Exodus 7:6

Study note

Setting — The narrator records Moses and Aaron executing God’s prior directive immediately before they confront Pharaoh. This moment follows the announcement that God will stretch out His hand against Egypt to deliver Israel, and precedes the note that Moses was eighty and Aaron was eighty-three at the time.

The words — The Hebrew verb וַיַּעַשׂ (va.ya‘as) translates literally as “and he did,” standing alongside כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה (ka’asher tziwah Yahweh), meaning “just as Yahweh commanded.” The text states their action matched the prior instruction without adding commentary.

The thread — The narrative places this obedience formula in Genesis 6:22, where Noah did everything precisely as God commanded, and in Exodus 7:10, where the same pair performs the next commanded sign before Pharaoh. The text uses the structure to mark faithful execution of divine instruction across different covenant moments.

Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to note that obedience precedes the visible signs against Egypt. It establishes that the forthcoming judgments rest on prior compliance, not on the signs themselves.

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