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time for reflection and repentance before bringing upon them the last
and most terrible of the plagues.
At the end of the third day of darkness Pharaoh summoned Moses
and consented to the departure of the people, provided the flocks
and herds were permitted to remain. “There shall not a hoof be left
behind,” replied the resolute Hebrew. The king’s anger burst forth
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beyond control. “Get thee from me,” he cried, “take heed to thyself,
see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.”
The answer was, “Thou hast spoken well; I will see thy face again
no more.”
The man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight
of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people. The king dared
not harm him, for the people looked upon him as alone possessing
power to remove the plagues. They desired that the Israelites might be
permitted to leave Egypt. It was the king and the priests that opposed
to the last the demands of Moses.
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