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Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
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A God to Pharaoh
Commentators explain that when God made Moses "as God to Pharaoh," it wasn't a statement of divinity. Instead, God clothed Moses with His own authority and power. Moses would act as God's representative, issuing commands and judgments that the mighty Pharaoh could not resist, making the king tremble before him.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
With this chapter begins the series of miracles performed in Egypt. They are progressive. The first miracle is performed to accredit the mission of…
19th Century
Anglican
See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh ... — This is God’s answer to the objection of Moses that his lips were uncircumci…
16th Century
Protestant
And the Lord said to Moses. Moses again repeats that consolation was given to him in his anxiety, and a remedy provided for his lack of fa…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord said to Moses In answer to his objection, taken from his own meanness, and the majesty of Pharaoh, and …
God glorifies himself. He makes people know that he is Jehovah. Israel comes to know it by the fulfillment of his promises to them, and the Egyptia…
