You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
Parallel translations
- KJV Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.
- BSB You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.
- NKJV You shall speak all that I command you. And Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to send the children of Israel out of his land.
- NASB As for you, you shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh that he let the sons of Israel go out of his land.
- NLT Tell Aaron everything I command you, and Aaron must command Pharaoh to let the people of Israel leave his country.
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Quick answer
Moses must speak all God commands while Aaron relays it to Pharaoh, demanding Israel's release. Their task is faithful obedience, not persuasion of their own.
Overview
God defines the roles clearly: Moses receives the divine word and Aaron voices it, both bound to speak exactly what is commanded. The single aim is that Pharaoh let Israel go, framing the plagues as God's just demand for His people's freedom. This emphasis on faithful transmission of God's word models true ministry and points to the obedience of Christ, who fulfilled all the Father commanded.
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Cross-references · 10
- Exod 4:15You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
- Exod 6:29Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “I am Yahweh. Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you.”
- Matt 28:20teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
- Ezek 3:10Moreover he said to me, “Son of man, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears.
- 1 Kgs 22:14Micaiah said, “As Yahweh lives, what Yahweh says to me, that I will speak.”
- Jer 1:7But Yahweh said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am a child;’ for you must go to whomever I send you, and you must say whatever I command you.
- Ezek 3:17“Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word from my mouth, and warn them from me.
- Jer 1:17“You therefore put your belt on your waist, arise, and say to them all that I command you. Don’t be dismayed at them, lest I dismay you before them.
- Deut 4:2You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you.
- Acts 20:27for I didn’t shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
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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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