Exodus 4
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Exodus 4:21-31

21The LordH3068 saidH559 to MosesH4872, “When you goH1980 1backH7725 to EgyptH4714 seeH7200 that you performH6213 beforeH6440 PharaohH6547 allH3605 2the wondersH4159 whichH834 I have putH7760 in your 3powerH3027; but 4I will hardenH2388 his heartH3820 so that he will not letH7971 the peopleH5971 goH7971. 22Then you shall sayH559 to PharaohH6547, ‘ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068, “5IsraelH3478 is My sonH1121, My firstbornH1060. 23So I saidH559 to you, ‘6LetH7971 My sonH1121 goH7971 that he may serveH5647 Me’; but you have refusedH3985 to letH7971 him goH7971. BeholdH2009, 7I will killH2026 your sonH1121, your firstbornH1060.”’”

24Now it cameH1961 about at the lodgingH4411 placeH4411 on the wayH1870 that the LordH3068 metH6298 him and 8soughtH1245 to putH4191 him to deathH4191. 25Then ZipporahH6855 tookH3947 9a flintH6864 and cutH3772 offH3772 her son’sH1121 foreskinH6190 and 10threwH5060 it at Moses’ feetH7272, and she saidH559, “You are indeedH3588 a bridegroomH2860 of bloodH1818 to me.” 26So He letH7503 him aloneH7503. At that timeH227 she saidH559, “You are a bridegroomH2860 of bloodH1818”--11because of the circumcisionH4139.

2712Now the LordH3068 saidH559 to AaronH175, “GoH1980 to meetH7122 MosesH4872 in the wildernessH4057.” So he wentH1980 and metH6298 him at the 13mountainH2022 of GodH430 and kissedH5401 him. 2814MosesH4872 toldH5046 AaronH175 allH3605 the wordsH1697 of the LordH3068 with whichH834 He had sentH7971 him, and 15allH3605 the signsH226 that He had commandedH6680 him to do. 29Then MosesH4872 and AaronH175 wentH1980 and 16assembledH622 allH3605 the eldersH2205 of the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478; 30and 17AaronH175 spokeH1696 allH3605 the wordsH1697 whichH834 the LordH3068 had spokenH1696 to MosesH4872. He then performedH6213 the 18signsH226 in the sightH5869 of the peopleH5971. 31So 19the peopleH5971 believedH539; and when they heardH8085 that the LordH3068 2021was concernedH6485 about the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 and that He had seenH7200 their afflictionH6040, then 22they bowedH6915 lowH6915 and worshipedH7812.

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Notes

  1. 1. Exodus 4:21 Lit to return ↩
  2. 2. Exodus 4:21 Ex 3:20; 11:9, 10 ↩
  3. 3. Exodus 4:21 Lit hand ↩
  4. 4. Exodus 4:21 Ex 7:3, 13; 9:12, 35; 10:1, 20, 27; 14:4, 8; Deut 2:30; Josh 11:20; 1 Sam 6:6; Is 63:17; John 12:40; Rom 9:18 ↩
  5. 5. Exodus 4:22 Is 63:16; 64:8; Jer 31:9; Hos 11:1; Rom 9:4 ↩
  6. 6. Exodus 4:23 Ex 5:1; 6:11; 7:16 ↩
  7. 7. Exodus 4:23 Ex 11:5; 12:29; Ps 105:36; 135:8; 136:10 ↩
  8. 8. Exodus 4:24 Num 22:22 ↩
  9. 9. Exodus 4:25 Gen 17:14; Josh 5:2, 3 ↩
  10. 10. Exodus 4:25 Lit made it touch at his feet ↩
  11. 11. Exodus 4:26 Lit with reference to ↩
  12. 12. Exodus 4:27 Ex 4:14 ↩
  13. 13. Exodus 4:27 Ex 3:1; 18:5; 24:13 ↩
  14. 14. Exodus 4:28 Ex 4:15f ↩
  15. 15. Exodus 4:28 Ex 4:8f ↩
  16. 16. Exodus 4:29 Ex 3:16 ↩
  17. 17. Exodus 4:30 Ex 4:15, 16 ↩
  18. 18. Exodus 4:30 Ex 4:1-9 ↩
  19. 19. Exodus 4:31 Ex 3:18; 4:8f; 19:9 ↩
  20. 20. Exodus 4:31 Lit had visited ↩
  21. 21. Exodus 4:31 Gen 50:24; Ex 3:16 ↩
  22. 22. Exodus 4:31 Gen 24:26; Ex 12:27; 1 Chr 29:20 ↩

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