²¹ And Yahweh said to Moses, “When you go to return to Egypt, see to it that all ^(A)the miraculous wonders which I have put in your hand, that you do them before Pharaoh; but as for Me, ^(B)I will ^[a]harden his heart with strength so that he will not let the people go.

^20 (A)For it was of Yahweh to strengthen their hearts, to meet Israel in battle in order that he might ^(B)devote them to destruction, that they might ^[a]receive no mercy, but that he might destroy them, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.