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Exodus 8:20

in Exodus 8

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

KJV

And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

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This verse in Exodus 8

Commentary

2 notes on this verse
Cometh forth to the water - See the Exo 7:15 note. It is not improbable that on this occasion Pharaoh went to the Nile with a procession in order to open the solemn festival, which was held 120 days after the first rise, at the end of October or early in November. At that time the inundation is abating and the first traces of vegetation are seen on the deposit of fresh soil. The plague now announced may be regarded as connected with the atmosphere, also an object of worship.

This site's exposition

Rise up early in the morning

on Exodus 8:20-21

The fourth plague opens the second set of three with the same staging as the first, at the water in the morning, where 7:15 sent Moses to meet Pharaoh going out to the river. The purpose clause returns word for word, let my people go, that they may serve me. Swarms fill the houses and the ground under them, and the King James italics show that the Hebrew names only swarms, with the word flies supplied by the translators.

The words behind it

20 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.

  • וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָ֜הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֗הMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • הַשְׁכֵּ֤םrise early

    hashkemH7925 →65 times

  • בַּבֹּ֙קֶר֙in the morning

    babokerH1242 →214 times

  • וְהִתְיַצֵּב֙and present yourself

    vehityatzevH3320 →48 times

  • לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • פַרְעֹ֔הPharaoh

    farohH6547 →274 times

  • הִנֵּ֖הthere!

    hinehH2009 →843 times

  • יוֹצֵ֣א[he is] going out

    yotze'H3318 →1067 times

  • הַמָּ֑יְמָהthe water towards

    hamayemahH4325 →581 times

  • וְאָמַרְתָּ֣and you will say

    veamartaH559 →5305 times

  • אֵלָ֗יוto him

    ʾelavH413 →5510 times

  • כֹּ֚הthus

    kohH3541 →577 times

  • אָמַ֣רhe says

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • שַׁלַּ֥חlet go

    shalachH7971 →845 times

  • עַמִּ֖יpeople my

    ʾamiH5971 →1873 times

  • וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי׃so they may serve me

    veyaavduniH5647 →288 times

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

Related verses

8 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 7:15Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.6 worksExodus 2:5Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.6 worksExodus 9:13Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.5 worksExodus 9:1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.3 worksExodus 8:1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.2 worksExodus 3:18The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
Exodus 7:16Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But you have not listened until now.2 worksJeremiah 25:3“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.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 3:18

    The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with…

    it leads to

    • Exodus 9:1

      Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Exodus 7:16

      Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But you have not…

    • Exodus 10:24–26

      Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”

    • Exodus 9:13

      Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go,…

    • Numbers 23:15–16

      Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.”

  • Through

    Exodus 8:1

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 3:18

      The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with…

    • Exodus 3:12

      “I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will…

  • Through

    Exodus 9:13

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go,…

    it leads to

    • Exodus 7:15

      Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was…

About Exodus

The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 8 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.

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