PHARAOH’S FACE

“Pharaoh said to them, ‘Get away from me! And you had better not see my face again, because the day you see my face, you will die!’”
Exodus 10:28

Pharaoh was at it again, trying to make deals with Moshe. Whereas before he agreed to letting only the men go, now he was working to make a deal that the flocks and herds had to be left behind. Moshe combated this idea in saying that the animals needed to go as well since they were unsure what sacrifices would be required by Adonai. To this Pharaoh answered, “Get away from me! And you had better not see my face again, because the day you see my face, you will die!”
Adonai spoke again to Moshe, this time with grave news. A final plague was coming. It would be the final straw, the piece that would ensure the deliverance promised four hundred years ago, but it would come with a price. Moshe did not know exactly what Adonai would send, but he did know that each man and woman was to ask his neighbor for gold and silver jewelry. The Egyptians favorably disposed the Hebrews, Pharaoh’s people revered Moshe, and God was moving. Pharaoh’s face was to not be seen again on account of death, but it would not be on account of Moshe’s death, as we will soon see.

Exodus 10:24 – 11:3