Exodus 10 · Verse 24

Exodus 10:24

And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.
Exodus 10:24, King James Version

Exodus 10:24 in other translations

BSBThen Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”
WEBPharaoh called to Moses, and said, “Go, serve the LORD. Only let your flocks and your herds stay behind. Let your little ones also go with you.”
ASVAnd Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve Jehovah; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.
YLTAnd Pharaoh calleth unto Moses and saith, ‘Go ye, serve Jehovah, only your flock and your herd are stayed, your infants also go with you;'
DARBYAnd Pharaoh called Moses and said, Go, serve Jehovah; only, let your flocks and your herds remain; let your little ones also go with you.
BBEThen Pharaoh sent for Moses, and said, Go and give worship to the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be kept here: your little ones may go with you.
WebsterAnd Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.

What does Exodus 10:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 10:24-26
24-26. Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the Lord--Terrified by the preternatural darkness, the stubborn king relents, and proposes another compromise--the flocks and herds to be left as hostages for their return. But the crisis is approaching, and Moses insists on every iota of his demand. The cattle would be needed for sacrifice--how many or how few could not be known till their arrival at the scene of religious observance. But the emancipation of Israel from Egyptian bondage was to be complete.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 Only let your flocks and your herds be stayed - Pharaoh cannot get all he wishes; and as he sees it impossible to contend with Jehovah, he now consents to give up the Israelites, their wives and their children, provided he may keep their flocks and their herds. The cruelty of this demand is not more evident than its avarice. Had six hundred thousand men, besides women and children, gone three days' journey into the wilderness without their cattle, they must have inevitably perished, being without milk for their little ones, and animal food for their own sustenance, in a place where little as a substitute could possibly be found. It is evident from this that Pharaoh intended the total destruction of the whole Israelitish host.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 10:21-29

The plague of darkness brought upon Egypt was a dreadful plague. It was darkness which might be felt, so thick were the fogs. It astonished and terrified. It continued three days; six nights in one; so long the most lightsome palaces were dungeons. Now Pharaoh had time to consider, if he would have improved it. Spiritual darkness is spiritual bondage; while Satan blinds men's eyes that they see not, he binds their…

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Exodus 10:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּקְרָ֨אvai.yik.Ra'and he summonedH7121
פַרְעֹ֜הfar.'OhPharaohH6547
אֶל\־'el-<to>H413
מֹשֶׁ֗הmo.ShehMosesH4872
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he saidH559
לְכוּ֙le.KhugoH1980
עִבְד֣וּ'iv.DuserveH5647
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
רַ֛קrakonlyH7535
צֹאנְכֶ֥םtzon.Khemflock[s] yourH6629
וּבְקַרְכֶ֖םu.ve.kar.Khemand herd[s] yourH1241
יֻצָּ֑גyu.Tzagit will be detainedH3322
גַּֽם\־gam-alsoH1571
טַפְּכֶ֖םta.pe.Khemlittle one[s] yourH2945
יֵלֵ֥ךְye.Lekhit will goH1980
עִמָּכֶֽם\׃'i.ma.Khemwith youH5973

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Cross references for Exodus 10:24

  • Exodus 8:28

    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.

  • Exodus 10:8-10

    And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the Lord your God: but who are they that shall go? And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the Lord. And he said unto them, Let the Lord be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.

  • Exodus 9:28

    Intreat the Lord (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

  • Genesis 34:23

    Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Go ye.
8,9; 8:28; 9:28
flocks.
Ge 34:23
little ones.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Exodus 10:23

    They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

  • Exodus 10:24

    And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.

  • Exodus 10:25

    And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the Lord our God.

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Exodus 10:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces Faraón hizo llamar á Moisés, y dijo: Id, servid á Jehová; solamente queden vuestras ovejas y vuestras vacas: vayan también vuestros niños con vosotros.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le Pharaon appela Moïse, et dit: Allez, servez l’ Éternel; seulement que votre menu et votre gros bétail restent; vos petits enfants aussi iront avec vous.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und der Pharao rief Mose und sprach: Ziehet hin, dienet Jehova; nur euer Kleinvieh und eure Rinder sollen zurückbleiben; auch eure Kinder mögen mit euch ziehen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Vocavitque Pharao Moysen et Aaron, et dixit eis: Ite, sacrificate Domino: oves tantum vestræ et armenta remaneant, parvuli vestri eant vobiscum.