The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.”
Parallel translations
- WEB The Egyptians were urgent with the people, to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, “We are all dead men.”
- KJV And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.
- BSB And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!”
- NKJV And the Egyptians urged the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.”
- NASB The Egyptians urged the people, to send them out of the land in a hurry, for they said, “We will all be dead.”
- NLT All the Egyptians urged the people of Israel to get out of the land as quickly as possible, for they thought, “We will all die!”
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The Egyptians urgently press Israel to leave quickly, fearing that they will all die.
Overview
Egypt, terrified by the judgment, now drives out the very people they had tried to detain. Their dread, 'We are all dead men,' shows the reversal of fortunes God has wrought. The haste of the departure fulfills God's word and explains the unleavened bread, dramatizing how decisively the Lord delivers His people once the appointed hour of redemption arrives.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Ps 105:38Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them.
- Exod 11:1Yahweh said to Moses, “Yet one plague more will I bring on Pharaoh, and on Egypt; afterwards he will let you go. When he lets you go, he will surely thrust you out altogether.
- Gen 20:3But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken. For she is a man’s wife.”
- Num 17:12–13The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we perish! We are undone! We are all undone!
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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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