seekeroftruth
Well-Known Member
Exodus 7:1 Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet. 2 You are to say everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his country. 3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in Egypt, 4 he will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and with mighty acts of judgment I will bring out my divisions, my people the Israelites. 5 And the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of it.”
6 Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord commanded them. 7 Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.
6 Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord commanded them. 7 Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Boy the preachers must use these verses a lot. There are a lot of preachy commentaries.
Here's what easy English commentary offers.
A ‘prophet’ was someone who declared God’s message to the people. So Aaron would be like a prophet and he would speak on behalf of Moses. Moses would give God’s message to Aaron, and Aaron would tell that message to Pharaoh.
God warned Moses and Aaron that Pharaoh would oppose their request. Pharaoh did not want the Israelites to leave his country. So God would do many wonderful acts because he is powerful. But Pharaoh would not change his decision. God’s power would rescue the Israelites. God would be the judge of the Egyptians and he would punish them. Then they would recognise that the Israelite’s God is the LORD. And they would know that he had acted on behalf of his people.
Moses was 40 years old when he ran away to Midian (Acts 7:23). He spent 40 years in Midian (Acts 7:30). So he was 80 years old when God called him to speak to Pharaoh. Both 40 and 80 can be a way to describe an ideal length of time. After 40 years with the Israelites in the desert, Moses was 120 years old (Deuteronomy 34:7). People considered that 120 years was the ideal time for a complete life (Genesis 6:3).
God warned Moses and Aaron that Pharaoh would oppose their request. Pharaoh did not want the Israelites to leave his country. So God would do many wonderful acts because he is powerful. But Pharaoh would not change his decision. God’s power would rescue the Israelites. God would be the judge of the Egyptians and he would punish them. Then they would recognise that the Israelite’s God is the LORD. And they would know that he had acted on behalf of his people.
Moses was 40 years old when he ran away to Midian (Acts 7:23). He spent 40 years in Midian (Acts 7:30). So he was 80 years old when God called him to speak to Pharaoh. Both 40 and 80 can be a way to describe an ideal length of time. After 40 years with the Israelites in the desert, Moses was 120 years old (Deuteronomy 34:7). People considered that 120 years was the ideal time for a complete life (Genesis 6:3).
