New English Translation
Exodus 7:6
6And Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as the Lord commanded them.
Exodus 7:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, so did they.
- New International Version (NIV)Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord commanded them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as the Lord commanded them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Moses and Aaron did so; just as the Lord commanded them, so they did.
Context of Exodus 7:6
4Pharaoh will not listen to you. I will reach into Egypt and bring out my regiments, my people the Israelites, from the land of Egypt with great acts of judgment. 5Then the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord, when I extend my hand over Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them. And Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as the Lord commanded them. 7Now Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh. 8The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
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וַיַּ֥עַשׂ מֹשֶׁ֖ה וְאַהֲרֹ֑ן כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה אֹתָ֖ם כֵּ֥ן עָשֽׂוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Exodus 7:6
- Exodus 6:2God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord.
- Exodus 12:28and the Israelites went away and did exactly as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.
- Exodus 39:43Moses inspected all the work – and they had done it just as the Lord had commanded – they had done it exactly – and Moses blessed them.
- Exodus 40:16This is what Moses did, according to all the Lord had commanded him – so he did.
- Genesis 6:22And Noah did all that God commanded him – he did indeed.
- Genesis 22:18Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.’”
- Psalms 119:4You demand that your precepts be carefully kept.
- John 15:10If you obey my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.
Commentaries on Exodus 7:6
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-7In this final scene before the rescue begins, the Lord again answered the fear that Moses had about not speaking well. God allowed Moses to speak through Aaron (see 4:16). Even so, Pharaoh would still refuse to listen. The outcome did not depend on the ability of Moses to speak. It depended on God’s power. Moses and Aaron obeyed God’s command. They acted in faith and went forward as he directed. The first crisis had now passed (see study note on 5:22–23) .Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-251. the Lord said unto Moses--He is here encouraged to wait again on the king--not, however, as formerly, in the attitude of a humble suppliant, but now armed with credentials as God's ambassador, and to make his demand in a tone and manner which no earthly monarch or court ever witnessed. I have made thee a god--"made," that is, set, appointed; "a god"; that is, he was to act in this business as God's representative, to act and speak in His name and to…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 7
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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