So Moses left Pharaoh and pleaded with the Lord.
Parallel translations
- WEB Moses went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to Yahweh.
- KJV And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
- BSB Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD,
- NKJV So Moses went out from Pharaoh and entreated the Lord.
- NLT So Moses left Pharaoh’s palace and pleaded with the Lord to remove all the flies.
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Quick answer
Moses leaves Pharaoh and prays to Yahweh. He faithfully fulfills his promise to intercede.
Overview
True to his word, Moses departs and brings the matter before God in prayer. His consistent intercession shows the integrity that Pharaoh lacks, doing exactly what he promised. This faithful mediating work between God and a hard-hearted king highlights the value of intercessory prayer and points to the perfect, ever-living intercession of Christ on behalf of His people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Exod 8:12Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to Yahweh concerning the frogs which he had brought on Pharaoh.
- Jas 5:16Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
- Exod 9:33Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands to Yahweh; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth.
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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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