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Exodus 4:21

The 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.

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In The King James Version

And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

In Context

20Moses put his wife and sons on a donkey and went back to Egypt, carrying the walking stick that God had used to perform miracles.

22This is what you are to tell Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says. Israel is my firstborn son.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:3Then the Lord said, “My life-giving Spirit will not remain in these people forever, because they are only mortal. The time they have left will be 120 years.”

Exodus 3:20So 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.

Exodus 7:13But Pharaoh had a hard, stubborn attitude, and he wouldn't listen to them, as the Lord had predicted.

Exodus 8:15But when Pharaoh realized the plague had passed, he chose to become hard and stubborn again, and wouldn't listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had predicted.

Exodus 9:35Because of his stubborn attitude, Pharaoh would not let the Israelites leave, just as the Lord had predicted through Moses.

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 4:19-24

Moses Returns in Egypt. ( b. c. 1491.) 18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. 19 And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life. 20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his… Read the whole commentary →

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