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Exodus 3:19

But I know that the king of Egypt won't let you go unless he's forced to do so by a power stronger than him.

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In The King James Version

And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.

In Context

18“The elders of Israel will accept what you say. Then you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews has revealed himself to us. So please let us go three days journey into the desert so we can offer sacrifices to the Lord our God there.’

20So I will use my power to inflict on Egypt all the terrifying things that I'm about to do to them. After that he'll let you go.

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Cross References

Exodus 4:21The Lord told Moses, “When you get back to Egypt, make sure to go to Pharaoh and carry out the miracles I've given you to do. I will make him stubborn and he will not let the people go.

Exodus 6:1But the Lord told Moses, “Now you'll see what I'm going to do to Pharaoh. Using my great strength I will force him to let them go; because of my power he will send them out from his country.”

Exodus 7:14The Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh has a stubborn attitude—he's refusing to let the people go.

Exodus 9:7Pharaoh sent out officials and discovered that not a single one of the Israelites' livestock had died. But Pharaoh was stubborn, and he would not let the people leave.

Exodus 10:20But the Lord made Pharaoh stubborn, and he would not let the Israelites go.

Exodus 11:10Moses and Aaron did these miracles before Pharaoh, but the Lord gave Pharaoh a stubborn attitude, and he wouldn't let the Israelites leave his country.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 3:17-22

16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: 17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. 18 And they shall hearken to thy voice:… Read the whole commentary →

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