Exodus 9:2

If however thou wilt not send my people away, but yet detainest them:

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1And the Lord said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, and thou shalt say to him, These things saith the Lord God of the Hebrews; Send my people away that they may serve me.

3behold, the hand of the Lord shall be upon thy cattle in the fields, both on the horses, and on the asses, and on the camels and oxen and sheep, a very great mortality.

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Cross References

Exodus 5:1And after this went in Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh, and they said to him, These things says the Lord God of Israel, Send my people away, that they may keep a feast to me in the wilderness.

Exodus 9:13And the Lord said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; and thou shalt say to him, These things saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Send away my people that they may serve me.

Leviticus 26:14But if ye will not hearken to me, nor obey these my ordinances,

Leviticus 26:27And if hereupon ye will not obey me, but walk perversely toward me,

Psalms 68:21My soul has waited for reproach and misery; 1 And I waited for one to grieve with me, but there was none; 1 And for one to comfort me, but I found none. 1

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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