Gaither Vocal Band - Led Out of Bondage lyrics

God promised to lead His children out of bondage He said He'd free them from Pharaoh's evil hand He said He'd guide and protect them on their journey And lead them to the promised land God's children were slaves in Egypt land So God took Moses by the hand He said "Moses, tell old Pharaoh to set 'em free" But Moses want the way to get out 'Cause in his mind he's beginning to doubt And he said, "Lord, old Pharaoh, he ain't gonna listen to me" Then the Lord said, "Son, throw down that rod" And Moses did and he cried to God Because it turned to a snake, as evil and wicked as sin Then cried again with an awful wail And the Lord said, "Seize him by the tail" And Moses did and it turned to a rod again God promised to lead His children out of bondage He said He'd free them from Pharaoh's evil hand He said He'd guide and protect them on their journey And lead them to the promised land Now, the Lord said, "Moses, I've got the power And I'll be with you every hour Go tell Pharaoh, set my children free" But Moses did the Lord helped out He sent a plague to the land about 'Til Pharaoh told him, to go and let him be So the started out with a cloud by day And a fire by night for to lead the way But suddenly Pharaoh decided to change his mind So he gathered together his soldier band Led all the chariots throughout the land Said, "I'll let them Israelites go some other time" God promised to lead His children out of bondage He said He'd free them from Pharaoh's evil hand He said He'd guide and protect them on their journey And lead them to the promised land When they came to the banks of the ocean blue They turned to Moses and said "What do we do?" Old Moses fell down on his knees there in the sand Then the Lord said, "Moses, trust in God And all you gotta do is raise that rod And over those mighty waters stretch out your hand" So Moses followed the Lord's command And the waters parted and there in the sand They saw a path that led to the other shore Well, the ground was dry and they walked on through And Pharaoh's army thought they would too And the waters fell, and they aint' never been seen no more God promised to lead His children out of bondage He said He'd free them from Pharaoh's evil hand He said He'd guide and protect them on their journey And lead them to the promised land