Exodus 5:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 5:1

First Encounter with Pharaoh

1 Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Let My people go, that they may¹ hold ^aa feast to Me in the wilderness.’ ”

2 And Pharaoh said, ^a“Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, ^bnor will I let Israel go.”

3 So they said, ^a“The God of the Hebrews has ^bmet with us. Please, let us go three days’ journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest He fall upon us with ^cpestilence or with the sword.”

4 Then the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people from their work? Get back to your ^alabor.”

5 And Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are ^amany now, and you make them rest from their labor!”

6 So the same day Pharaoh commanded the ^ataskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,

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Definitions of words in Exodus 5:1:

Aaron {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Aaron {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Aaron {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Go {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Hold {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Hold {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Israel {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Israel {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Israel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Let {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Moses {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Moses {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Moses {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

People {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Pharaoh {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Pharaoh {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Pharaoh {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Wilderness {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Wilderness {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Feast {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

God {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Lord {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Other definition entries containing Exodus 5:1:

Exodus, Book of {Easton's}

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