Elders of the Israelites then turned against Moses, blaming him for their plight. The idea is, when your Faith is rightly placed, your closest friends and even your loved ones, may well turn against you, just exactly as the Elders did as it regarded Moses (Ex. 5:19–21). But the point is, despite the opposition by the powers of darkness, despite Pharaoh refusing to relent, despite him increasing the workload even to a killing pace, ultimately, he was forced to let the Children of Israel go. The moral