Exodus 9:2

2 Do not refuse to let them go. Do not keep holding them back.

Exodus 9:2 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 9:2

For if thou refuse to let them go
Continue to refuse, as he had done: and wilt hold them still;
in the land, and under his dominion and oppression.

Exodus 9:2 In-Context

1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses. He said, "Go to Pharaoh. Tell him, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says, "Let my people go. Then they will be able to worship me.

2 Do not refuse to let them go. Do not keep holding them back.

3 " ' "If you refuse, my powerful hand will bring a terrible plague on you. I will strike your livestock in the fields. I will strike your horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, sheep and goats.

4 But I will treat Israel's livestock differently from yours. No animal that belongs to the people of Israel will die." ' "

5 The LORD set a time for the plague. He said, "Tomorrow I will send it on the land."