And all these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me, saying, 'Get out, you and all the people who follow you.' And after that I will go out." And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.

In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the LORD's Passover.

When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, "Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt."

Not fearing

He answered, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid, and thought, "Surely the thing is known."

And the LORD said to Moses in Midian, "Go back to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead."

When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to the LORD.

Endured

And thus Abraham,having patiently waited, obtained the promise.

But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings,

Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.

and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

And they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.

And you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

Seeing

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

For David says concerning him, "'I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken;

as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,

General references

Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.