Bible Strands
Exodus 11:8
And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks through Moses to Pharaoh, declaring that Egyptian officials will soon submit to his command to leave. This declaration follows the announcement of the final plague and precedes Moses’ angry departure from the royal court.
The words — The text highlights וְ/הִשְׁתַּֽחֲוּוּ\־ (ve./hish.ta.cha.vu-) meaning "and they will bow down," paired with צֵ֤א (tze') meaning "go out," marking the forced reversal of royal posture.
The thread — The sequence of prophetic declaration followed by royal reaction appears in Exodus 12:31, where Pharaoh commands Moses to depart, and in Daniel 3:19, where Nebuchadnezzar reacts with rage to defiance. Ezekiel 3:14 records a similar prophetic departure but attributes the anger to the prophet's own spirit rather than a monarch.
Why it lands — The passage demands recognition that human authority ultimately yields to divine command, requiring readers to act decisively when God’s instruction overrides earthly opposition.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
Cross-references
- Exodus 12:31 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.
- Ezekiel 3:14 So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.
- Daniel 3:19 At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,
- Numbers 12:3 Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 29:24 So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’
- Deuteronomy 32:24 They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.
- Judges 4:10 where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.
- Judges 8:5 So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
- 1 Kings 20:10 Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
- 2 Kings 3:9 So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals.