Exodus 5:3

met with us. Compare Exodus 3:2-10.

sacrifice. Hebrew. zabach. See App-43.

sword. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause). App-6.

Related Commentaries of Exodus 5:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Three days’ journey - See the Exodus 3:18 note. With pestilence, or with the sword - This shows that the plague was well known to the ancie...
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 thei...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. And they said, The God of the Hebrews. Moses and Aaron proceed with their message; neither does the pride of the tyrant decrease or weake...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 LORD our...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Let us go—three days—into the desert— They do not open their whole purpose at once. It was not necessary, and it would not have been prudent. They...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 LORD...
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 th...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

See on Exodus 3:18 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The God of the Hebrews. — Moses accepts Pharaoh’s view, and does not insist on the authority of Jehovah over Egyptians, but makes an appeal ad mis...
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 f...
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 J...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is an appeal to Pharaoh's wisdom and humanity since he had no religion, that he might not lose his subjects by God's judgments. An eastern princ...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they said, the God of the Hebrews hath met with us ,.... Perceiving that the name Jehovah was unknown to him, and treated by him in a scornful m...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 LORD our...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Three days' journey into the desert And that on a good errand, and unexceptionable: we will sacrifice to the Lord our God As other people do to t...
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 th...
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 th...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hath met with us, i.e. hath appeared to us lately, and laid this command upon us. Others, is called upon us , i.e. his name is called upon us, or...
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...
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 ; “w...
Scofield Reference Notes

three days Compare ( Matthew 12:38-40 ). By death and resurrection will God have his people separated from Egypt -- the world. ( Romans 6:1...
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 Biblical Illustrator

Let us go, we pray thee, three days’ Journey. Lessons 1. God’s ambassadors must not forsake His message, upon man’s denial. 2. Further argum...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

FIRST APPEAL OF MOSES TO PHARAOH , AND INCREASE OF THE OPPRESSION . EXPOSITION Exodus 5:1-2 Having secured the adhesio...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Taskmasters Instructed to Burden the People
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us, He had disclosed, revealed Himself to them in glory, He, the ancient God of the free Hebrews....
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The God. Exodus 3:18 lest he. Deuteronomy 28:21 2 Kings 17:25 2 Chronicles 30:8 Ezra 7:23 Ezekiel 6:11 Zechariah 14:16-19
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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

We pray thee, let us go three days journey into the desert — And that on a good errand, and unexceptionable: we will sacrifice to the Lord our God...

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 LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

Related Commentaries of Exodus 5:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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