EXODUS 7
And the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. 2 You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall tell Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go out of his land. 3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, 4 Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and bring my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment. 5 The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring out the people of Israel from among them.” 6 Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as the Lord commanded them. 7 Now Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.8 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 9 “When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Prove yourselves by working a miracle,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.’” 10 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. 11 Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts. 12 For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. 13 Still Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said. – Exodus 7:1-12
EXODUS 7 POWERS GIVEN TO MOSES & AARON
A poem by ILMA inspired by these verses
After the charge was given to Moses and Aaron for delivering God’s people
Moses was given powers to do miracles to free the Israelites from Pharaoh
The Lord declared to Moses that he made him like a God to Pharaoh
And Aaron is his prophet, but after the sign, the king didn’t let them go
Pharaoh called other wise men and sorcerers to do the same miracle
Even though Moses’ serpent ate theirs, it didn’t soften Pharaoh’s heart.
What a privilege it was for Moses to be lifted up to the level of having God’s power. I don’t think any other bible characters were given such power to a man who had little faith. There is hope for all mankind because it is God who chooses whom he wants.
REFLECTION
- What was revealed here when Pharaoh called other magicians and sorcerers?
