Exodus 8:1 meaning and explanation
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
Exodus 8:1, Berean Standard Bible
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God speaks to Moses and sends him back to Pharaoh with a message introduced by the prophetic formula “this is what the LORD says,” which marks the words as God’s own rather than Moses’ opinion. The demand is not merely release from labor but release for worship: the Hebrew verb often rendered “serve” carries both senses, so Pharaoh’s slavery and Israel’s service of God stand opposed.
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