The Exodus

Today David read the Bible acount of the Israelites, the plagues and their eventual exodus from Egypt. Amazing how many conditions Pharoh put on them - the command from God was that they ALL leave, including little ones, cattle, etc. Pharoh at one stage says they can go but must leave their cattle. Another time he tells them that the Men can go but they must leave their wives (now what Men wouldn't come back to their wives and little ones??) It was also a test for Moses to see if he would really follow God's instruction right down to taking their cattle along too. While David read quite a few chapters from Exodus at the breakfast table I could just picture the people of Israel as they awaited the day they would finally leave. What a day it must have been. I have been thinking about it all day. The Lord's loved Israel and wanted her to worship Him without the bondage of slavery to the Egyptians...