13149, RE: Exodus 10:16-20 Posted by lambda, Sat Jun-23-01 04:28 AM
A simple answer is as follows:
After all of the plagues and wonders that Pharaoh had seen, he would eventually lose his free will. So, in order to *maintain* Pharaoh's free will, God hardened his heart. Otherwise he would not have had free will any longer.
There are deeper explanations of this as well, and if you want to know them, I can try to explain them.
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