Exodus 7:1

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“The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.”

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Read Exodus 7:1 in the flow of Exodus7 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Exodus7 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Jehovah said unto Moses, See, I have made thee as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `See, I have given thee a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron thy brother is thy prophet;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 7:1 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 19:21“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.
  2. Exodus 4:15You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
  3. Exodus 4:16He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.
  4. Exodus 16:29Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”
  5. 1 Kings 17:23Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.
  6. 2 Kings 6:32Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”
  7. Psalms 82:6I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’
  8. Ecclesiastes 1:10Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.
  9. Jeremiah 1:10See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
  10. John 10:35If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—
  11. Acts 7:7‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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