Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within this land.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God in the land!”
- KJV And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
- ESV Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within the land.”
- NKJV Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God in the land.”
- NASB Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within the land.”
- NLT Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron. “All right! Go ahead and offer sacrifices to your God,” he said. “But do it here in this land.”
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Quick answer
Pharaoh offers a compromise: sacrifice to God within Egypt. He concedes worship but resists true obedience.
Overview
Under pressure Pharaoh permits Israel to sacrifice, but only inside the land, attempting to limit God's command on his own terms. This partial concession reveals a heart willing to negotiate but not to fully obey. Pharaoh's compromise pictures the temptation to serve God halfway, a counterfeit obedience that falls short of the wholehearted surrender God requires and Christ exemplifies.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 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 9:27Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
- Exod 12:31Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.
- Exod 10:16Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.
- Rev 3:9Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.
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