Coachlight Bible Study – Exodus Lesson 10b – Part III
Yahweh Revealed Who He Is, Pharaoh Revealed Who he Is
God has been making it clear to everyone
that He, not Moses or anyone else is going to deliver
The Lord God of
Genesis 15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
Genesis 15:14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Genesis
Genesis
Genesis 15:17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
Genesis 15:18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
Genesis
Genesis
Genesis
As God appeared to Moses for the first time and gave Moses his commission, God said:
Exodus 3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Exodus 3:8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
After Moses’ first two excuses, God said:
Exodus 3:18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.
Exodus 3:19 And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.
Exodus 3:20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite
Exodus 3:21 And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:
Exodus 3:22 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
God reassured Moses with a lesson that all God needed was
Moses’ heart and his hand. Then after Moses’ forth excuse, two
objections, and as Moses was in the process of questioning God’s plan after
being rejected by Pharaoh and
Exodus 6:3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
Exodus 6:4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
Exodus 6:5 And I have also heard the groaning of the
children of
Exodus 6:6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
Exodus 6:7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
Exodus 6:8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.
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The Seven “I Wills” Of Deliverance |
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Designation |
1st I Will |
2nd I Will |
3rd I Will |
4th I Will |
5th I Will |
6th I Will |
7th I Will |
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Description |
Bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians |
Rid you out of their bondage |
Redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments |
Take you to me for a people |
Be to you a God |
Bring you in unto the land |
Give it you for an heritage |
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Passage |
Exodus 6:6b |
Exodus 6:6c |
Exodus 6:6d |
Exodus 6:7a |
Exodus 6:7b |
Exodus 6:8a |
Exodus 6:8b |
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Type |
The “Love of this world” that burdens the heart |
The bondage of sin |
Our Savior, Who Stretches out His Hand |
God’s Son Who adopted us as sons |
God loving us because it is His nature to love us |
Our position with Christ after deliverance |
Earnest of our inheritance until the purchased possession |
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Application |
I John 2:15-17 |
Romans 7:20-24 |
Isaiah 53:1-6 |
Galatians 4:3-7 |
John |
Ephesians 2:4-10 |
Ephesians 1:10-14 |
Finally, after two more Moses objections, including the lesson to not place confidence in the flesh, God reassures Moses by the definition of the word “prophet.”
Exodus 7:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
Exodus 7:2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.
Exodus 7:3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 7:4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
Exodus 7:5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
Now Moses is ready to be a part of God’s plan. Moses had tried to be a priest when God wanted Moses to be a prophet. A prophet is one who comes from the people and speaks for God. A priest is the very opposite of this. A priest is one who represents the people to God. A priest does not speak for God, and a prophet does not represent the people. God is always in the process of putting the human element or the “flesh” out of the way, because the “flesh” has no part in a Holy God’s Plan.
We can see that God was in the process of preparing Pharaoh in His plan as well. God said, …”I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my sign and my wonders in the land of Egypt.” In other places, the bible tells us that Pharaoh hardened his own heart. This should be a reminder to us of Proverbs 4:
Proverbs 4:20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Proverbs 4:21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
Proverbs 4:22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
Proverbs 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
In other words, God’s part in hardening Pharaoh’s heart was to put circumstances in front of Pharaoh, so that what is really in Pharaoh’s heart is revealed. God places these circumstances in front of Pharaoh in the form of a miracle and twelve plagues upon Egypt. From these, God reveals Who He Is, who Pharaoh really is, and Demonstrates to Israel that He can not only deliver them from Egypt, but be their loving God after the deliverance.
During these plagues, Pharaoh reveals who he is in the form of four compromises with Moses. While this was a great lesson for Moses, it is also a great lesson for us today. God’s Word to Moses was specific, even from the beginning in Genesis 15. Moses was prepared by God not to compromise with God’s Word. Those four compromises have direct applications for today’s world, and God is in the process of preparing us for the task.
I. Crocodile Worship Prominent In Egypt – God’s First Attack
Exodus 7:8 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Exodus 7:9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.<08577>
Exodus 7:10 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.<08577>
Exodus 7:11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
Exodus 7:12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents:<08577> but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
Exodus 7:13 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
08577 Nynt tanniyn tan-neen' or Mynt tanniym (#Eze 29:3) tan-neem' - intensive from the same as 08565; n m;
dragon 21, serpent 3, whale 3, sea monster 1; 28
1) dragon, serpent, sea monster
1a) dragon or dinosaur
1b) sea or river monster
1c) serpent, venomous snake
A. Pharaoh Was Going To Need Some Credentials From Moses
B. Aaron’s Rod Was The Badge Of Authority
C. The word translated “serpent” is a different word used in chapter 4
1. In chapter 4, the word was nachsach, which only means serpent
2. Here, the word is tanniym, which is never translated serpent except here
a. In Isaiah and Ezekiel it is translated “dragon”
b. It has a satanic meaning, probably why KJV translators translated “serpent”
c. In
d. The crocodile had a large place
in the religion and worship in
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Crocodile Deities |
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Sebek - Appearance: Man with the head of a crocodile and a headdress of feathers and a sun-disk Sebek was a
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Sobek in crocodile form Sebek was connected with the A crocodile-god, he was worshipped and the reptiles were kept in pools and adorned with jewels. Hundreds of the animals have been found mummified. In the Book of the Dead, he assists in the birth of Horus and helps to destroy Seth. He also retrieved the Four Sons of Horus from the waters of Nun was the request of Ra. |
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Apep(Apophis) Apep was a huge serpent (or crocodile) which lived
in the waters of the Apep was a genuine threat to Re and his daily travels. At times he was successful and when this occurred stormy weather would occur. When Apep swallowed the barque, there was a solar eclipse. He never had a lasting victory though because of the prayers of the priests and religious. A book called, The Books of Overthrowing Apep contained a list of his secret names and a number of hymns that celebrate Re's victories. According to the book, Apep had been previously killed, hacked to pieces, dismembered and thrown into the abyss. However, he always came back to life to attack Re the next day. Egyptians would go to the temples and make images of snakes out of wax. They would spit in the images, then burn and mutilate them. Doing this and reciting the spells in the Books of Overthrowing Apep helped ensure Ra's continued success and victory over the snake. |
D. Crocodile Worship Very
Prominent In
1. Sebek was a deity of evil with a crocodile head
2. Apep, in form of a crocodile, was the arch enemy of the solar gods
3. Egyptians Magical Ritual Performed In Temple Of Amon-Ra
a. Apep endeavored everyday to prevent the rising of the sun god Ra
b. Apep stirred up lightening, thunder, tempests, storms, hurricanes, and rain
c. Apep tried to hide the sun by with clouds, mist, fog, and blackness
d. The Egyptian ritual was to try and destroy Apep
E. Pharaoh’s Wise Men Imitate This Miracle
1. They cast down their rods and they became crocodiles
2. But God delivers a blow to their crocodile worship –
a. Aaron’s rod swallowed all their crocodiles
b. The Egyptians worshipped the crocodile
c. But Aaron’s rod ate up all the magician’s crocodiles
E. Pharaoh Hardened His Heart
1. Pharaoh should have been impressed by the magician’s crocodiles being eaten
2. But Pharaoh hardened his heart
3. This is just as the Lord had said.
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God’s First Blow To Egypt’s gods – An Attack On Crocodile Worship |
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Exodus 7:10 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.<08577> (Crocodile) |
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Complete Passage |
Exodus 7:8-13 |
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Religious
Situation In |
Egyptians Hold A Ritual Everyday To Destroy Apep, So The Sun god Ra Would Shine On Egypt |
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Egyptian gods Directed Against |
Sebek – An Evil deity With A Crocodile Head And Apep, Appeared In The Form Of A Crocodile, Was The Arch Enemy Of The Sun god Ra. |
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Affect
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Pharaoh’s Wise Men And Sorcerers Cast Down Their Rods, And The Rods Become Crocodiles |
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Affect On The Egyptian Religion |
Although The Egyptians Worship The Crocodile, It Is Aaron’s Rod That Swallows Up Their Crocodiles |
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Affect On Pharaoh |
After Seeing This Spectacle, Pharaoh Hardened His Heart As Yahweh Had Said |
II. Battle of the Gods - The ancient Egyptians believed in many different gods and goddesses. Each one with their own role to play in maintaining peace and harmony across the land.
Some gods and goddesses took part in creation, some brought the flood every year, some offered protection, and some took care of people after they died. Others were either local gods who represented towns, or minor gods who represented plants or animals.
The ancient Egyptians believed that it was important to recognise and worship these gods and goddesses so that life continued smoothly.
A. As God Was Announcing The Final Blow, He Said:
Exodus 12:12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
B. Yahweh Now Systematically Proves The Egyptian gods Inept And Helpless
C. Some Of The Plagues Caused Pharaoh to Offer Compromises To Moses
1. The water of the
2. The plague of frogs
3. The plague of lice
4. The plague of flies (Sacred scarab)
a. During this plague Pharaoh made the compromise - sacrifice in the land
b. During this plague, Pharaoh made the compromise - don’t go very far
5. The plague of the murrain on the cattle
6. The plague of boils on man and beast
7. The plague of hail
8. The plague of locusts
During this plague, Pharaoh made the compromise – leave your children
9. The plague of darkness
During this plague Pharaoh made the compromise – leave your flocks
10. The Death Angel visits
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Brief Overview Of The Plagues Directed Against The gods Of Egypt |
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Exodus 12:12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. |
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Plague |
Water Turned To Blood |
Frogs |
Lice |
Flies Actually Beetles (Scarabs) |
Murrain On The Cattle |
Boils |
Hail |
Locusts |
Darkness |
Death Of The First Born |
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Passage |
Exodus 7:19-25 |
Exodus 8:1-15 |
Exodus 8:16-20 |
Exodus 8:20-32 |
Exodus 9:1-7 |
Exodus 9:8-17 |
Exodus 9:18-35 |
Exodus 10:1-20 |
Exodus 10:21-29 |
Exodus 11:1-10 |
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Religious Situation In |
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Frogs Were Sacred Not Supposed To Kill Them |
Egyptians Worshipped The Earth god, Geb |
Scarabs Sacred To Ra
Spoke Of Eternal Life |
Egyptians Worshiped The Black Bull god, Apis |
Priests Had To Be Spotless, No Disease In Order To Serve |
The Sky goddess, Nut Said To Be A Canopy Protecting |
People Could Not Worship, They Had To Find Food |
The Sun god Was The Most Important god In Egypt |
The Firstborn Designated To The gods of Egypt |
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God’s Word To Moses |
Exodus 7:14-19 |
Exodus 8:1-5 |
Exodus 8:16 |
Exodus 8:20-23 |
Exodus 8:1-5 |
Exodus 9:8-9 |
Exodus 9:13-22 |
Exodus 10:1-2 |
Exodus 10:21 |
Exodus 11:1-2 |
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Egyptian god Directed Against |
Nile god, Hapi Osirus |
Heka, The Ugly Frog Headed goddess |
Geb, Earth god – Made Report To Osirus About The Harvest |
Kepara, The Beetle God And RA |
Apis, The Black Bull |
Judgment Against All The Egyptian Religion |
Nut, The Sky goddess |
Egyptian Life In General – All gods powerless |
Ra, The Sun god |
All gods and Pharaoh |
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Affect On |
Caused The |
Hundreds Of Frogs Every Where - Heaps Of Frogs – Land Stank |
What Was Sacred To Geb The Egyptians Now Hated – Mites Are Scavengers |
Thousands Of Sacred Scarabs Everywhere |
Sacred Cattle With Fatal Disease |
All Worship Had To Stop Boils On Egyptians And Animals |
The Flax And Barley Was Smitten |
All Crops Left After Hail Eaten |
Egyptian Religion Devastated |
Egyptian belief That Pharaoh Was A god Devastated |
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Affect On The Egyptian Religion |
Priests Imitated This Plague, Powerless To Change Back |
Priests Duplicated This Plague |
Priests Could Not Duplicate |
Made Clear That Both Ra And Kepara Are Powerless Against Yahweh |
Egyptians Forced To Worship Sick Cattle |
Religious Rituals Came To A Screeching Halt |
The Sky goddess, Nut Shown Helpless Against Yahweh |
Pharaoh’s Servants Realize That The Israelites Are A Snare |
The Highest god Shown To Be Helpless Against Yahweh |
Demonstrated Completely Ineffective |
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Affect On Pharaoh |
Hardened His Heart |
After God Took Away The Frogs As Asked Pharaoh Hardened His Heart |
Did Not Ask For Plague To Be Removed |
Wanted To Compromise Then Hardened His Heart – As The Lord Had Said |
Pharaoh Hardened His Heart |
The Lord Hardened The Heart Of Pharaoh As The Lord Had Spoken To Pharaoh |
As Soon As Hail Ceased, He Hardened His Heart As Spoken By Moses |
Pharaoh Admitted He Had Sinned Against God, But Hardened His Heart After The Locusts Are Gone |
He Hardened His Heart |
Pharaoh Ordered Moses, Israelites, Their Children,
Animals, And Possessions Out Of |
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Compromise Offered |
None |
None |
None |
1. Sacrifice In The Land 2. Don’t Go Very Far |
None |
None |
None |
Leave The Children |
Leave The Flocks |
None |
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Affect On |
Same As |
Same As |
Same As |
No Plague Of Flies Affected |
Not One Of The Israelite Cattle Died |
No Boils On Israelites |
No Hail In Goshen |
Taught To Teach God To Their Children |
All The Children Of Israel Had Light In Their Dwellings |
Delivered By Blood Of The Lamb |
III. The Severity Of The 1st Four Plagues Is Demonstrated By Pharaoh Wanting To Come To Some Type Of Compromise:
Exodus 8:25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
Exodus 8:26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
Exodus 8:27 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.
Exodus 8:28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.
Exodus 8:29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.
Exodus 8:30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
Exodus 8:31 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.
Exodus 8:32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.
A. Pharaoh Wants to Reach A Compromise Twice Because Of The Scarabs
1. Pharaoh says they can sacrifice “in the land”
2. Pharaoh says sacrifice but, “ye shall not go very far away”
B. These Two Compromises Are Very Close – Only A Shade Different
C. Moses Refused The Compromises – So Should We!
1. A compromise is actually, “Agreement By Concession”
2. A Compromise is always satanic
3. A compromise is the opposite of God’s Word
4. Let’s look at the instruction in Psalm 1:
Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Psalm 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Psalm 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Psalm 1:4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Psalm 1:5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Psalm 1:6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
D. Today We Have Two Very Parallel Compromises
1. You can be a Christian, but read from the new, easier to understand version
a. All the new versions are translated from changed texts of 2nd & 3rd Centuries
b. These changed texts were not found until the 1800’s buried in caves in Egypt
c. Look again at the Book of Psalms:
Psalm 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Psalm 12:7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
d. How could God’s true Word be hid from generations of people after reading this Psalm?
e. This is especially important as we learn more about these Words:
John
John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
d. Peter later realized the importance of these Words: - The Word of God, Not The Sacred Scarab Is Eternal Life.
John 6:68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
2. You can be a Christian, but don’t be so dogmatic
a. Instruction from the apostle Paul contrasting apostles and false teachers:
II Corinthians 2:17 For we are not as many, which corrupt,<2585> the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
2585 kaphleuw kapeleuo kap-ale-yoo'-o - from kapelos (a huckster); v
corrupt 1; 1
1) to be a retailer, to peddle
2) to make money by selling anything
2a) to get sordid gain by dealing in anything, to do a thing for base gain
2b) to try to get base gain by teaching divine truth
2c) to corrupt, to adulterate - 2c1) peddlers were in the habit of adulterating their commodities for the sake of gain
b. Some examples of sacrificing in
or close to the
1. Once saved always saved
2. Evolution
3. Global warming
4. Amelleniumism
IV. The Final Plagues
A. The Fifth Plague – Murrain On The Cattle
Exodus 9:1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Exodus 9:2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
Exodus 9:3 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
Exodus 9:4 And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of
Exodus 9:5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.
Exodus 9:6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and
all the cattle of