Exodus 9:2

For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go, that they may serve me.

3behold, the LORD’s hand is on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks with a very grievous pestilence.

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Cross References

Exodus 5:1Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’”

Exodus 9:13The LORD said to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Leviticus 26:14“‘But if you will not listen to me, and will not do all these commandments,

Leviticus 26:27“‘If you in spite of this won’t listen to me, but walk contrary to me,

Psalms 68:21But God will strike through the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of such a one as still continues in his guiltiness.

Romans 2:8but to those who are self-seeking and don’t obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath, indignation,

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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