Charles Ellicott Commentary Exodus 12:31

"And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve Jehovah, as ye have said." — Exodus 12:31 (ASV)

THE DISMISSAL OF THE ISRAELITES.

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 recognized 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.