Exodus 8:28

And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Pharaoh	פַּרְעֹ֗ה par.'Oh	H6547	Paroh · noun, masculine singular absolute
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
go	אֲשַׁלַּ֤ח 'a.sha.Lach	H7971	to send away · verb, piel imperfect, 1st person common singular
sacrifice	וּזְבַחְתֶּ֞ם u.ze.vach.Tem	H2076	to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
LORD	לַיהוָ֤ה la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙ 'e.lo.hei.Khem	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
wilderness	בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר ba.mid.Bar	H4057	a pasture (i.e. open field · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
go	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
very	הַרְחֵ֥ק har.Chek	H7368	to widen (in any direction) · verb, hiphil infinitive absolute
away	תַרְחִ֖יקוּ tar.Chi.ku	H7368	to widen (in any direction) · verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural
intreat	הַעְתִּ֖ירוּ ha'.Ti.ru	H6279	to burn incense in worship · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
me	בַּעֲדִֽי ba.'a.Di	H1157	in up to or over against · cardinal number, both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

Exodus 8:8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will…
Exodus 9:28 Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
1 Kings 13:6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored…
Acts 8:24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
Exodus 8:29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants,…
Exodus 10:17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
Ezra 6:10 That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
Ecclesiastes 6:10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

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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 8:25

Pharaoh called for Moses, . . . Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land, &c.--Between impatient anxiety to be freed from this scourge and a reluctance on the part of the Hebrew bondsmen, the king followed the course of expediency; he proposed to let them free to engage in their religious rites within any part of the kingdom. But true to his instructions, Moses would accede to no such arrangement; he stated a most valid reason to show the danger of it, and the king having yielded so far as to allow them a brief holiday across the border, annexed to this concession a request that Moses would entreat with Jehovah for the removal of the plague. He promised to do so, and it was removed the follo…

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Adam Clarke on Exodus 8:28

I will let you go only ye shall not go very far away - Pharaoh relented because the hand of God was heavy upon him; but he was not willing to give up his gain. The Israelites were very profitable to him; they were slaves of the state, and their hard labor was very productive: hence he professed a willingness, first to tolerate their religion in the land, (Exo 8:25); or to permit them to go into the wilderness, so that they went not far away, and would soon return. How ready is foolish man, when the hand of God presses him sore, to compound with his Maker! He will consent to give up some sins, provided God will permit him to keep others. Entreat for me - Exactly similar to the case of Simon M…

Dictionary and topics

Fly — Heb. zebub, (Eccl. 10:1; Isa. 7:18). This fly was so grievous a pest that the Phoenicians invoked against it the aid of their god Baal-zebub (q.v.). The prophet Isaiah (7:18) alludes to some…
Fly, Flies — The two following Hebrew terms denote flies of some kind:
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.
Flies · Plague of — Plague of

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 8:28

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 8:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 8:25

Adam Clarke on Exodus 8:28

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 8:28

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 8:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 8:25

Adam Clarke on Exodus 8:28

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Exodus 8:28

John Calvin on Exodus 8:28–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 8:20–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 8:26-27

Rashi on Exodus 8:27