Exodus 7:8

And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
spake	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Moses	מֹשֶׁ֥ה mo.Sheh	H4872	Mosheh · proper noun, a man's name
Aaron	אַהֲרֹ֖ן 'a.ha.Ron	H175	Aharon · proper noun, a man's name
saying	לֵאמֹֽר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 7:8-13

The first time that Moses made his application to Pharaoh, he produced his instructions only; now he is directed to produce his credentials, and does accordingly. 1. It is taken for granted that Pharaoh would challenge these demandants to work a miracle, that, by a performance evidently above the power of nature, they might prove their commission from the God of nature. Pharaoh will say, Show a miracle; not with any desire to be convinced, but with the hope that none will be wrought, and then he would have some colour for his infidelity. 2. Orders are therefore given to turn the rod into a serpent, according to the instructions, Exo 4:3. The same rod that was to give the signal of the other…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 7:7

Moses was fourscore years old--This advanced age was a pledge that they had not been readily betrayed into a rash or hazardous enterprise, and that under its attendant infirmities they could not have carried through the work on which they were entering had they not been supported by a divine hand.

Adam Clarke on Exodus 7:7

Moses was fourscore years old - He was forty years old when he went to Midian, and he had tarried forty years in Midian; (see Exo 2:11, and Act 7:30); and from this verse it appears that Aaron was three years older than Moses. We have already seen that Miriam their sister was older than either, Exo 2:4.

John Gill on Exodus 7:8

And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,.... After he had given them their commission, and instructions to go to Pharaoh, and a little before they went in to him: saying, as follows.

John Calvin on Exodus 7:8-13

Exodus 7:8-13 8. And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 8. Et dixit Jehova ad Mosen et Aharon, dicendo. 9. When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. 9. Si loquutus fuerit ad vos Pharao, dicendo, Statuite vobis prodigium: tunc dices ad Aharon, Tolle virgam tuam, et projice coram Pharaone, et fiet in serpentem. 10. And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. 10. Venit ergo Moses et Aharon ad Pharaonem, et ita fec…

The Church Fathers

Great indeed was Moses, who afflicted Egypt grievously and saved his people by many signs and prodigies, who went within the cloud and instituted the twofold law: the law of the letter without and the law of the spirit within. Aaron also, the brother of Moses according to the flesh and the spirit, sacrificed and prayed on behalf of the people, as consecrated minister of the great and holy tabernacle, "which the Lord has erected and not man."
— Gregory of Nazianzus, ORATION 43, On St. Basil 72

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Dictionary and topics

Plagues, The Ten — The occasion on which the plagues were sent is described in Exod 3-12.

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Exodus 7:8

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Matthew Henry on Exodus 7:8-13

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Adam Clarke on Exodus 7:7

John Gill on Exodus 7:8

John Calvin on Exodus 7:8-13

The Church Fathers

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Exodus 7:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Matthew Henry on Exodus 7:8-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 7:7

Adam Clarke on Exodus 7:7

John Gill on Exodus 7:8

John Calvin on Exodus 7:8-13

The Church Fathers

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Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 7:8-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 7:8–end

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