God gave Moses 3 miracles to convince the Israelites God had sent him. But these miracles seem (to me) to be fairly unimpressive – a little like “parlor tricks.” Why would God ask Moses to use them to convince the Elders of Israel that God had sent him?
I'd always thought Moses just told Pharaoh "Let my people go." But Moses never said it quite that way. What did Moses actually say... and why should it matter to us?