Exodus 7:1

Nova Vulgata

Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen: "Ecce constitui te deum pha raonis, et Aaron frater tuus erit propheta tuus.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Dixitque Dominus ad eum : Ingredere tu et omnis domus tua in arcam : te enim vidi justum coram me in generatione hac.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen: Ecce constitui te Deum Pharaonis: et Aaron frater tuus erit propheta tuus.

Bible Verse Review
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See: Exodus 16:29, Genesis 19:21, 1 Kings 17:23, 2 Kings 6:32, Ecclesiastes 1:10

a god: Exodus 4:15, Exodus 4:16, Psalms 82:6, Jeremiah 1:10, John 10:35, John 10:36

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:14 - that Genesis 20:7 - a prophet Exodus 3:19 - General Exodus 6:11 - General Exodus 18:1 - done Exodus 19:4 - seen Numbers 12:6 - a prophet Deuteronomy 1:30 - according Deuteronomy 6:22 - showed Deuteronomy 7:18 - remember Joshua 24:5 - plagued Nehemiah 9:10 - showedst Psalms 78:12 - Marvellous Psalms 89:10 - Thou hast Psalms 105:26 - Aaron Psalms 105:27 - They Psalms 135:9 - sent tokens Jeremiah 1:7 - for thou shalt John 10:34 - gods Acts 7:7 - the nation Acts 7:36 - after

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord said unto Moses,.... In answer to his objection, taken from his own meanness, and the majesty of Pharaoh, and from his want of readiness and freedom of expression:

see; take notice of, observe what I am about to say:

I have made thee a god to Pharaoh; not a god by nature, but made so; he was so by commission and office, clothed with power and authority from God to act under him in all things he should direct; not for ever, as angels are gods, but for a time; not in an ordinary way, as magistrates are gods, but in an extraordinary manner; and not to any other but to Pharaoh, being an ambassador of God to him, and as in his room and stead to, rule over him, though so great a monarch; to command him what he should do, and control him when he did wrong, and punish him for his disobedience, and inflict such plagues upon him, and do such miracles before him, as no mere man of himself, and none but God can do; and even exercise the power of life and death, as in the slaying of the firstborn, that Pharaoh should stand in as much fear of him, as if he was a deity, and apply to him to remove the plagues upon him, as if he was one:

and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet; to declare the will of God revealed to him by Moses from the Lord; so that this seems to be more than to be the mouth and spokesman of Moses and interpreter and explainer of his words, or to be acting the part of an orator for him; for Moses in this affair being God's viceregent, and furnished with a knowledge of the mind and will of God respecting it, as well as with power to work miracles, and inflict plagues, was made a god to both Pharaoh and Aaron; see Exodus 4:6 to Pharaoh in the sense before explained, and to Aaron, he being his prophet, to whom he communicated the secrets of God, and his will and pleasure, in order to make the same known to Pharaoh. Thus highly honoured was Moses to be a god to a sovereign prince, and to have Aaron to be his prophet.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

With this chapter begins the series of miracles performed in Egypt. They are progressive. The first miracle is performed to accredit the mission of the brothers; it is simply credential, and unaccompanied by any infliction. Then come signs which show that the powers of nature are subject to the will of Yahweh, each plague being attended with grave consequences to the Egyptians, yet not inflicting severe loss or suffering; then in rapid succession come ruinous and devastating plagues, murrain, boils, hail and lightning, locusts, darkness, and lastly, the death of the firstborn. Each of the inflictions has a demonstrable connection with Egyptian customs and phenomena; each is directly aimed at some Egyptian superstition; all are marvelous, not, for the most part, as reversing, but as developing forces inherent in nature, and directing them to a special end. The effects correspond with these characteristics; the first miracles are neglected; the following plagues first alarm, and then for a season, subdue, the king, who does not give way until his firstborn is struck. Even that blow leaves him capable of a last effort, which completes his ruin, and the deliverance of the Israelites.

I have made thee a god - Or “appointed thee.” See the margin reference. Moses will stand in this special relation to Pharaoh, that God will address him by a prophet, i. e. by one appointed to speak in His name. The passage is an important one as illustrating the primary and essential characteristic of a prophet, he is the declarer of God’s will and purpose.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER VII

The dignified mission of Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh-the one to be

as God, the other as a prophet of the Most High, 1, 2.

The prediction that Pharaoh's heart should be hardened, that God

might multiply his signs and wonders in Egypt, that the inhabitants

might know he alone was the true God, 3-4.

The age of Moses and Aaron, 7.

God gives them directions how they should act before Pharaoh, 5, 9.

Moses turns his rod into a serpent, 10.

The magicians imitate this miracle, and Pharaoh's heart is hardened,

11-13.

Moses is commanded to wait upon Pharaoh next morning when he should

come to the river, and threaten to turn the waters into blood if he

did not let the people go, 14-18.

The waters in all the land of Egypt are turned into blood, 19, 20.

The fish die, 21.

The magicians imitate this, and Pharaoh's heart is again hardened,

22, 23.

The Egyptians sorely distressed because of the bloody waters, 24.

This plague endures seven days, 25.

NOTES ON CHAP. VII

Verse Exodus 7:1. I have made thee a god — At thy word every plague shall come, and at thy command each shall be removed. Thus Moses must have appeared as a god to Pharaoh.

Shall be thy prophet. — Shall receive the word from thy mouth, and communicate it to the Egyptian king, Exodus 7:2.