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Published: 29.06.2005.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
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  • Essays 'Diary of Ramses II ', 1.
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I am growing tired of these ridiculous threats. I have experienced 9 plagues, from this "I Am", yet the Israelites are still my slaves. When will they accept the fact that they are worshiping a false god? Do they not realize that Moses is nothing but a lunatic who thinks he is talking with a god? I am waiting for Moses to return, any day now, and threaten me with another one of his plagues. Let him try, these plagues are nothing I have not seen before.
<Tab/>Moses came again, as I expected, and threatened me that this time, if I do not release the slaves, his god will kill the first born son of every Egyptian. I simply laughed at him. How can this god, who can only summon up minor plagues, perform such a task as killing the first born son of every Egyptian? …

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