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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Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.
And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(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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