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Exodus 9:1

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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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

KJV

Then the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

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This verse in Exodus 9

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

The Lord God of the Hebrews - It is very likely that the term Lord, יויה Yehovah, is used here to point out particularly his eternal power and Godhead; and that the term God, אלהי Elohey, is intended to be understood in the sense of Supporter, Defender, Protector, etc. Thus saith the self-existent, omnipotent, and eternal Being, the Supporter and Defender of the Hebrews, “Let my people go, that they may worship me.”

This site's exposition

Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him

on Exodus 9:1-2

The fifth plague opens with the summons into the palace, which is the middle slot in each of the three groups of three: a warning at the water in the morning, a warning in the palace, then a stroke with no warning at all. The demand is the one Moses has carried since 4:23, freedom for a purpose, and let my people go, that they may serve me falls seven times in the book at 4:23, 7:16, 8:1, 8:20, 9:1, 9:13 and 10:3. The Hebrew root behind serve is the root Exodus 1:13 and 1:14 use five times over for the bondage, so the question between God and Pharaoh is whom Israel will serve rather than whether Israel will serve.

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.

  • וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָה֙Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • בֹּ֖אgo

    bo'H935 →2568 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • פַּרְעֹ֑הPharaoh

    parohH6547 →274 times

  • וְדִבַּרְתָּ֣and you will say

    vedibartaH1696 →1141 times

  • אֵלָ֗יוto him

    ʾelavH413 →5510 times

  • כֹּֽה־thus

    koh-H3541 →577 times

  • אָמַ֤רhe says

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָה֙Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of

    ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

  • הָֽעִבְרִ֔יםthe Hebrews

    haivrimH5680 →34 times

  • שַׁלַּ֥חlet go

    shalachH7971 →845 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 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

9 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 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.’11 worksExodus 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.6 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.5 worksExodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.4 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.3 worksExodus 8:20Then 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.3 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Corinthians 11:22Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.3 worksExodus 4:22–23Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,2 worksExodus 5:1After that, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”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 8:20

    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…

    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…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • 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…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • 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 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 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,…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 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.”

  • Through

    Exodus 10:3

    So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people…

    it leads to

    • 1 Peter 5:6

      Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.

    • James 4:10

      Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

    • 1 Kings 21:29

      “Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house…

About Exodus

The Fifth Plague. Livestock Disease — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Fifth Plague. Livestock Disease — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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