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Verse 2

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As anticipated, Pharaoh refused to let his slaves leave the land saying, “Who is YAHWEH, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not YAHWEH, neither will I let Israel go”. Furthermore, he made the Israelites’ work more arduous by requiring them to gather their own straw while producing the same quantity of bricks. This was clearly a trial to the people, and the scriptures show that this is usually the way of things in the purpose of God. We should not be deceived by appearances. Faithful people know that God always keeps his word and they accept trial, and apparent disappointment, because they know that his purpose is to develop their characters. They therefore believe his word implicitly and obey him through whatever trials may come upon them.