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1. It is clear in the Bible that moses ONLY told the jewish people about putting the blood on their doors. This does not seem like a very effective way to give the Egyptians a chance to spare their children if you really wanted to give them a chance. Do you agree or disagree?
I would agree that this is not a very effective way to give the Egyptians a chance but in the same way they have been affected phyiscally by the other 9 plagues i.e. their crops have been destoryed, their water ruined etc so I can only assume that there would be absolut panic in the country going on and people asking questions and I can only assume that there are local goverment bodies that were to exaplin to people that this was caused bt the Jewish God and that Moses was in talks with Pharaoh. I can assume that word spread throughout the country that if we do not set the Jewish nation free their God will kill the first born of the family. Now the Jews lived amongst the Egyptians they would see what the Jews were doing and again ask questions and word would spread. Again this is only my reasoning none of this can be proved.
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you realize that this ONLY applies to pharaoh
No it applies to anyone who heard it. It applies to everyone today - anyone who has heard of the bible and choosed not to read it, or heard a person talking about Jesus and not looked further into it saying things like "Its a bunch of BS" once they hear and do nothing they are rejecting the teachings of God.
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How do you interpret these verses?
With these verses, Exodus Chapter 8, V15 and V33, Exodus Chapter 9 V34, V35, 1 Samuel Chapter 6 V6.
8:12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.
8:13 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.
8:14 And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.The Third Plague
8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart (refering to Pharaoh), and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said
8:30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
8:31 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.
8:32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go
9:34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servant
9:35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.
1 Sam 6:6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?