Exodus 5:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. ”

Exodus 5:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let - i. e. hinder.
Exodus 5:4 - 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 5:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the king of Egypt . See on Exodus 5:1 , and App-37. Wherefore. Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. let. A. S. to hinder.
Exodus 5:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. And the king of Egypt said unto them. It is surprising that the king, in the excess of his arrogance, did not more cruelly entreat these servants of God, whom he accounted the ringleaders...
Exodus 5:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron - He hints that the Hebrews are in...
Exodus 5:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron— Though the elders of Israel were with them, Pharaoh addresses and considers Moses and Aaron as the principals: and so far from attending to, or granting their peti...
Exodus 5:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their...
Exodus 5:4 - 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 5:4 - 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 5:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Request to Worship Jehovah Answered by Oppression Exodus 5:1-14 The bondage of Israel in Egypt is an apt type of our bondage to sin. See John 8:34-36 ; Romans 7:23-25 . The weary tyranny...
Exodus 5:4 - 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 5:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This complaint of the idleness of the Israelites was false. See Exodus 1:11 .
Exodus 5:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the king of Egypt said to them ,.... For he was not struck dumb, as Artapanus g, afore cited writer, says: wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works ? as they did when...
Exodus 5:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. Ver 4. Let the people from their works. ] Moses talks of sacrifi...
Exodus 5:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Get you to your burdens These words were not addressed to Moses and Aaron, but to the Israelites, the elders of whom went with Moses, several others also probably following him, when he went in unt...
Exodus 5:4 - 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 5:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the L ORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestil...
Exodus 5:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Either, 1. Ye, the elders of Israel, who are here come with Moses and Aaron : see Exodus 5:1 . Or, 2. Ye, Moses and Aaron. So far am I from granting the liberty which you desire for the peopl...
Exodus 5:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Situation Worsens ( Exodus 5:1-23 ). After the wonder of what they had seen probably all the parties involved considered that the future would be plain sailing. For who could resist such wonde...
Exodus 5:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 5:1 . Hold a feast] That is, of course, a religious festival,—a “holyday,” as the same word is rendered Psalms 42:4 ; “with processions and dancing,” of we keep close to...
Exodus 5:4 - 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 5:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Get you unto your burdens. Wrong judgment Good men are often wrongly judged:-- 1. In respect to their motives. 2. Actions. 3. Writings. ( J. S. Exell, M. A. ) The claims of religion...
Exodus 5:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

FIRST APPEAL OF MOSES TO PHARAOH , AND INCREASE OF THE OPPRESSION . EXPOSITION Exodus 5:1-2 Having secured the adhesion of the Israelitish people, Moses and Aaron sough...
Exodus 5:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Taskmasters Instructed to Burden the People
Exodus 5:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

wherefore. Jeremiah 38:4 Amos 7:10 Luke 23:2 Acts 16:20 Acts 16:21 Acts 24:5 let. burdens. Exodus 1:11
Exodus 5:4 - 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 5:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 5:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 5:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 5:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 5:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 5:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 5:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 5:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 5:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 5:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 5:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 5:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 5:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 5:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 5:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 5:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 5:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 5:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 5:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 5:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 5:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary