Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country. God repeats the commission despite the failed reception — both by Pharaoh and now by Israel. Moses is sent back into the same situation that has already produced refusal and increased suffering. This is the nature of prophetic persistence: the same message, delivered again, until something breaks loose. Jeremiah 7:25 records God saying: again and again I sent all my servants the prophets. Isaiah 6:9–10 commissions Isaiah to preach to people who will not hear. The commission to continue speaking when no one is listening is a spiritual discipline that requires certainty that the word itself matters regardless of immediate reception. Moses goes back to Pharaoh not because Pharaoh has softened but because the God who sent him has not changed His mind.

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