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Yahweh said to Moses, "Yet one plague more will I bring on Pharaoh, and on Egypt; afterwards he will let you go. When he lets you go, he will surely thrust you out altogether.

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The Source of Moses' Boldness

Multiple commentators explain that this verse is a parenthetical statement, a flashback to what God had already told Moses. This revelation is placed here to explain the source of Moses' confidence in his final confrontation with Pharaoh. His boldness wasn't arrogance but faith based on a direct promise from God that the end was near.

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Exodus

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Exodus 11:1

18th Century

Theologian

The Lord said - Or “the Lord had said.” The first three verses of this chapter are parenthetical. Before Moses relates the last warning give…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Exodus 11:1

19th Century

Bishop

And the Lord said. —Rather, Now the Lord had said. The passage (Exodus 11:1–3) is parenthetic, and r…

John Calvin

John Calvin

On Exodus 11:1

16th Century

Theologian

And the Lord said to Moses.131 He now relates that it was not with self-conceived confidence that he was recently so elated, as…

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John Gill

John Gill

On Exodus 11:1

17th Century

Pastor

And the Lord said to Moses While in the presence of Pharaoh, by a secret impulse upon his mind; or he had said F13

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Exodus 11:1–3

17th Century

Minister

A secret revelation was made to Moses while he was in Pharaoh's presence, so that he might give warning of the last dreadful judgment before he dep…