What Does It Mean To Say When God Had Commanded Moses

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Joshua 11:20 says, “For it was the LORD himself who hardened their hearts to wage war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating them without mercy, as the LORD had commanded Moses.” Using Romans 9:18, “Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.” meaning that God has mercy on people but He also hardens the hearts of people when He sees it fit to. God hardened Pharoah’s heart when Moses was trying to get the Israelites freed. I believe God did this so that when Moses performed the miracles he was told to by God and the Israelites were finally freed it would be more miraculous and God could use that. God told Moses that He was going to harden Pharaoh’s heart so that