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Exodus 7:2
2You are to say everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his country.
Exodus 7:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall tell Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go out of his land.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall speak all that I command you. And Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to send the children of Israel out of his land.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Tell Aaron everything I command you, and Aaron must command Pharaoh to let the people of Israel leave his country.
Context of Exodus 7:2
1Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet. You are to say everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his country. 3But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in Egypt, 4he will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and with mighty acts of judgment I will bring out my divisions, my people the Israelites.
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אַתָּ֣ה תְדַבֵּ֔ר אֵ֖ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲצַוֶּ֑ךָּ וְאַהֲרֹ֤ן אָחִ֙יךָ֙ יְדַבֵּ֣ר אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֔ה וְשִׁלַּ֥ח אֶת־בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מֵאַרְצֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thou shalt speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
- all that I commandצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
- thee: and Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175
- thy brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
- unto Pharaohפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
- that he sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: let goH7971
- the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- out of his landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
Cross-references for Exodus 7:2
- Exodus 4:15You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do.
- Exodus 6:29he said to him, “I am the Lord. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I tell you.”
- Deuteronomy 4:2Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the Lord your God that I give you.
- 1 Kings 22:14But Micaiah said, “As surely as the Lord lives, I can tell him only what the Lord tells me.”
- Jeremiah 1:7But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you.
- Ezekiel 3:10And he said to me, “Son of man, listen carefully and take to heart all the words I speak to you.
- Matthew 28:20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
- Acts 20:27For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.
Commentaries on Exodus 7:2
- 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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