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Exodus 7:3
But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Moses regarding the impending confrontation with Pharaoh in Egypt. This declaration follows the direct command for Moses and Aaron to deliver the release message to the Egyptian ruler.
The words — The verb אַקְשֶׁה ('akSheh) literally means "I will make stubborn," directly describing God's action toward Pharaoh's heart. The verb הִרְבֵּיתִי (hirbeiti) translates as "I will multiply," specifying the increase of divine signs.
The thread — This pattern of divine hardening paired with multiplied wonders recurs in Exodus 4:21 and Exodus 11:9, where Pharaoh's refusal and God's escalating judgments are explicitly linked. Psalm 78:43 later references these same signs performed in Egypt and the fields of Zoan.
Why it lands — The text states that God will harden Pharaoh's heart to multiply His signs before executing judgment. It requires the reader to acknowledge that divine sovereignty directs historical outcomes regardless of human resistance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
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 11:9 The LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”
- Psalms 78:43 when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.
- Psalms 105:27 They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
- Psalms 135:9 He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.
- John 4:48 Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”
- Acts 2:22 Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.
- 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.
- Romans 15:19 by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
- Exodus 4:7 “Put your hand back inside your cloak,” said the LORD. So Moses put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his skin.