But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
Parallel translations
- WEB By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
- KJV And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he 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 said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.
- Exod 12:50–51Then all the Israelites did this—they did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
- Ps 77:20You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
- Isa 63:11–14Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,
- Acts 7:35–37This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
- Exod 13:3So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.
- Mic 6:4For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.
- Amos 2:11–12I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD.
- Hos 13:4–5Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
- 1 Sam 12:8When Jacob went to Egypt, your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He sent them Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.
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