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A Future Threat, Not an Opening Line
Commentators unanimously explain that this severe threat was not the first thing Moses said to Pharaoh. Instead, God revealed it to Moses at the beginning of his mission to prepare him for the long struggle ahead. This final, decisive judgment would only be announced after all other plagues had failed to soften Pharaoh's heart.
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Exodus
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Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 4:23
19th Century
Bishop
I will slay thy son, even thy first-born. —The threat was not made until immediately before the tenth plague (Exodus 11:5). It…
John Calvin
On Exodus 4:23
16th Century
Theologian
And I say to you, Let my son go. This was not the beginning of the mission, but its final clause; for Moses warned the desperate man of hi…
John Gill
On Exodus 4:23
17th Century
Pastor
And I say unto thee, let my son go, that he may serve me Worship God according to his will in the place he had designed f…
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Matthew Henry
On Exodus 4:18–23
17th Century
Minister
After God had appeared in the bush, He often spoke to Moses. Pharaoh had hardened his own heart against the groans and cries of the oppressed Israe…