God wanted to free the Israelites from the Egyptians, but as you know, he used Moses for this purpose. God could trust on Moses to do obey to any of his orders, therefore he sent him to talk with Pharaoh. You may see this as the slaves being the Israelites and the Egyptians being their owners, which seems true. Egyptians didn´t allow the Israelites to do anything without their permission. Moses had to ask permission to Pharaoh to let them go out of Egypt. "And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me." (8; 1) The Pharaohs actions led to the nine plagues, and after a hard fight Moses finally had the Israelites free. In the case of slaves it was more complicated because they didn't have any one to argue for them that would bring their owners a consequence, instead the Israelites had the LORD "And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God."(8; 10)
The Jews celebrate Passover every year, this event started since the Israelites were freed from the Egyptians. It is an event to thank the LORD of freeing them from the Egyptians, it was a moment of joy that they weren't owned by some other culture. And as a way of thanking the LORD, they celebrate Passover, "And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's passover." (12; 11) It was a time to go back and be thankful for the LORD's actions in their favor, trying to help them. "And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies." (12; 51) Jews are very grateful for the freedom the LORD gave them, not being under the reign of the Egyptians, the Pharaoh , and not being in their lands.
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