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.
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Interpretation
God will own his people, though poor and despised, and will find a time to plead their cause. Pharaoh treated all he had heard with contempt.
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This thought runs through Exodus 5:3-7.
Glossary
- Egypt Place
- The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.