Exodus 7:6-10:20 NIV

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:1-7

1-7 God glorifies himself. He makes people know that he is Jehovah. Israel is made to know it by the performance of his promises to them, and the Egyptians by the pouring out of his wrath upon them. Moses, as the ambassador of Jehovah, speaking in his name, laid commands upon Pharaoh, denounced threatenings against him, and called for judgments upon him. Pharaoh, proud and great as he was, could not resist. Moses stood not in awe of Pharaoh, but made him tremble. This seems to be meant in the... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Exodus 7:1-7

Moses as God's Ambassador to Pharaoh v. 1. And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh, He had given him authority as His ambassador, with power to carry out His judgments; and Aaron, thy brother, shall be thy prophet, by acting as spokesman of the revelations given to Moses. v. 2. Thou shalt speak all that I command thee, communicate the commands and the revelations of God to Aaron; and Aaron, thy brother, shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Exodus 7:1-7

D.—Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh. The seemingly mischievouas effect of their divine message, and the discouragment of the people and the messengers themselves. God reverses this effect nu solemnly promising deliverance, revealing his name Jehovah, summoning the heads of the tribes to unite with Moses and Aaron, raising Moses’ faith above Pharaoh’s defiance, and declaring the glorious object and issue of Pharaoh’s obduracyExodus 5:1 to Exodus 7:71And afterward Moses and Aaron went in [came] and... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Exodus 7:1-13

Pharaoh Stubborn against Israel’s Release Exodus 6:28-30 ; Exodus 7:1-13 How often we say in a similar tone, “I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?” Forty years in the wilderness, in absolute solitude, had robbed Moses of the eloquence with which Stephen credits him in earlier life. Like Jeremiah, he felt himself a child and unable to speak. It is an awful moment when the human will sets itself in antagonism to the divine. If it will not bend, it must break. For... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Exodus 7:1-25

We have here the record of God's answer to Moses' difficulty. He reaffirmed Himself and charged His servant to speak to Pharaoh the things commanded. Moreover, He foretold the result of the delivery of the message. Here begins the story of the conflict between Jehovah and Pharaoh. Throughout this entire story two different words are employed, the distinction between which has a vital bearing on the story itself. The first word suggests the idea of giving fixity, or, in the realm of the will,... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Exodus 7:1-25

Faith as Exemplified in Moses Selections from Exodus 3:1-22 ; Exodus 6:1-30 ; Exodus 7:1-25 ; Exodus 8:1-32 ; Exodus 14:1-31 ; Exodus 15:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Children of Israel had been captive in Egypt for several hundred years. During that time another Pharaoh had arisen who knew not Joseph. As the sons of Jacob multiplied, the king of Egypt became more and more afraid of their possible ascendancy in his empire. Therefore, moved with fear, he began to persecute them, and to... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:6

AUTHORITY AND OBEDIENCE‘As the Lord commanded them, so did they.’ Exodus 7:6 Note the two outstanding facts of this Lesson—( a) the absolute obedience of Moses and Aaron; ( b) the Divine credentials that attested their message. They spoke their weak words as God bade them, and He made those words authoritative by the miracles that followed. I. The absolute obedience.—The R.V. carefully emphasises this: ‘And Moses and Aaron did so; as the Lord commanded them, so did they.’ While Jehovah... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:1-13

Yahweh Encourages Moses To Go Forward (Exodus 7:1-13 ). a Yahweh tells Moses that He has made him as a God to Pharaoh, with Aaron as his prophet (Exodus 7:1). b Moses is therefore to say all that Yahweh commands, and Aaron must communicate it in diplomatic style to Pharaoh, with the aim of him letting the children of Israel leave the land (Exodus 7:2). c Yahweh promises that He will harden Pharaoh’s heart (make it firm and strong in the wrong direction) and will as a result multiply signs... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Exodus 7:6

An emphatical repetition, to show their courage in attempting to say and do such things to so great a monarch in his own dominions, and their fidelity in the execution of all God’s commands. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Exodus 7:3-7

CRITICAL NOTES.—Exodus 7:3. I will harden Pharaoh’s heart.]—Elsewhere also is the act of hardening Pharaoh’s heart attributed to Jehovah, as in Exodus 4:21; Exodus 9:12; Exodus 10:1; Exodus 10:23; Exodus 10:27; Exodus 11:1; Exodus 19:4; Exodus 19:8; so that although Pharaoh is in several places said to have hardened his own heart—e.g., in Exodus 8:15; Exodus 8:32; Exodus 9:34; yet we cannot well deny the existence of a difficulty. The ground of the difficulty consists in the glorious truth of... read more