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Chapter 22: The Showdown with Pharaoh and the Plagues

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Study notes

Moses and Aaron turn the Nile’s water to blood, and later the magicians speak to Pharaoh of the finger of God, but his heart stays strong. In the end, Pharaoh warns Moses not to see his face again or he will die, and Moses answers that he will not see it again.

From Exodus 7:20 (KoS), Exodus 8:19 (KoS), Exodus 10:28 (KoS), Exodus 10:29 (KoS).

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Chapter
22
Title
The Showdown with Pharaoh and the Plagues
Bible passages
Exodus 7:1–10:29
Read in the Kingdoms of Scripture Bible
Played in 2 acts
  1. Act I: The Finger of God Exodus 7–8
  2. Act II: No One Like Me Exodus 9–10
The chapter opens with

The magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” Pharaoh’s heart was strong, and he did not listen to them, as Yahweh had said.

Exodus 8:19 (KoS)

Notice and discuss

Read each passage, then think about the question on your own or talk it over with others. No answers are collected.

  1. What happens when the magicians throw down their staffs, and what does Aaron’s staff do?

    Each threw down his staff, and they became great serpents. Aaron’s staff swallowed their staffs.

    Exodus 7:12 (KoS)

  2. What do some of Pharaoh’s servants do with their servants and livestock, and why?

    Whoever among Pharaoh’s servants feared Yahweh’s word hurried his servants and his livestock into the houses.

    Exodus 9:20 (KoS)

  3. Who and what does Moses say will go with the people, and what reason does he give?

    Moses said, “We will go with our young and with our old. We will go with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds, because we have a feast of Yahweh.”

    Exodus 10:9 (KoS)

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