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Exodus 4:23

American Standard Version

and I have said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and thou hast refused to let him go: behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born.

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Exodus 4:23 in other translations

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 firstborn son.’ ”

Exodus 4:23 · World English Bible

Exodus 4:23 in context

  1. 21And Jehovah said unto Moses, When thou goest back into Egypt, see that thou do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in thy hand: but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.
  2. 22And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born:
  3. 23and I have said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and thou hast refused to let him go: behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born.
  4. 24And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that Jehovah met him, and sought to kill him.
  5. 25Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me.