Exodus 10:28
in Exodus 10“Depart from me!” Pharaoh said to Moses. “Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in the day thou seest my face thou shalt die.
KJV
And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.
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This verse in Exodus 10
Commentary
6 notes on this verseSee my face no more - Hitherto Pharaoh had left the way open for negotiation; but now, in wrath against Jehovah, he dismisses his ambassador, and threatens him with death if he should attempt any more to come into his presence.
This site's exposition
and he would not let them go
on Exodus 10:27-29
Pharaoh ends the audience with a threat of death, see my face no more, and Moses takes the words as settled, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more. Chapter 11 verses 4 to 8 have Moses speaking to Pharaoh again and going out from him in a great anger, and readers differ over it: Adam Clarke takes those words as spoken at this same interview, while others read them as a later meeting. Either way the bargaining is over, and what comes next is announced to Pharaoh rather than negotiated with him.
This site's exposition
Make sure you never see my face again
Pharaoh ends the talks in anger and threatens Moses with death if he comes before him again. After nine plagues the king shuts the door on further dealings. Adam Clarke observes that Pharaoh had kept the way open for negotiation until now, and here dismisses the ambassador of the LORD.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And Pharaoh said unto him,....
Had he not found that Moses could plague him without seeing his face? Or had he forgotten how often he had sent for Moses as his physician to heal him and ease him of his plagues? and must he now be bidden to come near him no more? To threaten him with death who was armed with such a power, and at whose mercy he had so often laid himself.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
See my face no more - Hitherto Pharaoh had left the way open for negotiation; but now, in wrath against Jehovah, he dismisses his ambassador, and threatens him with death if he should attempt any more to come into his presence.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ | vaiyomer- | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| ל֥וֹ | lo | to <the> him | ||
| פַרְעֹ֖ה | faroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| לֵ֣ךְ | lekh | go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| מֵעָלָ֑י | mealai | from with <the> me | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הִשָּׁ֣מֶר | hishamer | take heed | H8104 → | 468 times |
| לְךָ֗ | lekha | to <the> yourself | ||
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| תֹּ֙סֶף֙ | tosef | may you repeat | H3254 → | 212 times |
| רְא֣וֹת | reot | to see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| פָּנַ֔י | panai | face my | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| כִּ֗י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| בְּי֛וֹם | beyom | on [the] day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| רְאֹתְךָ֥ | reotekha | seeing you | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| פָנַ֖י | fanai | face my | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| תָּמֽוּת׃ | tamut | you will die | H4191 → | 839 times |
וַיֹּֽאמֶר־and he said
vaiyomer-H559 →5305 times
ל֥וֹto <the> him
lo
פַרְעֹ֖הPharaoh
farohH6547 →274 times
לֵ֣ךְgo
lekhH1980 →1546 times
מֵעָלָ֑יfrom with <the> me
mealaiH5921 →5755 times
הִשָּׁ֣מֶרtake heed
hishamerH8104 →468 times
לְךָ֗to <the> yourself
lekha
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
תֹּ֙סֶף֙may you repeat
tosefH3254 →212 times
רְא֣וֹתto see
reotH7200 →1300 times
פָּנַ֔יface my
panaiH6440 →2123 times
כִּ֗יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
בְּי֛וֹםon [the] day
beyomH3117 →2304 times
רְאֹתְךָ֥seeing you
reotekhaH7200 →1300 times
פָנַ֖יface my
fanaiH6440 →2123 times
תָּמֽוּת׃you will die
tamutH4191 →839 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Amos 7:13But never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”
it leads to
- 1 Kings 12:32
And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to…
- Amos 2:12
“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
- 1 Kings 12:29
One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.
- 1 Kings 13:1
Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 12:32
Through
2 Chronicles 16:10Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 18:26
and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
- Job 20:19
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
- Jeremiah 51:34
“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies…
- 2 Samuel 12:31
David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all…
- 2 Chronicles 18:26
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.