“Go back to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and tell him to let the people of Israel leave his country.”
Parallel translations
- WEB “Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.”
- KJV Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
- BSB “Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his land.”
- NKJV “Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the children of Israel go out of his land.”
- NASB “Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the sons of Israel go out of his land.”
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Quick answer
God commands Moses to go and tell Pharaoh to let Israel go. The demand to release God's people is pressed again.
Overview
God sends Moses back to Pharaoh with the same authoritative command to free Israel. The renewed charge shows God's resolve to confront the oppressor until His people are released. It also sets up Moses' fresh objection in the next verse, revealing the human reluctance God continues to overcome by His grace and power.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Exod 3:10Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”
- Exod 6:29Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “I am Yahweh. Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you.”
- Exod 5:23For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people; and you have not rescued your people at all.”
- Exod 7:1Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
- Exod 5:1Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’”
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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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