So Moses and Aaron pay a second visit to Pharaoh to warn him he had better free the Israelites or there’s going to be trouble.
This just pisses off Pharaoh to no end.
Obviously a man of his stature was not used to being threatened.
However, there was also a very practical reason why Pharaoh didn’t want to let the Israelites go.
The Israelites comprised pretty much the entire working class of Egypt.
They represented both all of the unskilled labor as well as the best craftsmanship in the land.
Imagine if overnight every carpenter, plumber, electrician, steel worker, cement layer, roofer, and painter etcetera suddenly disappeared from your country overnight.
Disaster would ensue, right?
Well, that’s exactly the unthinkable proposition Moses was telling Pharaoh to accept.
There was no way in hell Pharaoh was going to bow down to Moses’ request.
Drastic measures had to be taken if Pharaoh was going to agree to let the Israelites go.
Fortunately, when it comes to drastic measures, the Lord does not disappoint.
He launched an attack campaign against the Egyptian gods that resulted in…
…the Nile turning to blood.
…swarms of frogs invading the land.
…deadly boils inflicting all the people.
…locusts attacking the crops.
And the deadliest blow of all was…
…the killing of all the firstborn which interestingly included all the livestock as well.
This was a direct retaliation for all of the Hebrew babies the Pharaoh had ordered be killed to stem the growth of the Hebrew population.
Why would you use the word pisses when we’re talking about Gods word?
Trust me, there’s a lot more worse words than “piss” in the Scriptures.
Shalom brother Richoka. Just because the Bible says “bad words” doesn’t mean we’re allowed to do so when we talk about Holy Scripture. Once upon a time men had a different approach from our way of communicating, and perhaps for them “there was nothing wrong” in saying things that for us today are not suited to the language of the saints of God. internet, we must not scandalize both believers and non-believers. You are a “good teacher”, but I fraternally urge you to use more orthodox language if you do not want to appear as a “bad person”.
Saying certain things had no weight long ago, morality was conceived differently from ours, to the point of offering one’s virgin daughters as a meal to depraved men; but today they have a lot of weight so measure your words and hold your tongue (and your fingers on the keyboard).
Do not hide behind the excuse of “in the Bible it is worse”, because it does not justify you as a civilized man and a servant of God.