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Ex 7:1 Strong Concordance And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], See [07200], I have made [05414] thee a god [0430] to Pharaoh [06547]: and Aaron [0175] thy brother [0251] shall be thy prophet [05030].
  King James And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
SECOND INTERVIEW WITH PHARAOH. (Exo. 7:1-25)

the Lord said unto Moses--He is here encouraged to wait again on the king--not, however, as formerly, in the attitude of a humble suppliant, but now armed with credentials as God's ambassador, and to make his demand in a tone and manner which no earthly monarch or court ever witnessed.

I have made thee a god--"made," that is, set, appointed; "a god"; that is, he was to act in this business as God's representative, to act and speak in His name and to perform things beyond the ordinary course of nature. The Orientals familiarly say of a man who is eminently great or wise, "he is a god" among men.

Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet--that is, "interpreter" or "spokesman." The one was to be the vicegerent of God, and the other must be considered the speaker throughout all the ensuing scenes, even though his name is not expressly mentioned.
 
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21 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], When thou goest [03212] to return [07725] into Egypt [04714], see [07200] that thou do [06213] all those wonders [04159] before [06440] Pharaoh [06547], which I have put [07760] in thine hand [03027]: but I will harden [02388] his heart [03820], that he shall not let the people [05971] go [07971].
3 And I will harden [07185] Pharaoh's [06547] heart [03820], and multiply [07235] my signs [0226] and my wonders [04159] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
2 Thou shalt speak [01696] all that I command [06680] thee: and Aaron [0175] thy brother [0251] shall speak [01696] unto Pharaoh [06547], that he send [07971] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] out of his land [0776].
2 Thou shalt speak [01696] all that I command [06680] thee: and Aaron [0175] thy brother [0251] shall speak [01696] unto Pharaoh [06547], that he send [07971] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] out of his land [0776].
3 And I will harden [07185] Pharaoh's [06547] heart [03820], and multiply [07235] my signs [0226] and my wonders [04159] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
4 But Pharaoh [06547] shall not hearken [08085] unto you, that I may lay [05414] my hand [03027] upon Egypt [04714], and bring forth [03318] mine armies [06635], and my people [05971] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] by great [01419] judgments [08201].
5 And the Egyptians [04714] shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068], when I stretch forth [05186] mine hand [03027] upon Egypt [04714], and bring out [03318] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] from among [08432] them.
16 And he shall be thy spokesman [01696] unto the people [05971]: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth [06310], and thou shalt be to him instead of God [0430].
1 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], See [07200], I have made [05414] thee a god [0430] to Pharaoh [06547]: and Aaron [0175] thy brother [0251] shall be thy prophet [05030].
30 And Moses [04872] said [0559] before [06440] the LORD [03068], Behold, I am of uncircumcised [06189] lips [08193], and how shall Pharaoh [06547] hearken [08085] unto me?
12 And Moses [04872] spake [01696] before [06440] the LORD [03068], saying [0559], Behold, the children [01121] of Israel [03478] have not hearkened [08085] unto me; how then shall Pharaoh [06547] hear [08085] me [0589], who am of uncircumcised [06189] lips [08193]?
2 Thou shalt speak [01696] all that I command [06680] thee: and Aaron [0175] thy brother [0251] shall speak [01696] unto Pharaoh [06547], that he send [07971] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] out of his land [0776].