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Exodus 6:26

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It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom Jehovah said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.

KJV

These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the Lord said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.

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This verse in Exodus 6

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

According to their armies - צבאתם tsibotham, their battalions - regularly arranged troops. As God had these particularly under his care and direction, he had the name of יהוה צבאות Yehovah tsebaoth, Lord of hosts or armies. “The plain and disinterested manner,” says Dr. Dodd, “in which Moses speaks here of his relations, and the impartiality wherewith he inserts in the list of them such as were afterwards severely punished by the Lord, are striking proofs of his modesty and sincerity.

This site's exposition

These are that Aaron and Moses

on Exodus 6:26-27

The two verses name the pair in both orders, Aaron first here and Moses first at the end of verse 27, and the genealogy closes by pointing at two men rather than at a tribe. According to their armies uses tsaba, a word for troops drawn up in order, and it returns for the people who march out at 12:41 and 12:51. Adam Clarke connects the word to the divine title Lord of hosts.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

These are that Aaron and Moses,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

This emphatic repetition shows the reason for inserting the genealogy. The names of Moses and Aaron are given twice and in a different order; used in Exo 6:26 probably to mark Aaron as the older in the genealogy, and used in Exo 6:27 to denote the leadership of Moses.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • ה֥וּאthat

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

  • אַהֲרֹ֖ןAaron

    ʾaharonH175 →347 times

  • וּמֹשֶׁ֑הand Moses

    umoshehH4872 →765 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רwhom

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • אָמַ֤רhe said

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָה֙Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • לָהֶ֔םto <the> them

    lahem

  • הוֹצִ֜יאוּbring out

    hotziuH3318 →1067 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בְּנֵ֧י[the] people of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • מֵאֶ֥רֶץfrom [the] land of

    meeretzH776 →2504 times

  • מִצְרַ֖יִםEgypt

    mitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • צִבְאֹתָֽם׃hosts their

    tzivotamH6635 →485 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Exodus 12:51And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.6 worksExodus 7:4Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.6 worksExodus 12:17So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come.6 worksExodus 6:13Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge concerning both the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.5 worksNumbers 33:1These are the journeys of the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.4 works1 Samuel 12:6Then 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.4 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Acts 7:35–36This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.3 works1 Samuel 12:8When Jacob went to Egypt, your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He sent them Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.3 worksGenesis 2:1Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.3 worksPsalms 99:6Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.3 worksExodus 32:7Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.3 worksExodus 6:7I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.3 worksExodus 3:10–11Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”3 worksExodus 32:1Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”3 worksExodus 32:11But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?3 worksJoshua 24:5Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and afterward I brought you out.3 worksMicah 6:4For 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.3 worksExodus 13:18So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt arrayed for battle.3 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 12:51

    And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 12:41

      At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Exodus 7:4

    Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land…

    it leads to

    • Exodus 12:51

      And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Exodus 11:9

      The LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”

    • Exodus 6:6

      Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched…

  • Through

    Numbers 33:1

    These are the journeys of the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 77:20

      You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

    • 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.

  • Through

    Exodus 6:13

    Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge concerning both the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.

    it leads to

    • 2 Timothy 4:1

      I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:

    • 1 Timothy 6:13

      I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:

Where this verse is studied

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About Exodus

The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 6 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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