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Exodus 8:12
After Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses and Aaron depart from Pharaoh’s presence, and Moses immediately petitions the LORD for relief from the plague of frogs that God Himself initiated.
The words — וַ/יִּצְעַק (va/i.yitz.'Ak) translates "and he cried out," marking Moses’s urgent appeal, while מֹשֶׁה (mo.Sheh) identifies the intercessor.
The thread — This intercession follows Exodus 8:8, where Pharaoh commands Moses to pray, and precedes Exodus 8:30, where Moses again leaves Pharaoh to pray for the frogs' removal.
Why it lands — The text records Moses turning to God immediately after leaving the court, requiring readers to note that the plague’s resolution depends on divine response to prayer rather than political negotiation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the Lord because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.
Cross-references
- James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
- Exodus 8:8 Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”
- Exodus 8:30 Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD,
- Exodus 9:33 Then Moses departed from Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. The thunder and hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.
- Exodus 10:18 So Moses left Pharaoh’s presence and appealed to the LORD.
- Exodus 32:11 But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?
- 1 Samuel 12:23 As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.
- Ezekiel 36:37 This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.