Exodus 4:29

29 And Moses and Aaron went, and they gathered all of the elders of the {Israelites}.

Exodus 4:29 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 4:29

And Moses and Aaron went
Set forward for Egypt: and being come thither,

gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel;
the heads of tribes and families, as many as they could conveniently get together in one place; probably in the metropolis of the kingdom, where Pharaoh's palace was, since we quickly hear of their going in to him.

Exodus 4:29 In-Context

27 And Yahweh said to Aaron, "Go to the desert to meet Moses." And he went and encountered him at the mountain of God and kissed him.

28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of Yahweh, who had sent him--and all the signs that he had commanded him.

29 And Moses and Aaron went, and they gathered all of the elders of the {Israelites}.

30 And Aaron spoke all the words that Yahweh had spoken to Moses, and he did the signs before the eyes of the people.

31 And the people believed when they heard that Yahweh had attended to the {Israelites} and that he had seen their misery, and they knelt down and they worshiped.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"