‘Are you all coming? We may follow the sorcerers if they win!’

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When the sorcerers came, they said to Pharaoh, ‘Shall we be rewarded if we win?’

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and he said, ‘Yes, and you will join my inner court.’

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Moses said to them, ‘Throw down whatever you will.’

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They threw their ropes and staffs, saying, ‘By Pharaoh’s might, we shall be victorious.’

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But Moses threw his staff and- lo and behold!- it swallowed up their trickery

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and the sorcerers fell down on their knees

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exclaiming, ‘We believe in the Lord of the Worlds

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the Lord of Moses and Aaron.’

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Pharaoh said, ‘How dare you believe in him before I have given you permission? He must be the master who taught you sorcery! Soon you will see: I will cut off your alternate hands and feet and then crucify the lot of you!’

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‘That will do us no harm,’ they said, ‘for we are sure to return to our Lord

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We hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins, as we were the first to believe.’

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Then We revealed Our will to Moses, ‘Leave with My servants by night, for you will be pursued!’

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Pharaoh sent messengers into the cities, proclaiming

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‘These people are a puny band––

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they have enraged us

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and we are a large army, on the alert.’

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So it was that We made them leave their gardens and their springs

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their treasures and their noble dwellings

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We gave [such] things [later]to the Children of Israel

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Pharaoh and his people pursued them at sunrise

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