Exodus 6:27

27 They [were] those who spoke to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, in order to bring the {Israelites} out from Egypt. [It was] that Moses and Aaron.

Exodus 6:27 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 6:27

These are they which spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt
In the name of the Lord of hosts; and demanded the dismission of Israel, in order to bring the children of Israel from Egypt;
nor did they desist making application to him, until they had prevailed upon him to let them go: these are that Moses and Aaron;
which is repeated, that it may be observed who were the deliverers of Israel, what their names, of what tribe they were, and from whom they descended, and who sprung from them, at least from Aaron.

Exodus 6:27 In-Context

25 And Eleazar the son of Aaron took for himself [one] from the daughters of Putiel as a wife, and she bore for him Phinehas. These [are] the heads of the {families} of the Levites according to their clans.

26 [It was] that Aaron and Moses to whom Yahweh said, "Bring the {Israelites} out from the land of Egypt according to their divisions."

27 They [were] those who spoke to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, in order to bring the {Israelites} out from Egypt. [It was] that Moses and Aaron.

28 {And so it was on a certain day} Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt.

29 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, "I [am] Yahweh. Speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, all that I [am] speaking to you."

Footnotes

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