Black Church Tradition Lens Commentary: Exodus 10:1-20

## Black Church Tradition Lens Reading of Exodus 10:1-20

### Tradition-Specific Interpretation

We read this passage in Exodus 10:1-20 as a dramatic illustration of God's deliverance and liberation. The plagues are God's mighty acts of justice against oppression, showing that no Pharaoh, no system of enslavement, can withstand the Lord's power. We see ourselves in the Israelites, an oppressed people whose cries reached the ears of a God who acts decisively in history to set captives free. This passage reminds us that God is on the side of the oppressed and that divine intervention is both a promise and a reality in the struggle for justice.

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