Exodus 3:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And I am certain that the king of Egypt will not let you go without being forced.

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  • Exod 5:2 : 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, to whose voice I am to give ear and let Israel go? I have no knowledge of the Lord and I will not let Israel go.
  • Exod 6:1 : 1 And the Lord said to Moses, Now you will see what I am about to do to Pharaoh; for by a strong hand he will be forced to let them go, driving them out of his land because of my outstretched arm.
  • Exod 7:1-9 : 1 And the Lord said to Moses, See I have made you a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother will be your prophet. 2 Say whatever I give you orders to say: and Aaron your brother will give word to Pharaoh to let the children of Israel go out of his land. 3 And I will make Pharaoh's heart hard, and my signs and wonders will be increased in the land of Egypt. 4 But Pharaoh will not give ear to you, and I will put my hand on Egypt, and take my armies, my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt, after great punishments. 5 And the Egyptians will see that I am the Lord, when my hand is stretched out over Egypt, and I take the children of Israel out from among them. 6 And Moses and Aaron did so: as the Lord gave them orders, so they did. 7 And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they gave the Lord's word to Pharaoh. 8 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 9 If Pharaoh says to you, Let me see a wonder: then say to Aaron, Take your rod and put it down on the earth before Pharaoh so that it may become a snake. 10 Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and they did as the Lord had said: and Aaron put his rod down on the earth before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a snake. 11 Then Pharaoh sent for the wise men and the wonder-workers, and they, the wonder-workers of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts. 12 For every one of them put down his rod on the earth, and they became snakes: but Aaron's rod made a meal of their rods. 13 But Pharaoh's heart was made hard, and he did not give ear to them, as the Lord had said. 14 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Pharaoh's heart is unchanged; he will not let the people go.
  • Ps 136:11-12 : 11 And took out Israel from among them: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: 12 With a strong hand and an outstretched arm: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
  • Isa 63:12-13 : 12 He who made the arm of his glory go at the right hand of Moses, by whom the waters were parted before them, to make himself an eternal name; 13 He who made them go through the deep waters, like a horse in the waste land?

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  • Exod 3:20-21
    2 verses
    85%

    20 But I will put out my hand and overcome Egypt with all the wonders which I will do among them: and after that he will let you go.

    21 And I will give this people grace in the eyes of the Egyptians, so that when you go out you will go out with your hands full.

  • Exod 7:3-5
    3 verses
    79%

    3 And I will make Pharaoh's heart hard, and my signs and wonders will be increased in the land of Egypt.

    4 But Pharaoh will not give ear to you, and I will put my hand on Egypt, and take my armies, my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt, after great punishments.

    5 And the Egyptians will see that I am the Lord, when my hand is stretched out over Egypt, and I take the children of Israel out from among them.

  • Exod 10:27
    78%

    27 But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he would not let them go.

  • Exod 6:1
    78%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses, Now you will see what I am about to do to Pharaoh; for by a strong hand he will be forced to let them go, driving them out of his land because of my outstretched arm.

  • Exod 5:2
    78%

    2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, to whose voice I am to give ear and let Israel go? I have no knowledge of the Lord and I will not let Israel go.

  • Exod 9:17
    77%

    17 Are you still uplifted in pride against my people so that you will not let them go?

  • Exod 11:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    9 And the Lord said to Moses, Pharaoh will not give ear to you, so that my wonders may be increased in the land of Egypt.

    10 All these wonders Moses and Aaron did before Pharaoh: but the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land.

  • Exod 9:35
    76%

    35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hard, and he did not let the people go, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Moses.

  • Exod 9:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 Then the Lord said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go so that they may give me worship.

    2 For if you will not let them go, but still keep them in your power,

  • Exod 3:18
    76%

    18 And they will give ear to your voice: and you, with the chiefs of Israel, will go to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and say to him, The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has come to us: let us then go three days' journey into the waste land to make an offering to the Lord our God.

  • Exod 10:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3 Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you be lifted up in your pride before me? let my people go so that they may give me worship.

    4 For if you will not let my people go, tomorrow I will send locusts into your land:

  • Exod 4:21
    75%

    21 And the Lord said to Moses, When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have given you power to do: but I will make his heart hard and he will not let the people go.

  • Exod 10:20
    74%

    20 But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he did not let the children of Israel go.

  • Exod 4:23
    74%

    23 And I said to you, Let my son go, so that he may give me worship; and you did not let him go: so now I will put the first of your sons to death.

  • Exod 7:14
    74%

    14 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Pharaoh's heart is unchanged; he will not let the people go.

  • Exod 11:1
    74%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses, I will send one more punishment on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after that he will let you go; and when he does let you go, he will not keep one of you back, but will send you out by force.

  • Exod 7:16
    74%

    16 And say to him, The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, Let my people go so that they may give me worship in the waste land; but up to now you have not given ear to his words.

  • Exod 3:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10 Come, then, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may take my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.

    11 And Moses said to God, Who am I to go to Pharaoh and take the children of Israel out of Egypt?

  • Exod 9:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 And the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he would not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.

    13 And the Lord said to Moses, Get up early in the morning and take your place before Pharaoh, and say to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go so that they may give me worship.

  • Exod 10:11
    73%

    11 Not so; but let your males go and give worship to the Lord, as your desire is. This he said, driving them out from before him.

  • Exod 6:11
    73%

    11 Go in and say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, that he is to let the children of Israel go out of his land.

  • Exod 9:30
    73%

    30 But as for you and your servants, I am certain that even now the fear of the Lord God will not be in your hearts.

  • Exod 10:7
    73%

    7 And Pharaoh's servants said to him, How long is this man to be the cause of evil to us? let the men go so that they may give worship to the Lord their God: are you not awake to Egypt's danger?

  • Exod 14:5
    72%

    5 And word came to Pharaoh of the flight of the people: and the feeling of Pharaoh and of his servants about the people was changed, and they said, Why have we let Israel go, so that they will do no more work for us?

  • Exod 5:4
    72%

    4 And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people away from their work? get back to your work.

  • Exod 14:17
    72%

    17 And I will make the heart of the Egyptians hard, and they will go in after them: and I will be honoured over Pharaoh and over his army, his war-carriages, and his horsemen.

  • Num 14:13
    72%

    13 And Moses said to the Lord, Then it will come to the ears of the Egyptians; for by your power you took this people out from among them;

  • Exod 8:28
    72%

    28 Then Pharaoh said, I will let you go to make an offering to the Lord your God in the waste land; but do not go very far away, and make prayer for me.

  • Exod 14:3
    72%

    3 And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are wandering without direction, they are shut in by the waste land.

  • Exod 14:8
    72%

    8 And the Lord made the heart of Pharaoh hard, and he went after the children of Israel: for the children of Israel had gone out without fear.

  • Exod 8:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19 Then the wonder-workers said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: but Pharaoh's heart was hard, and he did not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.

    20 And the Lord said to Moses, Get up early in the morning and take your place before Pharaoh when he comes out to the water; and say to him, This is what the Lord says: Let my people go to give me worship.

  • Isa 19:4
    72%

    4 And I will give the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a hard king will be their ruler, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.

  • Exod 8:1
    72%

    1 And this is what the Lord said to Moses: Go to Pharaoh and say to him, The Lord says, Let my people go so that they may give me worship.

  • Exod 13:17
    71%

    17 Now after Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not take them through the land of the Philistines, though that was near: for God said, If the people see war, they may have a change of heart and go back to Egypt.

  • 1 Sam 6:6
    71%

    6 Why do you make your hearts hard, like the hearts of Pharaoh and the Egyptians? When he had made sport of them, did they not let the people go, and they went away?

  • Jer 42:19
    71%

    19 The Lord has said about you, O last of Judah, Go not into Egypt: be certain that I have given witness to you this day.

  • Exod 5:10
    71%

    10 And the overseers of the people and their responsible men went out and said to the people, Pharaoh says, I will give you no more dry stems.

  • Exod 9:7
    71%

    7 And Pharaoh sent and got word that there was no loss of any of the cattle of Israel. But the heart of Pharaoh was hard and he did not let the people go.