Exodus 8:20

And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֜ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
said	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Moses	מֹשֶׁ֗ה mo.Sheh	H4872	Mosheh · proper noun, a man's name
early	הַשְׁכֵּ֤ם hash.Kem	H7925	literally · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
morning	בַּבֹּ֙קֶר֙ ba.Bo.ker	H1242	properly · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
stand	וְהִתְיַצֵּב֙ ve.hit.ya.Tzev	H3320	to place (any thing so as to stay) · conjunction + verb, hithpael imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
before	לִפְנֵ֣י lif.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Pharaoh	פַרְעֹ֔ה far.'Oh	H6547	Paroh · noun, masculine singular absolute
forth	יוֹצֵ֣א yo.Tze'	H3318	to go (causatively · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
water	הַמָּ֑יְמָה ha.Ma.ye.mah	H4325	water · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute + directional suffix
say	וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ ve.'a.mar.Ta	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
saith	אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
people	עַמִּ֖י 'a.Mi	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
go	שַׁלַּ֥ח sha.Lach	H7971	to send away · verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
serve	וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי ve.Ya.'av.Du.ni	H5647	to work (in any sense) · conjunction + verb, qal, 3rd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Exodus 7:15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink against he come; and the ro…
Exodus 9:13 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebre…
Exodus 3:18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him,…
Exodus 8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 8:20–end

Here is the story of the plague of flies, in which we are told, I. How it was threatened, like that of frogs, before it was inflicted. Moses is directed (Exo 8:20) to rise early in the morning, to meet Pharaoh when he came forth to the water, and there to repeat his demands. Note, 1. Those that would bring great things to pass for God and their generation must rise early, and redeem time in the morning. Pharaoh was early up at his superstitious devotions to the river; and shall we be for more sleep and more slumber when any service is to be done which would pass well in our account in the great day? 2. Those that would approve themselves God's faithful servants must not be afraid of the face…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 8:20

PLAGUE OF FLIES. (Exo 8:20-32) Rise up early . . . Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water, &c.--Pharaoh still appearing obdurate, Moses was ordered to meet him while walking on the banks of the Nile and repeat his request for the liberation of Israel, threatening in case of continued refusal to cover every house from the palace to the cottage with swarms of flies--while, as a proof of the power that accomplished this judgment, the land of Goshen should be exempted from the calamity. The appeal was equally vain as before, and the predicted evil overtook the country in the form of what was not "flies," such as we are accustomed to, but divers sorts of flies (Psa 78:45), the gad fly, the co…

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Adam Clarke on Exodus 8:19

This is the finger of God - That is, The power and skill of God are here evident. Probably before this the magicians supposed Moses and Aaron to be conjurers, like themselves; but now they are convinced that no man could do these miracles which these holy men did, unless God were with him. God permits evil spirits to manifest themselves in a certain way, that men may see that there is a spiritual world, and be on their guard against seduction. He at the same time shows that all these agents are under his control, that men may have confidence in his goodness and power.

Dictionary and topics

Nadab — Liberal, generous. (1.) The eldest of Aaron’s four sons (Ex. 6:23; Num. 3:2). He with his brothers and their father were consecrated as priests of Jehovah (Ex. 28:1). He afterwards perished with…
Plagues, The Ten — The occasion on which the plagues were sent is described in Exod 3-12.
Plague · .Flies — .Flies
Rising · .Moses — .Moses

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Exodus 8:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 8:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 8:20

Adam Clarke on Exodus 8:19

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 8:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 8:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 8:20

Adam Clarke on Exodus 8:19

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Exodus 8:20

John Calvin on Exodus 8:20-27

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 8:20–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 8:20-32

Rashi on Exodus 8:20