Exodus 1:8-14 New International Version (NIV)
Then a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt. “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become far too numerous for us. Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country.” So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Ramesses as store sities for Pharaoh. But the more they are oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites and worked them ruthlessly. They made their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.
Exodus 2:23b-25 (NIV)
The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.
Moses, Pharaoh, and the Plagues
Exodus 7 -11
The Passover and Exodus
The passover
Once we were slaves… and now we are free.
The Passover — The Last Supper
Romans 6:17-18 New Living Translation (NLT)
Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin,
but now you wholeheartedly obey this teaching we have given you. Now you are free from your slavery to sin,
and you have become slaves to righteous living.
Romans 6:17-18 The Message
All your lives you’ve let sin tell you what to do. But thank God you’ve started listening to a new master,
one whose commands set you free to live openly in his freedom!
Once we were slaves… and now we are free.