Exodus 5:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But Pharaoh said,“Who is the LORD that I should obey him by releasing Israel? I do not know the LORD, and I will not release Israel!”

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 3:19 : 19 But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, not even under force.
  • 2 Kgs 18:35 : 35 Who among all the gods of the lands has rescued their lands from my power? So how can the LORD rescue Jerusalem from my power?’”
  • Job 21:15 : 15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain if we were to pray to him?’
  • Ps 10:4 : 4 The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks,“God won’t hold me accountable; he doesn’t care.”
  • Ps 12:4 : 4 They say,“We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?”
  • Ps 14:1 : 1 For the music director; by David. Fools say to themselves,“There is no God.” They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.
  • Jer 44:16-17 : 16 “We will not listen to what you claim the LORD has spoken to us! 17 Instead we will do everything we vowed we would do. We will sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the goddess called the Queen of Heaven just as we and our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders previously did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and had no troubles.
  • John 16:3 : 3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.
  • 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
  • 2 Chr 32:15 : 15 Now don’t let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like this. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people from my power or the power of my predecessors. So how can your gods rescue you from my power?’”
  • 2 Chr 32:19 : 19 They talked about the God of Jerusalem as if he were one of the man-made gods of the nations of the earth.
  • 1 Sam 2:12 : 12 But the sons of Eli were wicked men. They did not acknowledge the LORD’s authority.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 10:3-4
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    3So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and told him,“This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has said:‘How long do you refuse to humble yourself before me? Release my people so that they may serve me!

    4But if you refuse to release my people, I am going to bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.

  • Exod 9:1-2
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    79%

    1The Fifth Blow: Disease Then the LORD said to Moses,“Go to Pharaoh and tell him,‘This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has said,“Release my people that they may serve me!

    2For if you refuse to release them and continue holding them,

  • Exod 10:7-8
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    7Pharaoh’s servants said to him,“How long will this man be a menace to us? Release the people so that they may serve the LORD their God. Do you not know that Egypt is destroyed?”

    8So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh, and he said to them,“Go, serve the LORD your God. Exactly who is going with you?”

  • Exod 5:1
    79%

    1Opposition to the Plan of God Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said,“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, has said,‘Release my people so that they may hold a pilgrim feast to me in the wilderness.’”

  • Exod 10:27
    78%

    27But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to release them.

  • Exod 14:4-5
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    4I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will chase after them. I will gain honor because of Pharaoh and because of all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So this is what they did.

    5When it was reported to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people, and the king and his servants said,“What in the world have we done? For we have released the people of Israel from serving us!”

  • Exod 3:19
    78%

    19But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, not even under force.

  • Exod 9:12-14
    3 verses
    77%

    12But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had predicted to Moses.

    13The Seventh Blow: Hail The LORD said to Moses,“Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him,‘This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has said:“Release my people so that they may serve me!

    14For this time I will send all my plagues on your very self and on your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.

  • Exod 3:10-11
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    77%

    10So now go, and I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”

    11Moses said to God,“Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, or that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

  • Exod 8:1
    77%

    1(7:26) Then the LORD said to Moses,“Go to Pharaoh and tell him,‘This is what the LORD has said:“Release my people in order that they may serve me!

  • Exod 7:13-14
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    13Yet Pharaoh’s heart became hard, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had predicted.

    14The First Blow: Water to Blood The LORD said to Moses,“Pharaoh’s heart is hard; he refuses to release the people.

  • Exod 9:35
    77%

    35So Pharaoh’s heart remained hard, and he did not release the Israelites, as the LORD had predicted through Moses.

  • Exod 8:20
    77%

    20The Fourth Blow: Flies The LORD said to Moses,“Get up early in the morning and position yourself before Pharaoh as he goes out to the water, and tell him,‘This is what the LORD has said,“Release my people that they may serve me!

  • Exod 7:16
    76%

    16Tell him,‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you to say,“Release my people, that they may serve me in the wilderness!” But until now you have not listened.

  • Exod 11:9-10
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    9The LORD said to Moses,“Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”

    10So Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not release the Israelites from his land.

  • Exod 4:23
    75%

    23and I said to you,‘Let my son go that he may serve me,’ but since you have refused to let him go, I will surely kill your son, your firstborn!”’”

  • Exod 9:17
    75%

    17You are still exalting yourself against my people by not releasing them.

  • Exod 6:11
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    11“Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt that he must release the Israelites from his land.”

  • Exod 10:20
    75%

    20But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not release the Israelites.

  • Exod 6:29
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    29he said to him,“I am the LORD. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I am telling you.”

  • Exod 5:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3And they said,“The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Let us go a three-day journey into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, so that he does not strike us with plague or the sword.”

    4The king of Egypt said to them,“Moses and Aaron, why do you cause the people to refrain from their work? Return to your labor!”

  • Exod 7:4-5
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    74%

    4Pharaoh will not listen to you. I will reach into Egypt and bring out my regiments, my people the Israelites, from the land of Egypt with great acts of judgment.

    5Then the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I extend my hand over Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.

  • Exod 8:28
    74%

    28Pharaoh said,“I will release you so that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness. Only you must not go very far. Do pray for me.”

  • Exod 12:31
    74%

    31Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron in the night and said,“Get up, get out from among my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, serve the LORD as you have requested!

  • Exod 6:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Then the LORD said to Moses,“Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for compelled by my strong hand he will release them, and by my strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”

    2God spoke to Moses and said to him,“I am the LORD.

  • Exod 10:1
    73%

    1The Eighth Blow: Locusts The LORD said to Moses,“Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, in order to display these signs of mine before him,

  • Exod 9:30
    73%

    30But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear the LORD God.”

  • Exod 9:7
    73%

    7Pharaoh sent representatives to investigate, and indeed, not even one of the livestock of Israel had died. But Pharaoh’s heart remained hard, and he did not release the people.

  • Exod 8:32
    73%

    32But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also and did not release the people.

  • Exod 10:24
    73%

    24Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said,“Go, serve the LORD– only your flocks and herds will be detained. Even your families may go with you.”

  • Exod 1:8
    73%

    8Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power over Egypt.

  • Exod 8:15
    72%

    15But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not listen to them, just as the LORD had predicted.

  • Exod 11:1
    72%

    1The Tenth Blow: Death The LORD said to Moses,“I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after that he will release you from this place. When he releases you, he will drive you out completely from this place.

  • 1 Sam 6:6
    72%

    6Why harden your hearts like the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When God treated them harshly, didn’t the Egyptians send the Israelites on their way?

  • Exod 7:23
    72%

    23And Pharaoh turned and went into his house. He did not pay any attention to this.