Exodus 4:23 KJV — MannaFest

Exodus 4:23

And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

KJV

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ASV

and I have said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and thou hast refused to let him go: behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born.

WEB

and I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son!’”

YLT

and I say unto thee, Send away My son, and he doth serve Me; and--thou dost refuse to send him away--lo, I am slaying thy son, thy first-born.'

DBT

And I say to thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me. And if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will kill thy son, thy firstborn.

About this book

Old Testament

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Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.

Author: Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
Date: 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus

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Cross-references

11 verses on the floor

Exodus 12:29
And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Exodus 11:5
And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
Psalms 105:36
He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
Psalms 135:8
Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.
Exodus 5:1
And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Words5

Word trails from this verse

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

EXO 4:23EXO 12:29 PSA 78:51
Reached by 4 independent paths from here.
EXO 4:23EXO 12:29 PSA 136:10
Reached by 4 independent paths from here.
EXO 4:23EXO 12:29 PSA 135:8
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EXO 4:23EXO 12:29 PSA 105:36
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EXO 4:23EXO 12:29 EXO 11:4-5
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EXO 4:23EXO 11:5 EXO 13:15
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EXO 4:23EXO 5:1 EXO 10:9
EXO 4:23EXO 5:1 ACT 4:29

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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