century revolution (Rev. 11:8). Like Pharaoh, the French Republic declared religion
abolished and declared itself an atheistic nation.
 The people's response (Exodus 5:3-21)
— When Moses performed the signs God had given him before the people, they believed and
worshipped (Ex . 4:29-31). We can imagine how eagerly they waited for Pharaoh's response
to their request.
— The response was truly unexpected. Pharaoh not only refused, but forced them to do the
work without giving them the necessary materials, but demanding the same results (Ex .
5:6-8). What was the excuse for imposing such an irrational order?
— Moses and Aaron—according to Thutmose—made them “rest [ shabbat ] from their labors”
(Ex. 5:5). If they had time to talk about religion and freedom, they would also have time to
look for straw (Ex. 5:9, 17).
— When they were mistreated, the taskmasters complained to Pharaoh, but they were ignored.
They then turned against Moses and Aaron, accusing them of making their situation worse
(Ex. 5:20-21).
 God's response (Exodus 5:22-6:8)
— Pharaoh gets angry with Moses. The people get angry with Moses. Moses… isn’t angry, but
he is dismayed, and he turns to God with his doubts: “Why are you afflicting this people?
Why did you send me?” (Ex. 5:22).
— Let us examine God's response (Ex. 6:1-8):
(a) What I have done : I appeared to the prophets; I established my covenant with them;
I promised to give them the land of Canaan; I have heard the groaning of the people;
I have remembered my promise.
(b) What I will do : I will remove the oppression of the Egyptians from them; I will free
them from slavery; I will display my power; I will make them my people; I will be their
God; I will give them the land of Canaan.
 Moses' response (Exodus 6:9-13)
— After God's encouraging words, Moses spoke to the people again, but they did not listen (Ex.
6:9). God then asked him to speak to Pharaoh again to ask for Israel's freedom (Ex. 6:10-11).
— Moses refused, and again brandished his excuses: If my people will not listen to me, how will
Pharaoh hear me, when I speak so evilly as I do? (Ex. 6:12).
— Moses was down, depressed, and disappointed. But, like other great figures who felt the
same way he did—such as Asaph and Job—he did not give in to despair. His trust in God was
stronger than his current feelings.
— When we go through situations of discouragement, let us make the words of Asaph our own
(Ps. 73:23-26 NIV).
B The role of Moses and Aaron (Exodus 6:28-7:7)
 After the initial failures in Egypt, God had to remind Moses again of Aaron's role as his helper
and spokesman (Ex. 7:1-2).
 On this occasion, he made a comparison with the role of prophets. They receive a message from
God and transmit it to us. In this sense, Moses plays the role of God, and Aaron that of the
prophet.
 As would later happen with many of the prophets, God warned that his message would not be
heard, and that he would have to act with great power (Ex. 7:3).
 Like later prophets, Moses was to speak to the people and Pharaoh, "whether they listen or turn
away, for they are very rebellious" (Ezek. 2:7). This is also true of us, for we are the audible
voice of God on this earth.

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