So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story is told among the Jews to this day.

“Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel. Because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel!

This advice made sense to Pharaoh and all his officials.

Some stood up and gave this false testimony against him:

Those who heard this said, “Then who can be saved?”

Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing.

If you yourselves have all seen this, Why in the world do you continue this meaningless talk?

For this reason this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “You have rejected this message; you trust instead in your ability to oppress and trick, and rely on that kind of behavior.

When Peter saw this, he declared to the people, “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us as if we had made this man walk by our own power or piety?

This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet:

You will be tested in this way: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not depart from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

Please forgive the iniquity of this people according to your great loyal love, just as you have forgiven this people from Egypt even until now.”

So I said to them, What is this high place you go to?’” (So it is called “High Place” to this day.)

When the centurion heard this, he went to the commanding officer and reported it, saying, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.”

“‘In this year of jubilee you must each return to your property.

“Separate yourselves from among this community, that I may consume them in an instant.”

So on that day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites,

Then David chanted this lament over Saul and his son Jonathan.

This woman’s child suffocated during the night when she rolled on top of him.

I will humiliate David’s descendants because of this, but not forever.”