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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 12:31

THE DISMISSAL OF THE ISRAELITES.

(31) He called for Moses and Aaron. — This does not mean that Pharaoh summoned them to his presence, but only that he sent a message to them. (See above, Exodus 11:8.) The messengers were undoubtedly chief officials; they “bowed themselves down” before Moses, who was now recognised as “very great” (Exodus 11:3), and delivered their master’s message, which granted in express terms all that Moses had ever demanded. Pharaoh’s spirit was, for the time, thoroughly broken.

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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