Exodus 6:11
in Exodus 6“Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his land.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
KJV
Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
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This verse in Exodus 6
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Go out of his land - Moses is now bidden to demand not a permission for a three days’ journey (Exo 3:18 note), which might be within the boundaries of Egypt, but for departure from the land.
This site's exposition
And the Lord spake unto Moses
on Exodus 6:10-11
The demand put to Pharaoh changes at this point. At 3:18 and again at 5:3 the request was a three days road into the wilderness to sacrifice, and now it is that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. Albert Barnes marks the shift, since a three days road could have been kept inside Egypt's own borders and a departure from the land cannot.
This site's exposition
to let the Israelites go out of his land
The charge to Moses is renewed after the setback of chapter 5. The demand is now full departure from Pharaoh's land, where 3:18 asked for three days in the wilderness. Albert Barnes notes this change, since the earlier request might have been met within the borders of Egypt.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Go in,....
Those that have often been called in vain to leave their sins must yet be called again and again, whether they will hear or whether they will forbear, Ezek. iii. God is said to hew sinners by his prophets ( Hos. vi. 5 ), which denotes the repetition of the strokes.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Even the faith of Moses himself was faltering; and he would have abandoned the enterprise in despair had he not received a positive command from God to revisit the people without delay, and at the same time renew their demand on the king in a more decisive and peremptory tone.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
AND THE ETERNAL SPOKE UNTO MOSES ‘LEIMOR’ (SAYING). The commentators. R’dak in his Book of Roots, under the root amar (saying). said that throughout the entire Torah, the word leimor means “saying to Israel,” the purport thereof being that G-d said to Moses, “Say these, My words, to Israel.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
BEHOLD, THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAVE NOT HEARKENED UNTO ME because You have done nothing [for Israel] so that my words should be acceptable to them. AND HOW THEN SHALL PHARAOH HEAR ME?
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בֹּ֣א | bo' | go | H935 → | 2568 times |
| דַבֵּ֔ר | daber | speak | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| פַּרְעֹ֖ה | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| מִצְרָ֑יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| וִֽישַׁלַּ֥ח | vishalach | so he may let go | H7971 → | 845 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּנֵֽי־ | benei- | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| מֵאַרְצֽוֹ׃ | meartzo | from land his | H776 → | 2504 times |
בֹּ֣אgo
bo'H935 →2568 times
דַבֵּ֔רspeak
daberH1696 →1141 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
פַּרְעֹ֖הPharaoh
parohH6547 →274 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
מִצְרָ֑יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
וִֽישַׁלַּ֥חso he may let go
vishalachH7971 →845 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בְּנֵֽי־[the] people of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
מֵאַרְצֽוֹ׃from land his
meartzoH776 →2504 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
Exodus 7:1The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
it leads to
- Exodus 4:15–16
You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
- Psalms 82:6
I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’
- John 10:35–36
If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—
- Jeremiah 1:10
See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
- Exodus 4:15–16
Through
Exodus 3:10Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
it leads to
- Micah 6:4
For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.
- 1 Samuel 12:6
Then Samuel said to the people, “The LORD is the One who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
- Psalms 105:26
He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.
- Isaiah 63:11–12
Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His…
- Micah 6:4
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.