In Exodus 9, three more plagues occur in Egypt due to the refusal of Pharaoh to let the Israelites leave to worship their God. First was the death of all the livestock of the Egyptians, then boils broke out among all the men and animals in Egypt, and then God sent the worst hailstorm ever to land on Egypt and crushed the fields and trees. Pharaoh summoned Moses and again asked him to pray to the Lord and tell Him that he would let the people go. Moses prayed and the the storm stopped, but Pharaoh again hardened his heart and he would not let the Israelites go. In Exodus 10, God sent two more plagues to Egypt , locusts which ate every remaining green plant and tree, and then complete darkness in which no one could see anyone else or leave his place for three days. Even after all these plagues, Pharaoh still hardened his heart and was not willing to let them go and worship. Pharaoh told Moses , "Get out of my sight! Make sure you do not appear before me again! " Moses replied, "Just as you say, I will never appear before you again."

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".

In Exodus 6, God tells Moses that Pharaoh will eventually let the Israelites go because of His "mighty hand". God tells Moses to remind the Israelites of the covenant He established with them, saying "I will free you from being slaves, ...redeem you with an outstretched arm and mighty acts of judgment, .. will take you as my own people, and I will be your God... I will bring you to the land I swore to Abraham... I will give it to you as a possession. " But, the Israelites "did not listen because of their discouragement and cruel bondage. Moses asked the Lord why Pharaoh would listen to him , since not even the Israelites would listen to him "since I speak with faltering lips". In Exodus 7, the Lord encourages Moses, saying that He will make him like God to Pharaoh, and Aaron will be his prophet, both speaking everything to Pharaoh that the Lord commands. The Lord showed a sign to Pharaoh and his officials, through a miracle of making Aaron's staff become a snake when he threw it down to the ground. Still, Pharaoh's heart became hard and he would listen. So, next God sent Moses to meet Pharaoh by the water and give him this message " until now you have not listened.. By this you will know that I am the Lord" and Moses will strike the water of the Nile with his staff and it will become blood, killing the fish and making the water undrinkable. Aaron was told to do the same with his staff and all the remaining water in the streams, canals, ponds, reservoirs, buckets and jars will also become blood. Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded. But, Pharaoh's heart became hard again, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron.

Exodus 5 begins with a visit to Pharaoh to inform him of what the Lord has said, but Pharaoh did not listen to Moses and Aaron, saying “Who is the Lord, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord and I will not let Israel go.” Pharaoh then blamed Moses and Aaron for trying to take the people away from their labor, so he ordered the slave drivers to be more harsh and increase their labor. Moses returned to the Lord and said, “O Lord, why have you brought trouble upon the people?” and Moses complained to God that he had not rescued the people.

In Exodus 4, Moses says "What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, 'The Lord did not appear to you' ?" So Moses was again unsure of his ability to lead the Israelites, but God told Moses that He would show Himself to the people through Moses by wonderous signs and miracles. Then Moses said, "O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue." God responded, "Who gave man his mouth? ... Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say." Moses begged, "please send someone else to do it". Though the Lord was angry at Moses, he sent Moses' brother, Aaron, also and said "I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do". God then told Moses to return to Egypt, perform signs and miracles before Pharaoh that He will give power to do, and then say to Pharaoh, "Let my people go". God warned Moses that Pharaoh's heart will be hardened and he would not let the people go. God instructed Moses to tell Pharaoh that the consequence will be the death of his firstborn son, since he refused the request for His firstborn son, Israel, not allowing him to worship the Lord. Then Moses and Aaron brought together all the elders of the Israelites and told them everything the Lord had said to Moses and that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery. Moses then performed for the Israelites all the signs and they believed and bowed down and worshiped the Lord.

In Exodus 3, the angel of the Lord appears to Moses in the flames within a bush. God called to him within the bush, "Moses! Moses!" and Moses said, "Here I am". God then told him "I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt... I have come down to rescue them .. and bring them up out of that land ... I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people out of Egypt." Moses did not feel qualified, saying "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh...?" and God said, "I will be with you.... say to the Israelites, 'The Lord, the God of your fathers--the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob--has sent me...and the Lord has seen what has been done to you in Egypt. He has promised to bring you up out of your misery'." God told Moses to assemble the elders and ask the king of Egypt to allow the people to take a three day journey into the desert to offer sacrifices to their Lord. God said also to Moses that He would "stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians will all the wonders that I will perform among them and after that, he will let you go... and I will make the Egyptians favorabley disposed toward the people... they will put articles of silver and gold on your sons and daughters.. and so you will plunder the Egyptians".

Exodus 2 introduces Moses. Forbidden to keep a baby boy, his mother hid him as long as she could, but eventually left him in a basket by the bank of the Nile. Pharaoh's daughter found the baby and took him and raised him as her own son. Later, when Moses was grown, he had compassion on the Hebrew people and defended them against the Egyptians. He once even killed an Egyptian who had been beating a Hebrew slave, When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled to Midian. There, Moses met and married Zipporah, and had a son, Gershom. During this time, the Israelites groaned and cried out to God, and He heard them and remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, "So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about thiem."