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Selected Verse: Exodus 8:28 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ex 8:28 |
Strong Concordance |
And Pharaoh [06547] said [0559], I will let you go [07971], that ye may sacrifice [02076] to the LORD [03068] your God [0430] in the wilderness [04057]; only ye shall not go [03212] very [07368] far away [07368]: intreat [06279] for me [01157]. |
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King James |
And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
very far
The second compromise is a modification merely of the first. "Do not be too unwordly." Compare (Sa1 15:3); (Sa1 15:9); (Sa1 15:13-15); (Sa1 15:19-23). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Ye shall not go very far away - Not so far but that he might fetch them back again. It is likely he suspected that if once they left Egypt, they would never come back; and therefore when he is forced to consent that they shall go, yet he is not willing they should go out of his reach. See how ready God is to accept sinners submissions. Pharaoh only says, Intreat for me - Moses promises immediately, I will intreat the Lord for thee; and that he might see what the design of the plague was, not to bring him to ruin, but to repentance. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
I will let you go only ye shall not go very far away - Pharaoh relented because the hand of God was heavy upon him; but he was not willing to give up his gain. The Israelites were very profitable to him; they were slaves of the state, and their hard labor was very productive: hence he professed a willingness, first to tolerate their religion in the land, (Exo 8:25); or to permit them to go into the wilderness, so that they went not far away, and would soon return. How ready is foolish man, when the hand of God presses him sore, to compound with his Maker! He will consent to give up some sins, provided God will permit him to keep others.
Entreat for me - Exactly similar to the case of Simon Magus, who, like Pharaoh, fearing the Divine judgments, begged an interest in the prayers of Peter, Act 8:24. |
19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey [08085] the voice [06963] of the LORD [03068], but didst fly [05860] upon the spoil [07998], and didst [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068]?
20 And Saul [07586] said [0559] unto Samuel [08050], Yea, I have obeyed [08085] the voice [06963] of the LORD [03068], and have gone [03212] the way [01870] which the LORD [03068] sent [07971] me, and have brought [0935] Agag [090] the king [04428] of Amalek [06002], and have utterly destroyed [02763] the Amalekites [06002].
21 But the people [05971] took [03947] of the spoil [07998], sheep [06629] and oxen [01241], the chief [07225] of the things which should have been utterly destroyed [02764], to sacrifice [02076] unto the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] in Gilgal [01537].
22 And Samuel [08050] said [0559], Hath the LORD [03068] as great delight [02656] in burnt offerings [05930] and sacrifices [02077], as in obeying [08085] the voice [06963] of the LORD [03068]? Behold, to obey [08085] is better [02896] than sacrifice [02077], and to hearken [07181] than the fat [02459] of rams [0352].
23 For rebellion [04805] is as the sin [02403] of witchcraft [07081], and stubbornness [06484] is as iniquity [0205] and idolatry [08655]. Because thou hast rejected [03988] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], he hath also rejected [03988] thee from being king [04428].
13 And Samuel [08050] came [0935] to Saul [07586]: and Saul [07586] said [0559] unto him, Blessed [01288] be thou of the LORD [03068]: I have performed [06965] the commandment [01697] of the LORD [03068].
14 And Samuel [08050] said [0559], What meaneth then this bleating [06963] of the sheep [06629] in mine ears [0241], and the lowing [06963] of the oxen [01241] which I hear [08085]?
15 And Saul [07586] said [0559], They have brought [0935] them from the Amalekites [06003]: for the people [05971] spared [02550] the best [04315] of the sheep [06629] and of the oxen [01241], to sacrifice [02076] unto the LORD [03068] thy God [0430]; and the rest [03498] we have utterly destroyed [02763].
9 But Saul [07586] and the people [05971] spared [02550] Agag [090], and the best [04315] of the sheep [06629], and of the oxen [01241], and of the fatlings [04932], and the lambs [03733], and all that was good [02896], and would [014] not utterly destroy [02763] them: but every thing [04399] that was vile [05240] and refuse [04549], that they destroyed utterly [02763].
3 Now go [03212] and smite [05221] Amalek [06002], and utterly destroy [02763] all that they have, and spare [02550] them not; but slay [04191] both man [0376] and woman [0802], infant [05768] and suckling [03243], ox [07794] and sheep [07716], camel [01581] and ass [02543].
24 Then [1161] answered [611] Simon [4613], and said [2036], Pray [1189] ye [5210] to [4314] the Lord [2962] for [5228] me [1700], that [3704] none of these things [3367] which [3739] ye have spoken [2046] come [1904] upon [1909] me [1691].
25 And Pharaoh [06547] called [07121] for [0413] Moses [04872] and for Aaron [0175], and said [0559], Go [03212] ye, sacrifice [02076] to your God [0430] in the land [0776].