Exodus 9:2

for if you are refusing to send [them] away, and are still keeping hold on them,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,

In Context

1And YHWH says to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, and you have spoken to him, Thus said YHWH, God of the Hebrews: Send My people away, and they serve Me,

3behold, the hand of YHWH is on your livestock which [are] in the field, on horses, on donkeys, on camels, on herd, and on flock—a very grievous pestilence.

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Cross References

Exodus 5:1And afterward Moses and Aaron have entered, and they say to Pharaoh, “Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Send My people away, and they keep a celebration for Me in the wilderness”;

Exodus 9:13And YHWH says to Moses, “Rise early in the morning, and station yourself before Pharaoh, and you have said to him, Thus said YHWH, God of the Hebrews: Send My people away, and they serve Me,

Leviticus 26:14And if you do not listen to Me and do not do all these commands,

Leviticus 26:27And if for this you do not listen to Me, and have walked with Me in opposition,

Psalms 68:21Only—God strikes || The head of His enemies, || The hairy crown of a habitual walker in his guilt.

Romans 2:8and to those contentious, and disobedient, indeed, to the truth, and obeying the unrighteousness—indignation and wrath,

Matthew Henry on Exodus 9:2-8

The Plagues of Egypt. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 Then the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, 3 Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain. 4 And the Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle… Read the whole commentary →

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