Exodus 6:22-30

22 The ¹sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.

23 Aaron took as his wife Elisheba, the daughter of ²Amminadab and the sister of ³Nahshon, and she bore him ⁴Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

24 The ⁵sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the clans of the Korahites.

25 Eleazar, Aaron's son, took as his wife one of the daughters of Putiel, and ⁶she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites by their clans.

26 These are the Aaron and Moses ⁷to whom the LORD said: "Bring out the people of Israel from the land of Egypt ⁸by their hosts."

27 It was they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing out the people of Israel from Egypt, this Moses and this Aaron.

28 On the day when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

29 the LORD said to Moses, ⁹"I am the LORD; ¹⁰tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you."

30 But Moses said to the LORD, "Behold, ¹¹I am of uncircumcised lips. How will Pharaoh listen to me?"

Exodus 6:22-30 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 6

The Lord encourages Moses to hope for success from his name Jehovah, and the covenant he had made with the fathers of his people, Ex 6:1-5, orders him to assure the children of Israel that he would deliver them from their bondage and burdens, and bring them into the land of Canaan; but through their distress and anguish they hearkened not to him, Ex 6:6-9 but Moses is sent again to Pharaoh to demand the dismission of Israel, to which he seems unwilling, and both he and Aaron are charged both to go to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh, Ex 6:10-13, next follows a genealogy of the tribes of Reuben, Simeon, and Levi, which seems to be given for the sake of Moses and Aaron, and to show their descent, Ex 6:14-15, who were the persons appointed of God to be the instruments of bringing the children of Israel out of Egypt, Ex 6:26-30.

Cross References

• 1. Leviticus 10:4; Numbers 3:30
• 2. Ruth 4:19, 20; 1 Chronicles 2:10; Matthew 1:4; Luke 3:33
• 3. Numbers 1:7; Numbers 2:3; Numbers 7:12, 17; Numbers 10:14; Matthew 1:4; Luke 3:32
• 4. Leviticus 10:1; Numbers 3:2; Numbers 26:60; 1 Chronicles 6:3; 1 Chronicles 24:1
• 5. 1 Chr. 6:22, 23, 37
• 6. Numbers 25:7, 11; Joshua 24:33; Psalms 106:30
• 7. ver. 13
• 8. Exodus 7:4; Exodus 12:17, 51; Numbers 33:1
• 9. See ver. 2
• 10. ver. 11; [Exodus 7:2]
• 11. [Isaiah 6:5]; See ver. 12