EXERCISE1. Who was the king of England in 1744? 2. How long are elephants pregnant for?3. Why can't you tickle yourself?
EXODUS 5:1-2Later, Moses and Aaron went in and said to Pharaoh, This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: Let My
people go, so that they may hold a festival for Me in the wilderness.
But Pharaoh responded, Who is Yahweh that I should obey Him by letting Israel go? I do not know anything
about Yahweh, and besides, I will not let Israel go.
EXODUS 3:19However, I know that the king of Egypt will not allow
you to go, unless he is forced by a strong hand.
EXODUS 4:21The Lord instructed Moses, When you go back to Egypt, make sure you do all the wonders before
Pharaoh that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he wont let the people go.
EXODUS 7:3-4But I will harden Pharaohs heart and multiply My signs
and wonders in the land of Egypt. Pharaoh will not listen to you, but I will put My hand on Egypt and bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land
of Egypt by great acts of judgment.
EXODUS 14:4I will harden Pharaohs heart so that he will pursue
them. Then I will receive glory by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am
Yahweh. So the Israelites did this.
EXODUS 7:22-23But the magicians of Egypt did the same thing by their occult practices. So Pharaoh’s heart hardened, and he
would not listen to them, as the Lord had said. Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and didn’t even
take this to heart.
EXODUS 8:19This is the finger of God, the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart hardened, and he would not listen
to them, as the Lord had said.
EXODUS 9:7Pharaoh sent messengers who saw that not a single
one of the Israelite livestock was dead. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
EXODUS 9:35So Pharaoh’s heart hardened, and he did not let the
Israelites go, as the Lord had said through Moses.
EXODUS 8:19This is the finger of God, the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart hardened, and he would not listen
to them, as the Lord had said.
EXODUS 4:21The Lord instructed Moses, When you go back to Egypt, make sure you do all the wonders before
Pharaoh that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he won’t let the people go.
EXODUS 3:18-19They will listen to what you say. Then you, along with the elders of Israel, must go to the king of Egypt and say to him: Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go on a three–day trip into
the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God. However, I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go, unless he is forced by a strong hand.
EXODUS 8:14-15They piled them in countless heaps, and there was a
terrible odor in the land. But when Pharaoh saw there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the Lord had said. But when Pharaoh saw there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not
listen to them, as the Lord had said.
EXODUS 8:31-32The Lord did as Moses had said: He removed the
swarms of flies from Pharaoh, his officials, and his people; not one was left. But Pharaoh hardened his
heart this time also and did not let the people go. But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also and did not
let the people go.
EXODUS 8:33-35Moses went out from Pharaoh and the city, and
extended his hands to the Lord. Then the thunder and hail ceased, and rain no longer poured down on the
land. When Pharaoh saw that the rain, hail, and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart, he and his officials. So Pharaohs heart hardened, and he
did not let the Israelites go, as the Lord had said through Moses.
EXODUS 9:12But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart and he did not
listen to them, as the Lord had told Moses.
EXODUS 10:1The Eighth Plague: Locusts
Then the Lord said to Moses, Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that
I may do these miraculous signs of Mine among them.
EXODUS 11:10Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh,
but the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go out of his land.
EXODUS 14:4I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue
them. Then I will receive glory by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am
Yahweh. So the Israelites did this.
EXODUS 14:8The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt,
and he pursued the Israelites, who were going out triumphantly.
PROVERBS 28:14How blessed is the man who fears always,
But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
EXODUS 9:27Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron. I have sinned this
time, he said to them. Yahweh is the Righteous One, and I and my people are the guilty ones.
EXODUS 9:34When Pharaoh saw that the rain, hail, and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart, he and
his officials.
CONCLUSIONS1. God and Pharaoh both call Pharaoh’s
resistance sin.2. Before the creation of the world, God
ordained the hardening of Pharaoh.
EXODUS 3:19-20However, I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go, unless he is forced by a strong hand. I will
stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My miracles that I will perform in it. After that, he will let
you go.
EXODUS 4:21The Lord instructed Moses, When you go back to Egypt, make sure you do all the wonders before Pharaoh that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart
so that he wont let the people go.
EXODUS 7:3-4But I will harden Pharaohs heart and multiply My signs
and wonders in the land of Egypt. Pharaoh will not listen to you, but I will put My hand on Egypt and bring the
divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment.
EXODUS 11:9The Lord said to Moses, Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
ORDAINED PLAGUES:• God wanted to rescue Israel from Egypt
through the 10 plagues. • Pharaoh is going to resist God to bring about
the plagues.
EXODUS 9:15-16By now I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague, and you would have
been obliterated from the earth. However, I have let you live for this purpose: to show you My power and to
make My name known in all the earth.
EXODUS 14:17-18I am going to harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that
they will go in after them, and I will receive glory by means of Pharaoh, all his army, and his chariots and
horsemen. The Egyptians will know that I am Yahweh when I receive glory through Pharaoh, his chariots, and
his horsemen.
EXODUS 14:30-31That day the Lord saved Israel from the power of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the
seashore. 31 When Israel saw the great power that the Lord used against the Egyptians, the people feared the
Lord and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.
JOSHUA 2:8-108 Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up
on the roof and said to them, “I know that the Lord has given you this land and that a great fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are
melting in fear because of you. We have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when
you came out of Egypt,
JOSHUA 2:10-11and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the
Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed. When we heard of it, our hearts melted in fear and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on the
earth below.
JOSHUA 2:12-13“Now then, please swear to me by the Lord that you will
show kindness to my family, because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign that you will spare
the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them—and that you will
save us from death.”