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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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks to Moses at the burning bush, detailing the impending judgment on Egypt that will compel Pharaoh to release the Israelites.
The words — וְ/שָׁלַחְתִּי (ve./sha.lach.Ti) translates literally as "and I will stretch out," paired with וְ/הִכֵּיתִי (ve./hi.kei.Ti), "and I will strike," establishing God's direct, forceful intervention.
The thread — The theme of divine wonders striking Egypt recurs in Exodus 9:15, Deuteronomy 6:22, and Acts 7:36, where the same judgments are recounted as historical fulfillment.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that liberation follows divine action, not human negotiation, requiring the reader to expect God to act before any release occurs.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.
Cross-references
- Acts 7:36 He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
- Exodus 9:15 For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the earth.
- Deuteronomy 6:22 Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household.
- Nehemiah 9:10 You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.
- Exodus 6:6 Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
- 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.
- 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.
- Psalms 105:27 They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
- Genesis 15:14 But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
- Exodus 6:1 But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”