4But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 1-7)Here, I. God encourages Moses to go to Pharaoh, and at last silences all his discouragements. 1. He clothes him with great power and authority (Exod. 7:1): I have made thee a god to Pharaoh ; that is, my representative in this affair, as magistrates are called gods , because they are God’s vicegerents. He was authorized to speak and act in God’s name and stead, and, under the divine direction, was...
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