Exodus 4 · Verse 29

Exodus 4:29

And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:
Exodus 4:29, King James Version

Exodus 4:29 in other translations

BSBThen Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the Israelites,
WEBMoses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.
ASVAnd Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:
YLTAnd Moses goeth--Aaron also--and they gather all the elders of the sons of Israel,
DARBYAnd Moses and Aaron went and gathered all the elders of the children of Israel;
BBEThen Moses and Aaron went and got together all the chiefs of the children of Israel:
WebsterAnd Moses and Aaron went, and assembled all the elders of the children of Israel:

What does Exodus 4:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 4:29-31
29-31. Moses and Aaron went--towards Egypt, Zipporah and her sons having been sent back. (Compare Ex 18:2). gathered ... all the elders--Aaron was spokesman, and Moses performed the appointed miracles--through which "the people" (that is, the elders) believed (1Ki 17:24; Jos 3:2) and received the joyful tidings of the errand on which Moses had come with devout thanksgiving. Formerly they had slighted the message and rejected the messenger. Formerly Moses had gone in his own strength; now he goes leaning on God, and strong only through faith in Him who had sent him. Israel also had been taught a useful lesson, and it was good for both that they had been afflicted.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 4:24-31

God met Moses in anger. The Lord threatened him with death or sent sickness upon him, as the punishment of his having neglected to circumcise his son. When God discovers to us what is amiss in our lives, we must give all diligence to amend it speedily. This is the voice of every rod; it calls us to return to Him that smites us. God sent Aaron to meet Moses. The more they saw of God's bringing them together, the more…

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Exodus 4:29 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.

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980
מֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehMosesH4872
וְאַהֲרֹ֑ןve.'a.ha.Ronand AaronH175
וַיַּ֣אַסְפ֔וּvai.Ya.'as.Fuand they gatheredH622
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
זִקְנֵ֖יzik.Nei[the] elders ofH2205
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 4:29

  • Exodus 3:16

    Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:

  • Exodus 24:11

    And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.

  • Exodus 24:1

    And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
3:16; 24:1,11

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Context

  • Exodus 4:28

    And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.

  • Exodus 4:29

    And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:

  • Exodus 4:30

    And Aaron spake all the words which the Lord had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

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Exodus 4:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y fueron Moisés y Aarón, y juntaron todos los ancianos de los hijos de Israel:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Moïse et Aaron allèrent, et assemblèrent tous les anciens des fils d’Israël;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Mose und Aaron gingen hin, und sie versammelten alle Ältesten der Kinder Israel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Veneruntque simul, et congregaverunt cunctos seniores filiorum Israël.