Bible Strands
Exodus 4:29
Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the Israelites,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — After Moses relays God’s instructions to Aaron, the two brothers physically go to gather the Israelite elders to begin the public phase of their commission.
The words — וַ/יֵּ֥לֶךְ (va/i.Ye.lekh) translates “and he went,” and וַ/יַּ֣אַסְפ֔וּ (va/i.Ya.'as.Fu) translates “and they gathered,” documenting the commanded movement and assembly of the community leaders.
The thread — This action fulfills the earlier directive to assemble the elders (Exodus 3:16) and immediately precedes Aaron’s relay of God’s words and Moses’ public sign demonstrations (Exodus 4:30), paralleling the later gathering of Moses, Aaron, and the seventy elders (Exodus 24:1).
Why it lands — It requires the reader to see that divine mandate transitions from private instruction to public execution through established community authority, demanding readiness to witness the forthcoming signs.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:
Cross-references
- Exodus 3:16 Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.
- Exodus 24:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.
- Exodus 24:11 But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.