Four centuries is a very long time to be a nation of people within another nation. The Israelites had, over the many years in since Joseph’s death, become slaves in Egypt. What had begun as gracious accommodation during a time of famine, shifted to a less-favored, intrusive status, and, finally, had sunk to a despised, peculiar group of foreigners forced into subservience and manual labor. Hope of deliverance dwindled along with their hope in God’s faithfulness. And then God sent Moses with news.

Exodus 13:17-14:31

• Exodus 13:17-14:4 – Starting over – ____________________________





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