"_I am sure_ that the king of Egypt will _not_ let you go, no, not by a mighty hand. And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders, which I will do in the midst thereof: _and after that he will let you go_. And I will give this people (the Hebrews) favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it shall come to pass, that when ye go, _ye shall not go empty_. But every woman shall _borrow_ of her neighbor, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver and jewels of gold, and raiment. And ye shall put them upon your sons and upon your daughters, _and ye shall spoil the Egyptians_."[49:2] The Lord again appeared unto Moses, in Midian, and said: "Go, return into Egypt, for all the men are dead which sought thy life. And Moses took his wife, and his son, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the _rod of God_ (which the Lord had given him) in his hand."[49:3] Upon arriving in Egypt, Moses tells his brother Aaron, "all the words of the Lord," and Aaron tells all the children of Israel. Moses, who was not eloquent, but had a slow speech,[49:4] uses Aaron as his spokesman.[49:5] They then appear unto Pharaoh, and falsify, "_according to the commands of the Lord_," saying: "Let us go, we pray thee, _three days' journey in the desert_, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God."[49:6] The Lord hardens Pharaoh's heart, so that he does not let the children of Israel go to sacrifice unto their God, in the desert. Moses and Aaron continue interceding with him, however, and, for the purpose of showing their miraculous powers, they change their rods into serpents, the river into blood, cause a plague of frogs and lice, and a swarm of flies, &c., &c., to appear. Most of these feats were imitated by the magicians of Egypt. Finally, the first-born of Egypt are slain, when Pharaoh, after having had his heart hardened, by the Lord, over and over again, consents to let Moses and the children of Israel go to serve their God, _as they had said_, that is, for _three_ days. The Lord having given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, they borrowed of them jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and raiment, "_according to the commands of the Lord_." And they journeyed toward Succoth, there being _six hundred thousand, besides children_.[50:1] "And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. And the Lord went before them by day, _in a pillar of a cloud_, to lead them the way; and by night _in a pillar of fire_, to give them light to go by day and night."[50:2]