God Promises Action

6 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for ^[a](A)under compulsion he will let them go, and ^[b]under compulsion he will drive them out of his land.”

⁴ When ^(A)Pharaoh does not listen to you, then I will lay My hand on Egypt and ^(B)bring out My hosts, My people the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt by ^(C)great judgments. ^5 (D)The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I ^(E)stretch out My hand on Egypt and bring out the sons of Israel from their midst.”

¹⁵ For if by now I had put forth My hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, you would then have been cut off from the earth.

³ Moses said to the people, “^(A)Remember this day in which you went out from Egypt, from the house of ^[a]slavery; for ^(B)by ^[b]a powerful hand the Lord brought you out from this place. ^(C)And nothing leavened shall be eaten.

⁹ And ^(A)it shall ^[a]serve as a sign to you on your hand, and as a reminder ^[b]on your forehead, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth; for with ^(B)a powerful hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt.

^14 (A)And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘^(B)With a ^[a]powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of ^[b]slavery.