What did Pharaoh command his people to do with newborn Hebrew sons and daughters?
Pharaoh commanded all his people that every newborn Hebrew son be cast into the Nile River to destroy them, while every daughter could be kept alive. This decree targeted the male infants for death, but the female infants were permitted to live.
Les teaches that Pharaoh charged all the people, saying every son that was born was to be cast into the river, that is the Nile, in order to destroy them, and every daughter could be kept alive. Les explains that despite this murderous decree, God was watching over His people Israel, and no one was going to destroy the nation of Israel because they are God's covenant people.
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.