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Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Exodus 5:1-19

Exo_5:1 Exo_8:19 . The contrast between the end of chapter 4 and the beginning of chapter 5 is very marked. The children of Israel believed the words of God when they saw the signs, and they worshipped. Pharaoh heard the words of God with unbelief and replied with insolence. The word to him was, "Let My people go . . ." Thus the Lord at once claimed the people as His , whilst for a century or two the Pharaohs of Egypt had regarded the people as theirs , and enslaved to them. So from the outset... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Exodus 5:1-9

The Taskmasters Instructed to Burden the People v. 1. And afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let My people go that they may hold a feast unto Me in the wilderness. Moses and Aaron here acted not only as representatives of the children of Israel, who had acknowledged their commission from God, but as the ambassadors of the Lord Himself. Their question distinctly stated by whose authority they were acting, namely, by that of Jehovah, the God of... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Exodus 5:1-23

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 5:1-14

the Request to Worship Jehovah Answered by Oppression Exodus 5:1-14 The bondage of Israel in Egypt is an apt type of our bondage to sin. See John 8:34-36 ; Romans 7:23-25 . The weary tyranny of our besetting sins; the imperious demands of Satan; the absence of all reward to our hopeless toils-these are striking points of analogy. Though we weep and struggle, there is no help for us but in God. No straw! No lessening of the tale of bricks! The charge of idleness! Cruel beatings! Deliverance... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Exodus 5:1-23

Here we have the last picture of the people in bondage. As we follow the history, we shall be particularly interested in noticing the process through which Pharaoh passed. Here Moses and Aaron came to him and uttered the simple requirement of Jehovah in the words, "Let My people go." The answer was immediate, daring, and stubborn. Pharaoh declared his ignorance of Jehovah and practically challenged Him as he bluntly said, "I will not let Israel go." His refusal was followed by brutality. He... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Exodus 5:1-23

The Controversy Between Pharaoh and God Exodus 5:1-23 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The concluding verses of chapter 4, which link our last message with this one, are most interesting. It would hardly do to pass these by altogether, and so we will discuss them under various headings as introductory to the study proper. 1, Leaving Jethro. After God had spoken to Moses, Moses went from the Mount of God, where God met him, and, returned to Jethro, his father-in-law, and said to him, "Let me go, I pray... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 5:5-19

Pharaoh’s Vindictive Response to Their Approach (Exodus 5:5-19 ). a Pharaoh says, the people of the land are many and you make them rest from their burdens (Exodus 5:5). b Pharaoh commands officers and taskmaster not to give straw to the people, they must gather straw for themselves (Exodus 5:6-7). c But the tally of bricks produced must not diminish because they are idle in seeking to sacrifice to their God (Exodus 5:8). d Heavier work is to be laid on the people so that they do not... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 5:1-23

Exodus 5:1 to Exodus 6:1 ( Exodus 5:1 f. and Exodus 5:4 E, the rest J). Pharaoh’ s first refusal to let Israel go, and his increase of their burdens.— The bulk of the story is taken from J, but part of the opening shows that E told it too. One spoke of “ the God of Israel,” the other of “ the God of the Hebrews” : both related the demand for leave of absence in order to worship. Observe in J the primitive dread of an approach of the Divine Being unless an acceptable offering be at hand... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Exodus 5:5

The Israelites in this land are very numerous, and therefore it were a madness in me to permit them all to meet and go together as you desire, which may tend to the ruin of my whole kingdom, and probably it is designed by you to that purpose. Or, therefore your injury to me is the greater, in attempting to rob me of the benefit of their labours. This I prefer, because it suits best with the following words. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Exodus 5:6

The task-masters were Egyptians, and the officers were Israelites, under-officers to them, Exodus 5:14,Exodus 5:15,Exodus 5:19. read more

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