Exodus 8 is about the next series of plagues that God sent to Egypt because Pharaoh would not yield and continued to harden his heart against the commands of God. Before each plague, the Lord sent Moses to ask Pharaoh to let the Israelites go to worship their God. Each time, Moses would also warn Pharaoh of the next plague that would occur if Pharaoh did not let the Israelites go. Pharaoh began to recognize the power of the God of the Israelites with each plague, asking Moses to pray to the Lord to take away the plague from Egypt. Even Pharaoh's magicians confessed, "This is the finger of God", and they could not remove the plagues, "but Pharaoh's heart was hard and he would not listen, just as the Lord had said".