The theme of Moses calling on Pharaoh to let his people go runs through today’s texts, even to Stephen’s defence. We seek similar release from that which enslaves us.

Hostility all round
Yet security is assured
We know whose we are!
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Once you know His Name
And though poor of speech and deed
Pharaohs will fall down
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With dimmed hearts and minds
We stumble through clumsy fog
Blind to calling light.
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