Exodus 7:14

14 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh is being stubborn. He refuses to let my people go.

Exodus 7:14 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 7:14

And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened,
&c.] Or "heavy" ^F3, dull and stupid, stiff and inflexible, cannot lift up his heart, or find in his heart to obey the will of God:

he refuseth to let the people go;
which was an instance and proof of the hardness and heaviness of his heart, on which the above miracle had made no impression, to regard what God by his ambassadors had required of him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (dbk) "grave", Montanus, Drusius. So Ainsworth.

Exodus 7:14 In-Context

12 Each of them threw his staff down, and they all became large snakes. But Aaron's staff swallowed theirs.

13 Yet, Pharaoh continued to be stubborn and would not listen to them, as the LORD had predicted.

14 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh is being stubborn. He refuses to let my people go.

15 In the morning meet Pharaoh when he's on his way to the Nile. Wait for him on the bank of the river. Take along the staff that turned into a snake.

16 Say to him, 'The LORD God of the Hebrews sent me to tell you, "Let my people go to worship me in the desert." So far you have not listened.