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Exodus 7:1

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The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.

2 You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.

3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
WEB
The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
ASV
And Jehovah said unto Moses, See, I have made thee as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
DARBY
And Jehovah said to Moses, See, I have made thee God to Pharaoh; and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
BLB
And YHWH said to Moses, “See, I have made you God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
ÅB
Da sa Herren til Moses: Se, jeg har satt deg til en Gud for Farao, og Aron, din bror, skal være din profet.
OTB
Da sa Herren til Moses: «Se, jeg har gjort deg som Gud for farao, og din bror Aron skal være din profet.
B1930
Da sa Herren til Moses: Se, jeg har satt dig til en Gud for Farao, og Aron, din bror, skal være din profet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 4:15–16

    You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.

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  • Psalms 82:6

    I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’

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  • John 10:35–36

    If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—

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  • Jeremiah 1:10

    See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”

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  • 1 Kings 17:23

    Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.

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  • Genesis 19:21

    “Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.

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  • 2 Kings 6:32

    Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”

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  • Ecclesiastes 1:10

    Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.

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