Exodus 7:4

2 You ^ashall speak all that I command you. And Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to send the children of Israel out of his land.

3 And ^aI will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and ^bmultiply My ^csigns and My wonders in the land of Egypt.

4 But ^aPharaoh will not heed you, so ^bthat I may lay My hand on Egypt and bring My¹ armies and My people, the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt ^cby great judgments.

5 And the Egyptians ^ashall know that I am the Lord, when I ^bstretch out My hand on Egypt and ^cbring out the children of Israel from among them.”

6 Then Moses and Aaron ^adid so; just as the Lord commanded them, so they did.

7 And Moses was ^aeighty years old and ^bAaron eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.

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Exodus 7:4

God laid His hands on Egypt in divine judgment by sending plagues. When trying a blasphemer, each witness placed his hands upon the guilty person to signify his acceptance of the verdict. Conversely, when a victim was spared death—as when God commanded Abraham not to sacrifice Isaac or when He allowed the leaders of Israel to see Him without dying—mercy is described as hands not being laid on the spared victim.

Martin G. Collins
Basic Doctrines: The Laying On of Hands

Related Topics: Basic Doctrines | Doctrines, Basic | Laying On of Hands | Mercy | Plagues of Egypt

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