Exodus 3 · Verse 10

Exodus 3:10

Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
Exodus 3:10, King James Version

Exodus 3:10 in other translations

BSBTherefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
WEBCome now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”
ASVCome now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
YLTand now, come, and I send thee unto Pharaoh, and bring thou out My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.'
DARBYAnd now come, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
BBECome, then, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may take my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.
WebsterCome now therefore, and I will send thee to Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

What does Exodus 3:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 3:10-22
10-22. Come now therefore, and I will send thee--Considering the patriotic views that had formerly animated the breast of Moses, we might have anticipated that no mission could have been more welcome to his heart than to be employed in the national emancipation of Israel. But he evinced great reluctance to it and stated a variety of objections [Ex 3:11, 13; 4:1, 10] all of which were successfully met and removed--and the happy issue of his labors was minutely described.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 3:7-10

God notices the afflictions of Israel. Their sorrows; even the secret sorrows of God's people are known to him. Their cry; God hears the cries of his afflicted people. The oppression they endured; the highest and greatest of their oppressors are not above him. God promises speedy deliverance by methods out of the common ways of providence. Those whom God, by his grace, delivers out of a spiritual Egypt, he will…

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Exodus 3:10 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.

וְעַתָּ֣הve.'a.Tahand thereforeH6258
לְכָ֔הle.Khahgo !H1980
וְאֶֽשְׁלָחֲךָ֖ve.'esh.la.cha.Khaand I will send youH7971
אֶל\־'el-toH413
פַּרְעֹ֑הpar.'OhPharaohH6547
וְהוֹצֵ֛אve.ho.Tze'and bring outH3318
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עַמִּ֥י'a.Mipeople myH5971
בְנֵֽי\־ve.nei-[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
מִמִּצְרָֽיִם\׃mi.mitz.Ra.yimfrom EgyptH4714

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Cross references for Exodus 3:10

  • Micah 6:4

    For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

  • Isaiah 63:11-12

    Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?

  • 1 Samuel 12:6

    And Samuel said unto the people, It is the Lord that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

  • Psalms 105:26

    He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.

  • Acts 7:34

    I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

  • Hosea 12:13

    And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

  • Psalms 77:20

    Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

  • Acts 7:36

    He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

  • Psalms 103:6-7

    The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Sa 12:6; Ps 77:20; 103:6,7; 105:26; Isa 63:11,12; Ho 12:13
Mic 6:4; Ac 7:34,36

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Context

  • Exodus 3:9

    Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

  • Exodus 3:10

    Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

  • Exodus 3:11

    And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

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Exodus 3:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Ven por tanto ahora, y enviarte he á Faraón, para que saques á mi pueblo, los hijos de Israel, de Egipto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et maintenant, viens, et je t’enverrai vers le Pharaon, et tu feras sortir hors d’Égypte mon peuple, les fils d’Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und nun gehe hin, denn ich will dich zu dem Pharao senden, daß du mein Volk, die Kinder Israel, aus Ägypten herausführest.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sed veni, et mittam te ad Pharaonem, ut educas populum meum, filios Israël, de Ægypto.