==== Exodus ====
[[File:MosesStrikesTheRock.jpg|thumbnail|200px|European artwork depicting Moses striking a rock and providing water for the Israelites.]]
Moses and Aaron initially came in peace to Pharaoh, and asked his leave to lead the Israelites into the desert for a three-day period. Pharaoh indignantly refused, and then issued an order that the Israelites would have to gather their own straw to make bricks, and still make the same quota of bricks. This caused the Israelites to look on Moses with extreme disfavor. This was probably the lowest point ever in Moses' life.