“And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.”
Pharaoh sent men to investigate and found that not even one of the animals of the Israelites had died. Yet his heart was unyielding and he would not let the people go. The investigation is Pharaoh's concession to the need for evidence — he sends to verify. The report comes back confirming exactly what God said: not even one. The evidence is beyond dispute. And Pharaoh's heart is unyielding. This is the clearest case yet of willful rejection: investigated, confirmed, refused. The hardening is no longer a passive failure to process information; it is a choice in the face of confirmed evidence. John 12:37 reflects on those who did not believe in Jesus despite seeing many signs: Lord, who has believed our message? The rejection of confirmed evidence is a theological fact about the human heart, not just a historical observation about Pharaoh. It is the reason faith is described as a gift in Ephesians 2:8.
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