Exodus 5:2
But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
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Exodus 3:19But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.
1 Samuel 25:10But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.
2 Chronicles 32:15So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”
Job 15:25For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
Job 21:15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
Psalms 12:4They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
Matthew Henry on Exodus 5:2-3
Sufferings of the Israelites Increased. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord , that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord , neither will I let Israel go. Moses and Aaron, having delivered their message to the elders of Israel, with whom they found good acceptance, are now to deal with Pharaoh, to whom they come in… Read the whole commentary →