By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
Parallel translations
- KJV And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
- BSB But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
- NKJV By a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet he was preserved.
- NASB But by a prophet the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt, And by a prophet he was protected.
- NLT Then by a prophet the Lord brought Jacob’s descendants out of Egypt; and by that prophet they were protected.
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Quick answer
By a prophet, namely Moses, the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt and preserved them. It highlights God's gracious deliverance through his appointed servant.
Overview
In contrast to Jacob's servitude for a wife, God redeemed the nation through Moses by sheer grace. The emphasis on "a prophet" ties this deliverance to God's word and ministry, the very thing Israel was now despising. The Exodus stands as the great pattern of redemption ultimately fulfilled in Christ, the greater prophet who leads his people to freedom.
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- Acts 3:22–23For Moses indeed said to the fathers, ‘The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.
- Exod 12:50–51All the children of Israel did so. As Yahweh commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
- Ps 77:20You led your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
- Isa 63:11–14Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying, “Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put his Holy Spirit among them?”
- Acts 7:35–37“This Moses, whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ — God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
- Exod 13:3Moses said to the people, “Remember this day, in which you came out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Yahweh brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten.
- Mic 6:4For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage. I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
- Amos 2:11–12I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Isn’t this true, you children of Israel?” says Yahweh.
- Hos 13:4–5“Yet I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.
- 1 Sam 12:8“When Jacob had come into Egypt, and your fathers cried to Yahweh, then Yahweh sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place.
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