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Exodus 6:29

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He said to him, “I am the LORD; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I say to you.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

that Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, I am Jehovah: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak unto thee.

KJV

That the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, I am the Lord: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.

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This verse in Exodus 6

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

And it came to pass on the day when the Lord spake unto Moses

on Exodus 6:28-30

The narrative picks up where verse 13 left it, and Moses raises the same objection in the same words he had used at verse 12. Adam Clarke held that the chapter should have ended at verse 27, since verse 30 runs straight into the answer given at 7:1. The book has now recorded his objections at 3:11, 4:1, 4:10, 4:13, verse 12 and here, and the plagues begin with the argument still open.

This site's exposition

tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I say to you

The LORD restates His name and His charge in brief. The words I am the LORD ground the command, and Moses must pass on everything he is told. Adam Clarke, on verse 14, reads the passage from verse 28 onward as a recapitulation of what was spoken in the earlier chapters.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

): Speak all that I say unto thee, as a faithful ambassador. Note, Those that go on God's errand must not shun to declare the whole counsel of God. His objection against it,

quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation+unbalanced-parens

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, I am the Lord,.... See Exo 6:2, speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee; that he let Israel go; and that in case of refusal, that he would punish him and his people with this and the other plague, one after another, and at last slay him and their firstborn.

The words behind it

18 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.

  • וַיְדַבֵּ֧רand he spoke

    vaydaberH1696 →1141 times

  • יְהוָ֛הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֥הMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • לֵּאמֹ֖ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • אֲנִ֣יI

    ʾaniH589 →874 times

  • יְהוָ֑ה[am] Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • דַּבֵּ֗רspeak

    daberH1696 →1141 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • פַּרְעֹה֙Pharaoh

    parohH6547 →274 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • מִצְרַ֔יִםEgypt

    mitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • אֵ֛ת<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רthat

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • אֲנִ֖יI

    ʾaniH589 →874 times

  • דֹּבֵ֥ר[am] speaking

    doverH1696 →1141 times

  • אֵלֶֽיךָ׃to you

    ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times

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

Related verses

15 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 6:11“Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his land.”5 worksExodus 7:2You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.5 worksExodus 6:2God also told Moses, “I am the LORD.4 worksExodus 6:6Therefore 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 arm and with mighty acts of judgment.3 worksExodus 6:8And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”3 worksEzekiel 2:6–7But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though they are a rebellious house.2 works
The other 9 cross-references, with their words ▾
Ezekiel 3:17“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.2 worksJeremiah 26:2“This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.2 worksJeremiah 1:7–8But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.2 worksJeremiah 23:28Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.2 worksEzekiel 3:11Go to your people, the exiles; speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ whether they listen or refuse to listen.”2 worksActs 20:27For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.2 worksMatthew 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”2 worksJeremiah 1:17–19Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.2 worksLeviticus 18:5Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.2 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 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…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 26:8

      Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.

    • 1 Chronicles 17:21

      And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by…

    • 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…

    • Deuteronomy 7:8

      But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand…

    • Nehemiah 1:10

      They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand.

  • Through

    Exodus 6:8

    And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”

    it leads to

    • Genesis 26:3

      Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath…

    • Genesis 15:18

      On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

    • Ezekiel 20:5–6

      and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to…

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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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