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Exodus 7:7
7Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Exodus 7:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
- New International Version (NIV)Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Context of Exodus 7:7
5The Egyptians will know that I am Adonai, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt, and bring out Bnei-Yisrael from among them.” 6So Moses and Aaron did as Adonai commanded them. Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh. 8Adonai told Moses and Aaron, 9“When Pharaoh speaks to you saying, ‘Prove yourselves with a miracle,’ then you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and cast it down before Pharaoh, so that it may become a serpent.’”
Read all of Exodus 7Exodus 7:7 word by word
וּמֹשֶׁה֙ בֶּן־שְׁמֹנִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וְאַֽהֲרֹ֔ן בֶּן־שָׁלֹ֥שׁ וּשְׁמֹנִ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה בְּדַבְּרָ֖ם אֶל־פַּרְעֹֽה׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
- fourscoreשְׁמֹנִיםshemônîym shemônîym · eightyH8084
- yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
- oldבֵּןbên · son: agedH1121
- and Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175
- and threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
- when they spakeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
- unto Pharaohפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
Cross-references for Exodus 7:7
- Exodus 2:23Now it came about over the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. Bnei-Yisrael groaned because of their slavery. They cried out and their cry from slavery went up to God.
- Genesis 41:46Now Joseph was 30 years old when he began serving as representative of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Joseph went out from Pharaoh’s presence and passed throughout the whole land of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 29:5Bread you have not eaten and wine and strong drink you have not drunk—in order that you may know that I am Adonai your God.
- Deuteronomy 31:2He said to them, “I am 120 years old today. I am no longer able to go out and come in. Adonai has said to me, ‘You are not to cross over this Jordan.’
- Deuteronomy 34:7Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eye was not dim nor his vigor gone.
- Psalms 90:10The span of our years is seventy —or with strength, eighty— yet at best they are trouble and sorrow. For they are soon gone, and we fly away.
- Acts 7:23“When he was approaching forty years of age, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, Bnei-Yisrael.
Commentaries on Exodus 7:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Moses was fourscore years old - He was forty years old when he went to Midian, and he had tarried forty years in Midian; (see Exodus 2:11, and Acts 7:30;); and from this verse it appears that Aaron was three years older than Moses. We have already seen that Miriam their sister was older than either, Exodus 2:4.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7Although 80 years might seem old to us, it was not especially old in Moses and Aaron’s family line. Their ancestors often lived between 130 and 140 years (see 6:16, 18, 20).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Moses was fourscore years old--This advanced age was a pledge that they had not been readily betrayed into a rash or hazardous enterprise, and that under its attendant infirmities they could not have carried through the work on which they were entering had they not been supported by a divine hand.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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