book of Exodus Chapters 6-8

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Book of Exodus Chapters 6-8
The book of Exodus has a lot regarding the relationship that God had in Moses and his brother Aaron. In chapter 6 God gives Moses an assurance that everything is going to be alright for the Israelites and thus he needs not to worry. He gives a promise that the Patriarchs covenant will be fulfilled, and the Israelites will get the land of Canaan, which is Jordan currently. God in his own way makes things look like a freedom fight. At first, his basic idea of having the Israelites into the wilderness is so that they could worship Him but He later changes His mind and decides to free them from the bondage of slavery in Egypt. This is a truly big job. This chapter is a big genealogy between the two brothers Moses and Aaron. They are given a street creed in the universal Bible. This is not just a simple idea of turning a community from its poverty to riches. Their family matters and the demonstration that Aaron and Moses are not just some random guys is a truly big deal. The writers of the Bible have also gained a lot of power in writing about them.
God shows up to Moses and tells him that he is like a god to Pharaoh, and his brother Aaron will be his prophet. This does not necessarily mean that he was made a god literally but he was just given divine powers. God again makes sure that Pharaoh is stubborn so that the Egyptians can witness His power. Aaron’s staff magically turns into a snake and the Egyptian’s staff is also able to turn their staffs into snakes too.

But surprisingly Aaron’s snake eats all the other snakes. Then Moses turns the Nile waters into blood. The fish and other animals in the waters die, and the Egyptians lack water to drink. They are forced to dig wells and in a way the Egyptian priests can replicate the miracle and Pharaoh’s settles again, but he is not happy with God’s power. Chapter 7 does not really tell us who was doing which miracle between Moses and Aaron. If the original story was for Moses alone, whoever added Aaron really did a great job to make him fit there.
God does another miracle and frogs are certainly everywhere and when Pharaoh’s priests try to reverse the miracle it only worsens everything. Moses approaches Pharaoh, and Pharaoh asks him to get rid of the frogs, and so Aaron and Moses pray and the frogs are gone. When Pharaoh has peace again has he denies Israelites freedom to leave Egypt. The next plague was the gnats that were everywhere even in people. The magicians are unable to replicate this miracle, and they tell Pharaoh that it seems God’s skills are great, but Pharaoh ignores. God then sent Moses to Pharaoh as he was washing himself in the river. This is not enough and flies are again everywhere. God separates Israelites to the land of Goshen and makes sure they are not affected by the flies. He does this so as to make sure that Pharaoh gets the message. Moses tells the Israelites to stay in the safe land for that period when the flies were there. Moses, the requests God, to stop the plague but Pharaoh refuse to free the Israelites still.