plagues---so Moses (and by implication us) can tell his kids and
grandkids, "Our God reigns!!"
See also
Psalm 78:4 We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the
coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and
the wonders that he has done.
5 He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel,
which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children,
6 that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,
7 so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works
of God, but keep his commandments;
8 and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and
rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast,
whose spirit was not faithful to God.