New Living Translation
Exodus 7:6
6So Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had 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
4Even then Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you. So I will bring down my fist on Egypt. Then I will rescue my forces—my people, the Israelites—from the land of Egypt with great acts of judgment. 5When I raise my powerful hand and bring out the Israelites, the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” So Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded them. 7Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three when they made their demands to Pharaoh. 8Then the 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 6:2And God said to Moses, “I am Yahweh—‘the Lord.’
- Exodus 12:28So the people of Israel did just as the Lord had commanded through Moses and Aaron.
- Exodus 39:43Then Moses inspected all their work. When he found it had been done just as the Lord had commanded him, he blessed them.
- Exodus 40:16Moses proceeded to do everything just as the Lord had commanded him.
- Genesis 6:22So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.
- Genesis 22:18And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed—all because you have obeyed me.”
- Psalms 119:4You have charged us to keep your commandments carefully.
- John 15:10When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey 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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