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Exodus 4:21 KJV
Exodus · chapter 4 · verse 21
And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.Exodus 4:21 · King James Version
Exodus 4:21 in context
19And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
20And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
21And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
22And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
23And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
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Key words (Strong's)
- wondersmôwphêtha miracleH4159 →
- PharaohParʻôhParoh, a general title of Egyptian kingsH6547 →
- returnshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- MosesMôshehMosheh, the Israelite lawgiverH4872 →
- goestyâlakto walkH3212 →
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Here, I. Moses obtains leave of his father-in-law to return into Egypt, Exo 4:18. His father-in-law had been kind to him when he was a stranger, and therefore he would not be so uncivil as to leave his family, nor so unjust as to leave his service, without giving him notice.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-23