The Bible and its . give uj) a whole nation ofslaves for nothing; let us bargain over this in abusiness way; to be rid of you, I will give you tin-people if you will leave me their cattle. He madi-no pretense of expecting the Israelites to IMoses stood resolutely by his first demand. lie(lid not ask freedom for his race; he only insistedthat they must be allowed to go forth a three daysdistance into the wilderness, carrying all their pos-sessions, in order to worship God as they mightchoose. Then Pharaoh burst into fury and drove outthe prophet, crying, Take heed to thyself
The Bible and its . give uj) a whole nation ofslaves for nothing; let us bargain over this in abusiness way; to be rid of you, I will give you tin-people if you will leave me their cattle. He madi-no pretense of expecting the Israelites to IMoses stood resolutely by his first demand. lie(lid not ask freedom for his race; he only insistedthat they must be allowed to go forth a three daysdistance into the wilderness, carrying all their pos-sessions, in order to worship God as they mightchoose. Then Pharaoh burst into fury and drove outthe prophet, crying, Take heed to thyself, see myface 110 more; for in that day thou sccst my facetiiou shalt die. Moses went forth, knowing that the end was near. He bade the Israelites prei)are for a long journey; and especially he bade them borrow .ill they could from their neighbors, whether of jewelry or gold or garments. The terrified l,gyi)ti;ins gave \l\^ frii- ly whatever was demanded; and tliis was called the sjioiling of the Egyptians. 11 :!l fmm^Wfwmm. tKlje €vv of €srpt BV THE ENGLISH ARTIST, ARTHUR HACKER, , PAINTED IN 1897. + And there shall be a great cry throughout all theland of Egypt, such as there was none like it, norshall be like it any more.—Ex., 11, G. GOD now told Moses of the coming of the last,the terrible tenth plague, and warned himto prepare the Israelites against it. Theangel of death was to pass through the entire landand take his dread toll from every family. In eachamong them all, the firstborn son of the house, theoldest, the chief heir, on whom all the future de-pended, he was to die. At a single moment this wasto Iiappen through the entire land. The Israelites,lest they too lose their firstborn in that great stroke,were each to mark the door-post of his house witlithe blood of a lamb, that the death angel mightknow this sign and pass over tlie house, withoutsetting foot across the threshold. Afterward God speaks of the angels deed asbeing His own, and ssrys that He Hims
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