Quotes About Authority

But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.

“Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ëStretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.í”

The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ëLet My people go, so that they may worship Me.

But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the ground where they stand will be full of flies.

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ëLet My people go, so that they may worship Me.

But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ëLet My people go, so that they may worship Me.

Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.

For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the earth.

But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.

Those among Pharaohís officials who feared the word of the LORD hurried to bring their servants and livestock to shelter,

Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORDís.

But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear the LORD our God.”

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ëHow long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But who exactly will be going?”

No, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaohís presence.

“Depart from me!” Pharaoh said to Moses. “Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.”

“As you say,” Moses replied, “I will never see your face again.”

And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ëGo, you and all the people who follow you!í After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaohís presence.

He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.

You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them up.