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Moses and Pharaoh
How Moses and Pharaoh are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Moses confronted Pharaoh.
Moses brought Pharaoh the word "Let my people go", and Pharaoh answered, "I know not the Lord". After the death of Egypt's firstborn, Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron by night and told them to go.
the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt
Exodus 12:29, King James Version
And he called for Moses and Aaron by night
Exodus 12:31, King James Version
Where they cross: Exodus 5:1-4
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Exodus 5:1-4
1And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
2And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.
3And 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.
4And 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 12:29
29And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Exodus 12:31
31And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as ye have said.
King James Version