Exodus 4
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Exodus 4:21-31

21And the 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, ‘ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH3068 saysH559: “5IsraelH3478 is My sonH1121, My firstbornH1060. 23So I saidH559 to you, ‘6LetH7971 My sonH1121 goH7971 so that he may serveH5647 Me’; but you have refusedH3985 to letH7971 him goH7971. BeholdH2009, 7I am going to killH2026 your sonH1121, your firstbornH1060.”’”

24But it cameH1961 aboutH1961 at the overnightH4411 encampmentH4411 on the wayH1870, that the LordH3068 metH6298 8Moses, and 9soughtH1245 to putH4191 him toH4191 deathH4191. 25So ZipporahH6855 tookH3947 10a flintH6864 and cutH3772 offH3772 her son’sH1121 foreskinH6190 and 11threwH5060 it at Moses’ feetH7272; and she saidH559, “You are indeedH3588 a groomH2860 of bloodH1818 to me!” 26So He leftH7503 him aloneH7503. At that timeH227 she saidH559, “You are a groomH2860 of bloodH1818”--12because of the circumcisionH4139.

2713Now the LordH3068 saidH559 to AaronH175, “GoH1980 to meetH7122 MosesH4872 in the wildernessH4057.” So he wentH1980 and metH6298 him at the 14mountainH2022 of GodH430 and kissedH5401 him. 2815MosesH4872 toldH5046 AaronH175 allH3605 the wordsH1697 of the LordH3068 with whichH834 He had sentH7971 him, and 16allH3605 the signsH226 that He had commandedH6680 him to do. 29Then MosesH4872 and AaronH175 wentH1980 and 17assembledH622 allH3605 the eldersH2205 of the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478; 30and 18AaronH175 spokeH1696 allH3605 the wordsH1697 whichH834 the LordH3068 had spokenH1696 to MosesH4872. He then performedH6213 the 19signsH226 in the sightH5869 of the peopleH5971. 31So 20the peopleH5971 believedH539; and when they heardH8085 that the LordH3068 2122was concernedH6485 about the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 and that He had seenH7200 their afflictionH6040, 23they bowedH6915 lowH6915 and worshipedH2331.

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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 Lit him ↩
  9. 9. Exodus 4:24 Num 22:22 ↩
  10. 10. Exodus 4:25 Gen 17:14; Josh 5:2, 3 ↩
  11. 11. Exodus 4:25 Lit made it touch at his feet ↩
  12. 12. Exodus 4:26 Lit with reference to ↩
  13. 13. Exodus 4:27 Ex 4:14 ↩
  14. 14. Exodus 4:27 Ex 3:1; 18:5; 24:13 ↩
  15. 15. Exodus 4:28 Ex 4:15f ↩
  16. 16. Exodus 4:28 Ex 4:8f ↩
  17. 17. Exodus 4:29 Ex 3:16 ↩
  18. 18. Exodus 4:30 Ex 4:15, 16 ↩
  19. 19. Exodus 4:30 Ex 4:1-9 ↩
  20. 20. Exodus 4:31 Ex 3:18; 4:8f; 19:9 ↩
  21. 21. Exodus 4:31 Lit had visited ↩
  22. 22. Exodus 4:31 Gen 50:24; Ex 3:16 ↩
  23. 23. Exodus 4:31 Gen 24:26; Ex 12:27; 1 Chr 29:20 ↩

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