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“And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go” (Exodus 5:2).
In our verse today, we find another man who did not want to hear the voice of the Lord. He was Pharaoh, the powerful king of Egypt. The Israelites had been his slaves for quite a few years, and he did not want them to go away. When Moses and Aaron spoke to him about the Lord God of Israel, he proudly said, “I know not the Lord.” Probably this was true, but then the Lord began to show his power to Pharaoh.
Pharaoh had magicians who worked miracles on a small scale using Satan’s power, and probably Pharaoh was quite impressed with them. But God’s power was greater, and by doing miracles through Moses and Aaron, the Lord gradually showed Pharaoh that Jehovah was the only true God.
If you read on in the book of Exodus, you will find out that Pharaoh never did obey the voice of the Lord, and he eventually perished in the Red Sea. Again, it is important not to disregard the voice of the Lord.
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