World English Bible
Exodus 4:21
“Yahweh said to Moses, "When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.”
Exodus 4:21 in the King James Version
And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.Read Exodus 4:21 in the King James Version →
Verse in context — Exodus 4
Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, "Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead.
Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God's rod in his hand.
Yahweh said to Moses, "When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.
You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn,
and I have said to you, "Let my son go, that he may serve me;" and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.
Cross references for Exodus 4:21
- Romans 9:18
So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
- Exodus 14:8
Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel; for the children of Israel went out with a high hand.
- Joshua 11:20
For it was of Yahweh to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Isaiah 63:17
O Yahweh, why do you make us to err from your ways, and harden our heart from your fear? Return for your servants' sake, the tribes of your inheritance.
- Exodus 9:35
The heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he didn't let the children of Israel go, just as Yahweh had spoken through Moses.
- Exodus 9:12
Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he didn't listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken to Moses.
- Exodus 7:13
Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken.
- Exodus 10:20
But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he didn't let the children of Israel go.
- John 12:40
He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them.
- Exodus 3:20
I will put forth my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in its midst, and after that he will let you go.
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God delivers Israel from Egypt, gives the Ten Commandments, and establishes His covenant with His people.
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