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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

Exodus 5:1

Pharaoh - This king, probably Tothmosis II, the great grandson of Aahmes Exodus 1:8, the original persecutor of the Israelites, must have been resident at this time in a city, probably Tanis Exodus 2:5, of Lower Egypt, situated on the Nile.

The Lord God - Yahweh God of Israel demanded the services of His people. The demand, according to the general views of the pagans, was just and natural; the Israelites could not offer the necessary sacrifices in the presence of Egyptians.

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See also Exodus 5:1 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER V _Moses and Aaron open their commission to Pharaoh_, 1. _He insultingly asks who_ Jehovah _is, in whose name they require him_ _to dismiss the people_, 2. _They explain_, 3. _He charges...

  • 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

    TOLD PHARAOH. This was in Zoan (compare Psalms 78:12; Psalms 78:43), where Pharaoh had made his palace. It could not have been written in Babylon, for there the kings were not seen, and were hidden be...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND AFTERWARD MOSES, &C.— The elders of Israel, being convinced of the Divine commission wherewith Moses was invested, ch. Exodus 3:18 accompany him and Aaron to Pharaoh. Pharaoh's answer, in the seco...

  • 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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND AFTERWARD MOSES AND AARON WENT IN, AND TOLD PHARAOH, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, LET MY PEOPLE GO, THAT THEY MAY HOLD A FEAST UNTO ME IN THE WILDERNESS._ Moses and Aaron went. As represen...

  • 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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    V. FIRST APPLICATION OF MOSES TO PHARAOH, AND INCREASE OF THE OPPRESSION. (1) WENT IN. — Heb., _went_ — _i.e.,_ left their usual residence, and approached the Court, which, according to the Psalms (Ps...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ אַחַ֗ר בָּ֚אוּ מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְ אַהֲרֹ֔ן וַ

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told (a) Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may (b) hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. (a) Faith overcomes fear, a...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Went in alone. Aaron was substituted instead of the ancients, chap. iii. 16. --- Pharao Amasis, Cenchres, or Amenophis. (Usher.) --- Sacrifice, which is the principal part of a religious festival. (M...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS In this Chapter we have a relation of God's ambassadors, Moses and Aaron., appearing before Pharaoh to demand, in God's name, permission for Israel to hold a feast unto the Lord in the wilder...

  • 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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _LET MY PEOPLE GO!_ ‘Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let My people go.’ Exodus 5:1 The history of the deliverance of God’s people from the bondage of Egypt, their pilgrimage through the wilderne...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • 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 AFTERWARDS MOSES AND AARON WENT IN, AND TOLD PHARAOH,.... Whose name, some say, was Cenchres, others Amenophis, according to Manetho and Chaeremon h; Exodus 3:10 went into Pharaoh's palace, and be...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness._ Ver. 1. _That they may hold a fea...

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

    _Thus saith the Lord God of Israel_ Moses, in treating with the _elders of Israel_, is directed to call God the _God of their fathers;_ but in treating with Pharaoh, he and Aaron call him the _God of...

  • 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

    THE TASKMASTERS INSTRUCTED TO BURDEN THE PEOPLE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let My people go that they may hold a feast unto Me in the wilderness. Moses and Aaron here acted not only as...

  • 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

    EXODUS CHAPTER 5 Moses and Aaron entreateth Pharaoh to let the people go, EXODUS 5:1. Pharaoh's blasphemous refusal, EXODUS 5:2. Chides Moses and Aaron for their request, EXODUS 5:4. Pharaoh, seeing t...

  • 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 5:1 Afterward H310 Moses H4872 Aaron H175 in H935 (H8804) told H559 (H8799) Pharaoh H6547 says...

  • 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...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    LET MY PEOPLE Compare (Exodus 4:22); (Exodus 4:23). Possibly Moses and Aaron shrank from delivering the message concerning the firstborn....

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Exodus 5:1 The history of the deliverance of God's people from the bondage of Egypt, their pilgrimage through the wilderness, and then ultimate settlement in the Land of Promise, bears a striking ana...

  • 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

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Let My people go._ THE DELIVERANCE OF GOD’S PEOPLE The history of the deliverance of God’s people from the bondage of Egypt, their pilgrimage through the wilderness, and their ultimate settlement i...

  • 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

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  • 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

    and told. 1 Kings 21:20 Psalms 119:46 Ezekiel 2:6 Jonah 3:3 Jonah 3:4...

  • 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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go — Moses, in treating with the elders of Israel, is directed to call God the God of their fathers; but, in treating with Pharaoh, they call him the G...

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