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Why was the new king of Egypt afraid of the israelites?

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Because they are God's people and God would send more plagues
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In a third attempt to weaken the Israelites and resolve Pharaoh's irrational fear, the Egyptian king commands all his people (not just the Hebrew midwives) to kill all Hebrew baby boys by throwing them into the Nile River.
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