“And thou shalt say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.”
Then say to him: the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: let my people go, so that they may worship me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened. The message is the same message Moses has been delivering since Exodus 5:1: let my people go to worship me. The phrase until now you have not listened is a legal notation — the record is being established. Each refusal is counted, noted, and will be accounted for. Luke 11:29 records Jesus warning the crowds that this generation will be held accountable — the same logic of accumulated refusal producing accumulated judgment. Every time Pharaoh says no, he is adding to the case against himself. The God who sent Moses is keeping records, and the first plague is the first installment of what those records require.
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