Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

would show His power. "I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt
with all My wonders which I will do in its midst; and after that he
will let you go."
The Lord declared, "It shall be, when you go, that you shall not
go empty-handed. But every woman shall ask of her neighbor,
namely, of her who dwells near her house, articles of silver, articles
of gold, and clothing." The Egyptians had become rich by the labor
unfairly required from the Israelites, and it was right for the
Israelites to claim the reward of their years of work. God would help
them as they approached the Egyptians for payment, and the
requests of the slaves would be granted.
What proof could Moses give his people that God had indeed
sent him? "But suppose," he said, "they will not believe me or listen
to my voice; suppose they say, 'The Lord has not appeared to you.'"
He was told to throw his rod on the ground, and as he did so, "it
became a serpent; and Moses fled from it." He was commanded to
grab it, and in his hand it became a rod. He was told to put his hand
onto his chest. He obeyed, and "when he took it out, behold, his
hand was leprous, like snow." Being told to put it again onto his
chest, he found when he pulled it out that it had become like the
other. By these signs his own people, as well as Pharaoh, would be
convinced that One mightier than the king of Egypt was certainly
among them.
Moses Is Reluctant
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