Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Now therefore please forgive my sin again, and pray to Yahweh your God, that he may also take away from me this death.”
- KJV Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
- NKJV Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and entreat the Lord your God, that He may take away from me this death only.”
- NASB So now, please forgive my sin only this once, and plead with the Lord your God, that He would only remove this death from me.”
- NLT “Forgive my sin, just this once, and plead with the Lord your God to take away this death from me.”
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Quick answer
Pharaoh begs forgiveness 'again' and asks Moses to pray for the removal of this 'death.' His repeated plea reveals a habit of false repentance.
Overview
The word 'again' exposes the cyclical, insincere nature of Pharaoh's confessions. He calls the locust plague 'this death,' admitting its deadly threat to Egypt's survival. Yet he seeks deliverance from consequences rather than from his rebellion against God. It is a vivid picture of seeking relief without genuine turning to the Lord.
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Cross-references · 9
- Exod 8:8Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”
- Exod 9:28Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”
- 1 Kgs 13:6Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.
- Acts 8:24Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”
- 1 Sam 15:25Now therefore, please forgive my sin and return with me so I can worship the LORD.”
- Isa 26:16O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
- 2 Kgs 4:40And they poured it out for the men to eat, but when they tasted the stew they cried out, “There is death in the pot, O man of God!” And they could not eat it.
- Rom 15:30Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.
- 2 Cor 1:10He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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