Exodus 5:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: ”

Exodus 5:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:1 to Exodus 6:1 ( Exodus 5:1 f. and Exodus 5:4 E, the rest J). Pharaoh's first refusal to let Israel go, and his increase of their burdens. The bulk of the story is taken from J,...
Exodus 5:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20. And they met Moses. Some translate it, (71) “they met together with Moses,” taking the particle את, eth, for “together with;” but it is more in accordance with the context that the o...
Exodus 5:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
Exodus 5:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: They met Moses ... The Lord look upon you, and judge. Thus the deliverer of Israel found that his patrioti...
Exodus 5:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Increase of the Oppression 1. Pharaoh ] probably P. Merenptah. See on Exodus 1:8 . His court may have been at Zoan or Tanis during the events that ensued: cp. Psalms 78:12 ; Psalms 78:43 ; Th...
Exodus 5:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Who stood in the way. — Heb., in their way. The meaning is, that Moses and Aaron were “standing” — i.e., waiting to meet them, and know the result of their interview with the monarch.
Exodus 5:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER V. PHARAOH REFUSES. Exodus 5:1-23 . After forty years of obscurity and silence, Moses re-enters the magnificent halls where he had formerly turned his back upon so great a place. The...
Exodus 5:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Moses Appeals from Pharaoh to God Exodus 5:15-23 ; Exodus 6:1 God's way is to bring men to an end of themselves before He arises to their help. Our efforts to deliver ourselves only end in inc...
Exodus 5:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the last picture of the people in bondage. As we follow the history, we shall be particularly interested in noticing the process through which Pharaoh passed. Here Moses and Aaron came t...
Exodus 5:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 34:30 ; Jonah 4:4-9 . Reader! recollect how the people had bowed their head in token of their trust in God's promises to deliver them. And here we behold them, not only relinquishing their...
Exodus 5:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they met Moses and Aaron ,.... The officers of the children of Israel, who had been with their complaints to Pharaoh: who stood in the way as they came forth from Pharaoh ; they, had placed th...
Exodus 5:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: Ver. 20. And they met Moses. ] How ready are we to mistake the grounds of our afflictions, and to cast them upo...
Exodus 5:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE FIRST APPEAL TO PHARAOH AND THE RESULTS (vs.1-23) Moses and Aaron then gain an audience with Pharaoh, and simply tell him the message that the Lord God of Israel has for him, "Let My people g...
Exodus 5:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? 16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say...
Exodus 5:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They, i.e. the officers who went to pour out their complaints to Pharaoh, Exodus 5:15
Exodus 5:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 5:23 . Neither has thou delivered thy people at all] This, though strong, is scarcely so bold as the original, which here makes an effective use of its preplaced infiniti...
Exodus 5:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 5:1 . Moses and Aaron, accompanied by the elders, as in Exodus 6:26 , went to Pharaoh. Exodus 5:2 . Who is Jehovah? I know not JEHOVAH. The mythology of the gentiles supposed every cit...
Exodus 5:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ye have made our savour to be abhorred. Lessons 1. Sense of evil from tyrants may make the oppressed fall foul with their best friends. 2. Providence orders His servants sometimes to meet wi...
Exodus 5:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Exodus 5:20 , Exodus 5:21 On quitting the presence of Pharaoh, the officers of the Israelites, burning with the sense of the injustice done them, and deeply apprehensive wit...
Exodus 5:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way as they came forth from Pharaoh, anxious to hear the result of the meeting with the king.
Exodus 5:20 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Controversy Between Pharaoh and God Exodus 5:1-23 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The concluding verses of chapter 4, which link our last message with this one, are most interesting. It would hardly do...

Exodus 5:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 5:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 5:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 5:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 5:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 5:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 5:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 5:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 5:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 5:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 5:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 5:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 5:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 5:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 5:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 5:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 5:20 - Wells of Living Water Commentary