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Exodus 7:7

Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Aaron;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Enchantments;   Exodus;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Moses;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Exodus, the;   Moses;   Stephen;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Plagues;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Moses;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Numbers (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Aaron;   Plagues of egypt;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Plagues, the Ten,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Enslavement, the;   Exodus, the;   Encampment at Sinai;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Aaron;   Exodus, the Book of;   Four;   Number;   Revelation;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Aaron;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Deuteronomy;   Jochebed;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Moshe was eighty years old, and Aharon eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Par`oh.
King James Version
And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
Lexham English Bible
(And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.)
New Century Version
Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to the king.
New English Translation
Now Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Amplified Bible
Now Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.
New American Standard Bible
And Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Geneva Bible (1587)
(Nowe Moses was foure score yeere olde, and Aaron foure score and three, when they spake vnto Pharaoh)
Legacy Standard Bible
Now Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Contemporary English Version
and spoke to the king. At the time, Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three.
Complete Jewish Bible
Moshe was eighty years old and Aharon eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Darby Translation
And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Easy-to-Read Version
Moses was 80 years old at the time, and Aaron was 83.
English Standard Version
Now Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
George Lamsa Translation
And Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Good News Translation
At the time when they spoke to the king, Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three.
Christian Standard Bible®
Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Literal Translation
And Moses was a son of eighty years, and Aaron was a son of eighty three years when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Moses was foure score yeare olde, & Aaron thre & foure score yeare olde, whan they spake vnto Pharao.
American Standard Version
And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
Bible in Basic English
And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they gave the Lord's word to Pharaoh.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Moyses was fourescore yere olde, and Aaron fourescore and three, when they spake vnto Pharao.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spoke unto Pharaoh.
King James Version (1611)
And Moses was fourescore yeres olde, and Aaron fourescore and three yeeres old, when they spake vnto Pharaoh.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron his brother was eighty-three years old, when he spoke to Pharao.
English Revised Version
And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Moyses was of fourescoor yeer, and Aaron was of fourescoor yeer and thre, whanne thei spaken to Farao.
Young's Literal Translation
and Moses [is] a son of eighty years, and Aaron [is] a son of eighty and three years, in their speaking unto Pharaoh.
Update Bible Version
And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses [was] eighty years old, and Aaron eighty and three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
World English Bible
Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
New King James Version
And Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.
New Living Translation
Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three when they made their demands to Pharaoh.
New Life Bible
Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
New Revised Standard
Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now Moses, was eighty years old, and, Aaron, eighty-three years old, - when they spake unto Pharaoh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty- three, when they spoke to Pharao.
Revised Standard Version
Now Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three, when they spoke to Pharaoh.

Contextual Overview

1The LORD answered Moses, "See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet. 2You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron must declare it to Pharaoh so that he will let the Israelites go out of his land. 3But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, 4Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt. 5And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them." 6So Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded them. 7Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 2:23, Genesis 41:46, Deuteronomy 29:5, Deuteronomy 31:2, Deuteronomy 34:7, Psalms 90:10, Acts 7:23, Acts 7:30

Reciprocal: Genesis 47:9 - have not

Cross-References

Genesis 6:18
But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark-you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.
Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
Genesis 7:13
On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons-
Genesis 7:15
They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.
Proverbs 22:3
The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
Matthew 24:38
For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
Luke 17:27
People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
Hebrews 6:18
Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
1 Peter 3:20
who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Moses was eighty years old,.... At this time, which is observed partly to show how long Israel had been afflicted in Egypt; for their great troubles and miseries began about the time of the birth of Moses, or a little before, as appears from the above history; and partly to show the patience and forbearance of God with the Egyptians, and how just and righteous were his judgments on them; with this perfectly agrees Stephen's account of the age of Moses, Acts 7:23 and Aaron eighty three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh; so that they were men that had had a large experience of things, and had been long training up for the service designed to be done by them; they were men of wisdom and prudence, of sedate and composed countenances, and fit to appear before a king, whose age and venerable aspect might command attention to them. Aben Ezra observes, that

"in all the Scripture there is no mention of any prophets that prophesied in their old age but these, because their excellency was greater than all the prophets.''

By this it appears that Aaron was three years older than Moses. A Jewish chronologer says n, that it is affirmed in an exposition of theirs, that Aaron prophesied to the Israelites in Egypt eighty years, which is making him to be a very young prophet when he first entered into the office. The Arabic writers o say, Miriam was at this time eighty seven, so was seven years older than Moses, and four years older than Aaron; see Exodus 2:4.

n Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 7. 1. o Patricides, p. 26. apud Hottinger. p. 415.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 7:7. Moses was fourscore years old — He was forty years old when he went to Midian, and he had tarried forty years in Midian; (see Exodus 2:11, and Acts 7:30); and from this verse it appears that Aaron was three years older than Moses. We have already seen that Miriam their sister was older than either, Exodus 2:4.


 
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