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Exodus 6:27
Moses and Aaron were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt in order to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text identifies Moses and Aaron as the designated speakers who addressed Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to execute the command to deliver the Israelites. This declaration occurs immediately after the Lord’s instruction to bring the Israelites out by their divisions and directly precedes the Lord’s speech to Moses in Egypt.
The words — The Hebrew הַמְדַבְּרִים (ha-m'dabberim) translates to "the ones speaking," isolating Moses and Aaron as the active agents. The phrase לְהוֹצִיא (le-hotsi') means "to bring out," specifying the exact objective of their address to the Egyptian ruler.
The thread — The same commission appears in Exodus 5:1, where they first approach Pharaoh with the Lord’s demand, and is reiterated in Exodus 6:13 and Exodus 6:26. Each reference ties their spoken words directly to the physical extraction of the Israelites from Egypt.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to note that divine instruction is channeled through specific human agents who confront political authority. It demands recognition that the purpose of their speech is strictly the removal of the Israelites from Egyptian control.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.
Cross-references
- Exodus 5:1 After that, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”
- Exodus 6:13 Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge concerning both the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 6:26 It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.”
- Exodus 7:10 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.
- Exodus 32:7 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.
- Exodus 33:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’
- Psalms 77:20 You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
- Micah 6:4 For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.