Exodus 8:25
in Exodus 8Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within this land.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
KJV
And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
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This verse in Exodus 8
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
To your God - Pharaoh now admits the existence and power of the God whom he had professed not to know; but, as Moses is careful to record, he recognizes Him only as the national Deity of the Israelites. In the land - i. e. in Egypt, not beyond the frontier.
This site's exposition
Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land
on Exodus 8:25-26
This is the first of Pharaoh's counteroffers, and every one that follows works the same way, by granting the worship and keeping the people. Sacrifice inside Egypt would leave Israel where it is and turn the service into a licensed local custom, which is the shape of the offers at 10:11 and 10:24 as well. Moses refuses on a practical ground, that what Israel offers is an abomination to the Egyptians, and Genesis 46:34 had already recorded that every shepherd is an abomination unto them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
He and his people not being able to endure this plague of flies any longer; and we read in profane history of such creatures being so troublesome, that people have been obliged to quit their habitations, and seek for new ones; so Pausanias (t) relates of the inhabitants of Myus, that such a number of flies rose out of the lake, that the men were obliged to leave the city, and go to Miletus; so Aelian (u) reports, that the inhabitants of Megara were driven from thence by a multitude of flies, as were the inhabitants of Phaselis by wasps, which creatures also might be in this mixture of insects: and said, go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land; that is, in the land of Goshen, in the place where they were; he was willing to allow them the liberty of sacrificing to their God, which it seems they had before; but then he would not consent they should go out of the land to do it. (t) Achaica, sive l. 7. p. 400. (u) De Animal. l. 11. c. 28.
Note, God can extort a toleration of his worship, even from those that are really enemies to it. Pharaoh, under the smart of the rod, is content they should do sacrifice, and will allow liberty of conscience to God's Israel, even in his own land.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Pharaoh called for Moses, . . . Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land, &c.--Between impatient anxiety to be freed from this scourge and a reluctance on the part of the Hebrew bondsmen, the king followed the course of expediency; he proposed to let them free to engage in their religious rites within any part of the kingdom.
Sacrifice to your God in the land - That is, Ye shall not leave Egypt, but I shall cause your worship to be tolerated here.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקְרָ֣א | vaiyikra' | and he summoned | H7121 → | 733 times |
| פַרְעֹ֔ה | faroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | <to> | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֖ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| וּֽלְאַהֲרֹ֑ן | uleaharon | and <to> Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לְכ֛וּ | lekhu | go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| זִבְח֥וּ | zivchu | sacrifice | H2076 → | 134 times |
| לֵֽאלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם | leloheikhem | to God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ | baaretz | in the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
וַיִּקְרָ֣אand he summoned
vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times
פַרְעֹ֔הPharaoh
farohH6547 →274 times
אֶל־<to>
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מֹשֶׁ֖הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
וּֽלְאַהֲרֹ֑ןand <to> Aaron
uleaharonH175 →347 times
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
לְכ֛וּgo
lekhuH1980 →1546 times
זִבְח֥וּsacrifice
zivchuH2076 →134 times
לֵֽאלֹהֵיכֶ֖םto God your
leloheikhemH430 →2601 times
בָּאָֽרֶץ׃in the land
baaretzH776 →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
Revelation 3:9Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know…
it leads to
- Isaiah 60:14
The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy…
- Revelation 2:9
I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
- Isaiah 49:23
Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD;…
- Isaiah 45:14
This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge…
- Isaiah 43:4
Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.
- Isaiah 60:14
Through
Exodus 8:8Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the…
it leads to
- Exodus 10:17
Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”
- Exodus 9:28
Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”
- Exodus 10:17
Through
Exodus 9:27Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
it leads to
- Psalms 129:4
The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.
- Psalms 129:4
About Exodus
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.