Dearly beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, Pharaoh saw the seventh plague, the plague of hail, and he got scared. He didn't get scared enough to permanently turn to Yahweh, of course. But he did get scared enough to temporarily turn. What he did — temporarily backing down, paying lip service to the majesty and correctness of God — is what I call temporary repentance. It was not the real thing, but it did bear some resemblance to it. What's fascinating about this temporary repentance is how common it is. We have all dealt with temporary repenters. We have all been temporary repenters. Moses shows us how to deal with temporary repentance in a wise, prudent, and godly fashion.