s wrath upon Pharaoh because of his disobedience dealing with letting the Israelites go.The Israelites were able to avoid the plague of the death of the first born because the Lord spoke through Moses and Aaron. The Israelites were told that they must keep a year-old male lamb until the fourteenth day of that month, and that the entire congregation of Israel shall slaughter the lamb at twilight. They were also told that they must take some of the blood from the lamb and on the two doorposts and the lintels of the house in which they ate of the lamb. The Israelites were protected from the last plague, and the last plague is what made Pharaoh finally give in and let God’s people go. Then Moses gathered the Israelites and they began on their journey to the promise land. A cloud led them by day and a pillar of fire by night. Once Pharaoh realized that the Moses and the Israelites had fled Egypt, he summoned his men and went after them. Pharaoh’s army was nearby, and they Israelites began to fear for their lives because there was nowhere to turn, and nowhere to hide. But Moses told his people not to be afraid and to stand firm as the Lord saves them out of the hands of the enemy. Then the Lord told Moses to tell the Israelites to move forward and to lift up his staff and stretch his hand towards the sea, and as he did, the sea parted and the Israelites were able to pass. Then the Lord spoke unto Moses to stretch his hand over the waters again to make the waters recede to devour Pharaoh and his army. Now in this new land, the journey the Israelites made was intended to be forty days and forty nights, but because of the complaining and their ungratefulness of all of what God had delivered them from, their journey lasted for forty years. The encountered the army of Amelek, and God also delivered them from the army of Amelek. They made false images and began to worship them, they complained about the food they ate, and de...
