Exodus 6 · Verse 26

Exodus 6:26

These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the Lord said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.
Exodus 6:26, King James Version

Exodus 6:26 in other translations

BSBIt was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.”
WEBThese are that Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.”
ASVThese are that Aaron and Moses, to whom Jehovah said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.
YLTThis is Aaron--and Moses--to whom Jehovah said, ‘Bring ye out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, by their hosts;'
DARBYThis is that Aaron and Moses, to whom Jehovah said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.
BBEThese are the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, Take the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt in their armies.
WebsterThese are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.

What does Exodus 6:26 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 According to their armies - צבאתם tsibotham, their battalions - regularly arranged troops. As God had these particularly under his care and direction, he had the name of יהוה צבאות Yehovah tsebaoth, Lord of hosts or armies. "The plain and disinterested manner," says Dr. Dodd, "in which Moses speaks here of his relations, and the impartiality wherewith he inserts in the list of them such as were afterwards severely punished by the Lord, are striking proofs of his modesty and sincerity. He inserts the genealogy of Reuben and Simeon, because they were of the same mother with Levi; and though he says nothing of himself, yet he relates particularly what concerns Aaron, Exo 6:23, who married into an honorable family, the sister of a prince of the tribe of Judah."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 6:14-30

Moses and Aaron were Israelites; raised up unto them of their brethren, as Christ also should be, who was to be the Prophet and Priest, the Redeemer and Lawgiver of the people of Israel. Moses returns to his narrative, and repeats the charge God had given him to deliver his message to Pharaoh, and his objection against it. Those who have spoken unadvisedly with their lips ought to reflect upon it with regret, as…

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Exodus 6:26 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.

ה֥וּאhu'thatH1931
אַהֲרֹ֖ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
וּמֹשֶׁ֑הu.mo.Shehand MosesH4872
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhomH834
אָמַ֤ר'a.Marhe saidH559
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
לָהֶ֔םla.Hemto <the> them
הוֹצִ֜יאוּho.Tzi.'ubring outH3318
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בְּנֵ֧יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
מֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] land ofH776
מִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
עַל\־'al-onH5921
צִבְאֹתָֽם\׃tziv.'o.Tamhosts theirH6635

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

Cross references for Exodus 6:26

  • Exodus 12:17

    And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.

  • Exodus 7:4

    But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

  • Exodus 12:51

    And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the Lord did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

  • Exodus 6:13

    And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

  • Numbers 33:1

    These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.

  • 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 99:6

    Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the Lord, and he answered them.

  • Acts 7:35-36

    This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush. 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.

  • Exodus 32:11

    And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?

  • Joshua 24:5

    I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.

  • Exodus 32:7

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:

  • Exodus 32:1

    And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
That Aaron.
13,20; Jos 24:5; 1Sa 12:6,8; 1Ch 6:3; Ps 77:20; 99:6; Mic 6:4
Bring.
7; 3:10,11; 20:2; 32:1,7,11; Ac 7:35,36
armies.
7:4; 12:17,51; 13:18; Ge 2:1; Nu 33:1

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Context

  • Exodus 6:25

    And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.

  • Exodus 6:26

    These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the Lord said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.

  • Exodus 6:27

    These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.

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Exodus 6:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Este es aquel Aarón y aquel Moisés, á los cuales Jehová dijo: Sacad á los hijos de Israel de la tierra de Egipto por sus escuadrones.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
C’est là cet Aaron et ce Moïse auxquels l’ Éternel dit: Faites sortir les fils d’Israël du pays d’Égypte, selon leurs armées.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Dieser Aaron und dieser Mose sind es, zu denen Jehova gesprochen hat: Führet die Kinder Israel aus dem Lande Ägypten hinaus, nach ihren Heeren.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Iste est Aaron et Moyses, quibus præcepit Dominus ut educerent filios Israël de terra Ægypti per turmas suas.