Forced Labor In Egypt

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Reading the bible has been a challenge as I aged because I have not been so easy to be forced into it. Struggling to just sit to read it will probably be there for the rest of my life due to my health condition. The faith communities have always told me to just blame the devil. I truthfully can’t and won’t be able to because everything is supposed to happen for a reason. I cannot justify what has happened to me in any sort and faith cannot not completely fix what has been broken.
The origin of the story is in Egypt and ultimately comes back to Egypt. The Israelites are in forced labor by the Pharaoh, which is a make nothing money situation. The people are fruitful and luscious when it comes to having babies. The Israelites are not treated good or with respect. The man in charge only cared about making the same amount with less materials. The Pharaoh is expecting too much of the people with this hardening heart.
The midwife’s of Hebrew were supposed to be giving up their first born to be killed. A woman decided not to and sent him down the river in a basket. He was found later and named Moses. As Moses grows older his faith does too. In a town Midian he is offered a wife named Zipporah and they have a baby. God begans using
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Moses needs to go to Mt. Horeb to get direction from God to know how to free to slaves. He is to bring them to a country rich with milk and honey. Moses being the protagonist in search of their freedom he begins questioning, “Who am I that I should go to the Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt? He said I will be with you” (Oxford Pg. 86). Moses is a strong character throughout this entire chapter of the bible and constantly obeys. God warns him if people don’t believe you at first they may believe you the second time. Moses is given powers by God and he takes them to Egypt to face the Pharaoh and free the people. Moses will use his brother Aaron to speak to the people as his

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