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Exodus 10:1
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD addresses Moses, commanding him to approach Pharaoh after the initial plagues have begun but before the full sequence of signs is completed.
The words — The Hebrew כִּֽי (ki) translates literally as "for," supplying the causal ground for the command. The imperative בֹּא (bo) means "go" or "enter," directing Moses toward the Egyptian court.
The thread — The linkage between divine hardening and miraculous signs appears in Exodus 4:21, Exodus 3:20, and Exodus 7:13, where God repeatedly ties Pharaoh’s resistance to the display of His power.
Why it lands — The text states that the coming signs will reveal God’s identity to both Egyptians and Israel, requiring the reader to accept that political opposition serves a revelatory purpose under divine control.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:
Cross-references
- Exodus 4:21 The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
- Exodus 3:20 So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them. And after that, he will release you.
- Exodus 7:13 Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
- Romans 9:17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
- Exodus 7:4 Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 9:16 But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
- Exodus 9:27 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
- Exodus 9:34 When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart—he and his officials.
- Exodus 14:17 And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. Then I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army and chariots and horsemen.
- Exodus 15:14 The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.