Exodus 8:25

Exodus 8:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God here in the land.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God within the land."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God in the land.”

Context of Exodus 8:25

23I will make a distinction between My people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.’” 24And the LORD did so. Thick swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined by swarms of flies. Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within this land.” 26But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us? 27We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.”

Exodus 8:25 word by word

וַיִּקְרָ֣א פַרְעֹ֔ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֖ה וּֽלְאַהֲרֹ֑ן וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לְכ֛וּ זִבְח֥וּ לֵֽאלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם בָּאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

• Then Pharaohפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
• Then Pharaohאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• summonedקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• and Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• sacrificeזָבַחzâbach · to sacrificeH2076
• to your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• within this landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Exodus 8:25

• Exodus 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.”
• Exodus 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.
• Exodus 10:16Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.
• Exodus 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.
• Revelation 3:9As for 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.

Commentaries on Exodus 8:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Sacrifice to your God in the land - That is, Ye shall not leave Egypt, but I shall cause your worship to be tolerated here.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25To your God - Pharaoh now admits the existence and power of the God whom he had professed not to know; but, as Moses is careful to record, he recognizes Him only as the national Deity of the Israelites. In the land - i. e. in Egypt, not beyond the frontier.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-32Verses 20-32 Pharaoh was early at his false devotions to the river; and shall we be for more sleep and more slumber, when any service to the Lord is to be done? The Egyptians and the Hebrews were to be marked in the plague of flies. The Lord knows them that are his, and will make it appear, perhaps in this world, certainly in the other, that he has set them apart for himself. Pharaoh unwillingly entered into a treaty with Moses and Aaron. He is content…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25Pharaoh tried to make a bargain with God. He wanted to partly obey while keeping control. James describes such people as "a double-minded man" (James 1:8). This kind of person cannot receive anything from the Lord.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 25-3225-32. Pharaoh called for Moses, ... Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land, &c.--Between impatient anxiety to be freed from this scourge and a reluctance on the part of the Hebrew bondsmen, the king followed the course of expediency; he proposed to let them free to engage in their religious rites within any part of the kingdom. But true to his instructions, Moses would accede to no such arrangement; he stated a most valid reason to show the danger of…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 8:25

• Flies

In the dictionaries

• Aaron
• God
• Moses
• Pharaoh
• Pharaoh, king of Egypt
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Command
• Division
• Finger
• Fly

Commentaries on Exodus 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings