Exodus 8:20 BSB — MannaFest

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 My people go, so that they may worship Me.

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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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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יְהוָ֜ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
מֹשֶׁ֗ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
הַשְׁכֵּ֤ם	hash.Kem	rise early	H7925 →
בַּבֹּ֙קֶר֙	ba.Bo.ker	in the morning	H1242 →
וְהִתְיַצֵּב֙	ve.hit.ya.Tzev	and present yourself	H3320 →
לִפְנֵ֣י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
פַרְעֹ֔ה	far.'Oh	Pharaoh	H6547 →
הִנֵּ֖ה	hi.Neh	there!	H2009 →
יוֹצֵ֣א	yo.Tze'	[he is] going out	H3318 →
הַמָּ֑יְמָה	ha.Ma.ye.mah	the water towards	H4325 →
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣	ve.'a.mar.Ta	and you will say	H559 →
אֵלָ֗יו	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
כֹּ֚ה	koh	thus	H3541 →
אָמַ֣ר	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
שַׁלַּ֥ח	sha.Lach	let go	H7971 →
עַמִּ֖י	'a.Mi	people my	H5971 →
וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי׃	ve.Ya.'av.Du.ni	so they may serve me	H5647 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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…
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 independent 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.
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,…
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…