KJV ORIGINAL
Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Go and speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and tell him to let the people of Israel leave his country.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God is commanding Moses to directly confront Egypt's most powerful ruler and demand freedom for the Israelites.
📚 Historical Context
This command came after Moses had already approached Pharaoh once, only to see the Israelites' suffering increase with harsher work conditions. The Israelites had been enslaved in Egypt for approximately 400 years, and Pharaoh viewed them as valuable free labor essential to Egypt's economy. Moses was being called to make what seemed like an impossible demand to the most powerful ruler of the ancient world.
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