But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to release them.

The Lord said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after that he will release you from this place. When he releases you, he will drive you out completely from this place.

So Pharaoh’s heart remained hard, and he did not release the Israelites, as the Lord had predicted through Moses.

Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Yes, do so.” So the young girl went and got the child’s mother.

The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on.

So I will extend my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders that I will do among them, and after that he will release you.

Pray to the Lord, for the mighty thunderings and hail are too much! I will release you and you will stay no longer.”

He said to them, “The Lord will need to be with you if I release you and your dependents! Watch out! Trouble is right in front of you!

So Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not release the Israelites from his land.

So now, get back to work! You will not be given straw, but you must still produce your quota of bricks!”

Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Release my people so that they may hold a pilgrim feast to me in the desert.’”

The Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: “Release my people so that they may serve me!

Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this man be a menace to us? Release the people so that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not know that Egypt is destroyed?”

Tell him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you to say, “Release my people, that they may serve me in the desert!” But until now you have not listened.

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the Lord that he may take the frogs away from me and my people, and I will release the people that they may sacrifice to the Lord.”

The Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and position yourself before Pharaoh as he goes out to the water, and tell him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Release my people that they may serve me!

Pharaoh sent representatives to investigate, and indeed, not even one of the livestock of Israel had died. But Pharaoh’s heart remained hard, and he did not release the people.

So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and told him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: ‘How long do you refuse to humble yourself before me? Release my people so that they may serve me!

“If you encounter your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, you must by all means return it to him.

You are to speak everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh that he must release the Israelites from his land.