Then Moses issued an order, and the message was taken throughout the camp, "Men and women, don't bring any more offerings for the sanctuary." The people were restrained from bringing any more,

He told his people, "Look, the Israeli people are more numerous and more powerful than we are.

But the more the Egyptians afflicted the Israelis, the more they multiplied and flourished, so that the Egyptians became terrified of the Israelis.

I'll harden Pharaoh's heart and I'll add more and more of my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.