Exodus 6:11

11 Gehe hinein, rede zu dem Pharao, dem Könige von Ägypten, daß er die Kinder Israel aus seinem Lande ziehen lasse.

Exodus 6:11 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 6:11

Go in
Into Pharaoh's palace, and into his presence, to whom access seems not to be very difficult; and perhaps access to princes was not attended with so much ceremony then as it now is:

speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt;
though a king, and a king of so large a country as Egypt, yet do not be afraid to speak to him; speak to him plainly and boldly, not in a supplicatory, but in an authoritative way, in the name of the King of kings:

that he let the children of Israel go out of his land;
this demand had been made before, but was rejected with an haughty air, and now it is repeated, before the Lord proceeds to punish him for his disobedience, that his judgments upon him might appear more manifestly to be just and right.

Exodus 6:11 In-Context

9 Und Mose redete also zu den Kindern Israel; aber sie hörten nicht auf Mose vor Ungeduld und vor hartem Dienste.
10 Und Jehova redete zu Mose und sprach:
11 Gehe hinein, rede zu dem Pharao, dem Könige von Ägypten, daß er die Kinder Israel aus seinem Lande ziehen lasse.
12 Und Mose redete vor Jehova und sprach: Siehe, die Kinder Israel haben nicht auf mich gehört, und wie sollte der Pharao mich hören, zumal ich unbeschnitten an Lippen bin?
13 Und Jehova redete zu Mose und zu Aaron und gab ihnen Befehl an die Kinder Israel und an den Pharao, den König von Ägypten, um die Kinder Israel aus dem Lande Ägypten hinauszuführen.
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