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Exodus 5:4

And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works .... Without taking any notice of

what they had said, the king treated them as turbulent demagogues, who were appealing to the superstitious feelings of the people, to stir up sedition, and diffuse a spirit of discontent, which, spreading through so vast a body of slaves, might endanger the peace of the country.

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See also Exodus 5:4 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 5:4. _WHEREFORE DO YE, MOSES AND AARON_] He hints that the Hebrews are in a state of revolt, and charges Moses and Aaron as being ringleaders of the sedition. This unprincipled charge ha...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    LET - i. e. hinder....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. MOSES AND AARON IN EGYPT Chapter S 4:29-5:23 Before the Elders and Before Pharaoh _ 1. Before the elders of Israel (Exodus 4:29)_ 2. Before Pharaoh, and his answer (Exodus 5:1) 3. The increased...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EXODUS 5:1 TO EXODUS 6:1 (Exodus 5:1 f. and Exodus 5:4 E, the rest J). PHARAOH'S FIRST REFUSAL to let Israel go, and his increase of their burdens. The bulk of the sto

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE KING OF EGYPT. See on Exodus 5:1, and App-37. Wherefore. Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. LET. A. S. _to hinder._...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WHEREFORE DO YE, MOSES AND AARON— Though the elders of Israel were with them, Pharaoh addresses and considers Moses and Aaron as the principals: and so far from attending to, or granting their petitio...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 5 And afterward Mo-ses and Aar-on came, and said unto Pha-raoh, Thus saith Je-ho-vah, the God of Is-ra-el, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wi...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    LET THE PEOPLE] i.e. hinder them, as in Isaiah 43:13; Romans 1:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:7....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    INCREASE OF THE OPPRESSION 1. PHARAOH] probably P. Merenptah. See on Exodus 1:8. His court may have been at Zoan or Tanis during the events that ensued: cp. Psalms 78:12; Psalms 78:43; THE LORD GOD OF...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 5 MOSES AND AARON VISIT *PHARAOH – VERSES 1-5 V1 Afterwards Moses an...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם לָ֚מָּה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER V. _ PHARAOH REFUSES._ Exodus 5:1. After forty years of obscurity and silence, Moses re-enters the magnificent halls where he had formerly turned his back upon so great a place. The rod of a...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE REQUEST TO WORSHIP JEHOVAH ANSWERED BY OPPRESSION Exodus 5:1 The bondage of Israel in Egypt is an apt type of our bondage to sin. See John 8:34; Romans 7:23. The weary tyranny of our besetting si...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here we have the last picture of the people in bondage. As we follow the history, we shall be particularly interested in noticing the process through which Pharaoh passed. Here Moses and Aaron came to...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Get you. He knew not that Moses had been so long absent; and if he had known, he would not probably have treated him more mildly. (Haydock)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    This complaint of the idleness of the Israelites was false. See Exodus 1:11....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    4._And the king of Egypt said unto them. _It is surprising that the king, in the excess of his arrogance, did not more cruelly entreat these servants of God, whom he accounted the ringleaders of sedit...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5 THROUGH 13. At the news of the goodness of God, the people adore Him; but the struggle against the power of evil is another matter. Satan will not let the p...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE KING OF EGYPT SAID TO THEM,.... For he was not struck dumb, as Artapanus g, afore cited writer, says: WHEREFORE DO YE, MOSES AND AARON, LET THE PEOPLE FROM THEIR WORKS? as they did when they...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. _Ver 4. Let the people from their works._] Moses talks of sacrifice...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Get you to your burdens_ These words were not addressed to Moses and Aaron, but to the Israelites, the elders of whom went with Moses, several others also probably following him, when he went in unto...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Pharaoh chideth Moses and Aaron for their message. 5 Hee encreaseth the Israelites taske. 15 Hee checketh their complaints. 19 They cry out vpon Moses and Aaron. 22 Moses complaineth to God. 1...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works, attempt to secure for them a vacation from their labors, release them from their duties? GET YO...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE TASKMASTERS INSTRUCTED TO BURDEN THE PEOPLE...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    D. MOSES AND AARON BEFORE PHARAOH. THE SEEMINGLY MISCHIEVOUAS EFFECT OF THEIR DIVINE MESSAGE, AND THE DISCOURAGMENT OF THE PEOPLE AND THE MESSENGERS THEMSELVES. GOD REVERSES THIS EFFECT NU SOLEMNLY PR...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FIRST APPEAL TO PHARAOH AND THE RESULTS (vs.1-23) Moses and Aaron then gain an audience with Pharaoh, and simply tell him the message that the Lord God of Israel has for him, "Let My people go, t...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-9 God will own his people, though poor and despised, and will find a time to plead their cause. Pharaoh treated all he had heard with contempt. He had no knowledge of Jehovah, no fear of him, no lo...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Either, 1. Ye, the elders of Israel, who are here come with _Moses and Aaron_: see EXODUS 5:1. Or, 2. YE, MOSES AND AARON. So far am I from granting the liberty which you desire for the people, that a...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    The effect of the first appeal to Pharaoh seemed ought but encouraging. The thought of losing Israel made him clutch them with greater eagerness and watch them with greater vigilance. Whenever Satan's...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 5:4 king H4428 Egypt H4714 said H559 (H8799) Moses H4872 Aaron H175 take H6544 (H8686) people...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SITUATION WORSENS (EXODUS 5:1). After the wonder of what they had seen probably all the parties involved considered that the future would be plain sailing. For who could resist such wonders? They...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Moses' first contest with Pharaoh. CHARACTERS: Moses, Aaron, Pharaoh, taskmasters. CONCLUSION: God, in coming toward His people in mercy may sometimes employ strange methods so that people...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Exodus 5:1. _Moses and Aaron,_ accompanied by the elders, as in Exodus 6:26, went to Pharaoh. Exodus 5:2. _Who is Jehovah?_ I know not JEHOVAH. The mythology of the gentiles supposed every city, and e...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Get you unto your burdens._ WRONG JUDGMENT Good men are often wrongly judged:-- 1. In respect to their motives. 2. Actions. 3. Writings. (_J. S. Exell, M. A._) THE CLAIMS OF RELIGION You will...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS 5:1 Moses and Aaron: Initial Request. This section describes Moses’ and Aaron’s initial audience and request before Pharaoh (Exodus 5:1) and the Lord’s promises and encouragement in light of Ph...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 5:1. Hold a feast] That is, of course, a religious festival,—a “holyday,” as the same word is rendered Psalms 42:4; “with processions and dancing,” of we keep close to the prim...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    FIRST APPEAL OF MOSES TO PHARAOH, AND INCREASE OF THE OPPRESSION. EXPOSITION EXODUS 5:1 Having secured the adhesion of the Israelitish people, Moses and Aaron sought an intervie

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told the Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah,...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    wherefore. Jeremiah 38:4 Amos 7:10 Luke 23:2 Acts 16:20 Acts 16:21...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN PHARAOH AND GOD Exodus 5:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The concluding verses of chapter 4, which link our last message with this one, are most interesting. It would hardly do to pass...

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