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Text: Exodus 1: 8-10

MEDITATION

Exodus 1:8-10

8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.
9 And he said to his people, “Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we;
10 come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and it happen, in the event of war, that they also join our enemies and fight against us, and so go up out of the land.”

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. A new Pharaoh

a. This is not unexpected.

b. The Pharaoh in the days of Joseph had shown him great favour.

c. This new Pharaoh did not recognize Joseph for his contribution in the past.

2. A new policy issued by the Pharaoh

a. His analysis of the presence of the children of Israel in Egypt.

i. There was a huge number of them living in Egypt.

ii. They were “mightier” than Egypt.

iii. This was a political ploy rather than necessarily true.

b. A “shrewd policy” needed.

i. To stop them from multiplying.

ii. This was one of the plans the new Pharaoh proposed to his administration.

c. He stoked fears.

i. The “fear” that the children of Israel could join their enemies.

ii. The “fear” that they could fight the Egyptians effectively.

iii. The “fear” that they would then leave Egypt.

d. These were all politically motivated plans.

i. The children of Israel had never been a threat to Egypt.

ii. They had settled into Egypt very well and had prospered over the years.

经文：出埃及记 1:8-10

沉思

《出埃及记 1:8-10》
8 有不认识约瑟的新王起来，治理埃及，
9 对他的百姓说：“看哪，这以色列民比我们还多，又比我们强盛。

10 来吧，我们不如用巧计待他们，恐怕他们多起来，日后若遇什么争战的事，就联合我们的仇敌攻击我们，离开这地去了。”

在生活里有意义地应用

1. 新的法老

a. 这是预料的

b. 约瑟时代的法老极大的宠爱他

c. 这个新的法老不认识约瑟过去的贡献

2. 法老实施的新政策

a. 他对在埃及的以色列人做出了分析

i. 居住在埃及的以色列人很多

ii. 他们又比埃及人“强盛”

iii. 这是一种政治手段，未必是事实

b. 须要有“巧计”的政策

i. 阻止以色列人的繁殖

ii. 这是新法老提出的政策

c. 他制造恐惧

i. 以色列人可能与仇敌联合对抗埃及的“恐惧”

ii. 以色列人可能有效地攻击埃及人的“恐惧”

iii. 以色列人会随后离开埃及的“恐惧”

d. 这些计划都是出于政治动机

i. 以色列人从未对埃及构成威胁

ii. 他们安定、繁荣地居住在埃及