And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
Parallel translations
- WEB Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God in the land!”
- BSB Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within this 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 8:8Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.
- Exod 9:27And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
- Exod 12:31And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.
- Exod 10:16Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.
- Rev 3:9Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
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