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You shall tell him, `Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, "Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness:" and, behold, until now you haven`t listened.
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A Name and a People
Commentators note the specific title "Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews." This was not a generic appeal. After Pharaoh previously claimed ignorance of Jehovah (Exodus 5:2), Moses now identifies God by His personal name and His covenant relationship with His people. This directly confronts Pharaoh, making it clear that the demand comes from a specific, powerful deity on behalf of a specific people.
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Exodus
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19th Century
Anglican
THE FIRST PLAGUE.
The water turned to blood. —Moses had already been empowered to turn water into…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you shall say to him Upon meeting him:
the Lord God of the Hebrews has sent me to you
Presbyterian
Here is the first of the ten plagues: the turning of the water into blood. It was a dreadful plague. The sight of such vast, rolling streams of blo…
