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that ye may know how that I am the LORD. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/10.htm">New King James Version</a> and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and your son’s son the mighty things I have done in Egypt, and My signs which I have done among them, that you may know that I am the LORD.” <a href="/nasb_/exodus/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> and that you may tell in the presence of your son, and of your grandson, how I made a mockery of the Egyptians and how I performed My signs among them, so that you may know that I am the LORD.” <a href="/nasb/exodus/10.htm">NASB 1995</a> and that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your grandson, how I made a mockery of the Egyptians and how I performed My signs among them, that you may know that I am the LORD.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/exodus/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a> and that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your grandson, how I made a mockery of the Egyptians, and how I performed My signs among them; that you may know that I am the LORD.” <a href="/lsb/exodus/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> and that you may recount in the hearing of your son and of your grandson, how I dealt severely with the Egyptians, and how I put My signs among them, that you may know that I am Yahweh.” <a href="/amp/exodus/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a> and that you may recount and explain in the hearing of your son, and your grandson, what I have done [repeatedly] to make a mockery of the Egyptians—My signs [of divine power] which I have done among them—so that you may know [without any doubt] and recognize [clearly] that I am the LORD.” <a href="/csb/exodus/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> and so that you may tell your son and grandson how severely I dealt with the Egyptians and performed miraculous signs among them, and you will know that I am the LORD.” <a href="/hcsb/exodus/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> and so that you may tell your son and grandson how severely I dealt with the Egyptians and performed miraculous signs among them, and you will know that I am Yahweh.&#8221 <a href="/asv/exodus/10.htm">American Standard Version</a> and that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought upon Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know that I am Jehovah. <a href="/cev/exodus/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I did this because I want you to tell your children and your grandchildren about my miracles and about my harsh treatment of the Egyptians. Then all of you will know that I am the LORD. <a href="/erv/exodus/10.htm">English Revised Version</a> and that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought upon Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know that I am the LORD. <a href="/gwt/exodus/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> You will be able to tell your children and grandchildren exactly how I treated the Egyptians and what miraculous signs I did among them. This is how you will all know that I am the LORD." <a href="/gnt/exodus/10.htm">Good News Translation</a> and in order that you may be able to tell your children and grandchildren how I made fools of the Egyptians when I performed the miracles. All of you will know that I am the LORD." <a href="/isv/exodus/10.htm">International Standard Version</a> so you may tell your children and your grandchildren how I toyed with the Egyptians and about my miraculous signs that I performed among them, so all of you may know that I am the LORD. <a href="/msb/exodus/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.? <a href="/net/exodus/10.htm">NET Bible</a> and in order that in the hearing of your son and your grandson you may tell how I made fools of the Egyptians and about my signs that I displayed among them, so that you may know that I am the LORD." <a href="/nheb/exodus/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> and that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your son's son, what things I have done to Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am the LORD." <a href="/wbt/exodus/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD. <a href="/web/exodus/10.htm">World English Bible</a> and that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your son’s son, what things I have done to Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am Yahweh.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and so that you recount in the ears of your son, and of your son’s son, that which I have done in Egypt, and My signs which I have set among them, and you have known that I [am] YHWH.” <a href="/ylt/exodus/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and so that thou recountest in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, that which I have done in Egypt, and My signs which I have set among them, and ye have known that I am Jehovah.' <a href="/slt/exodus/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And that thou shalt recount in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what I performed in Egypt, and my signs which I set up among them; and ye knew that I am Jehovah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And thou mayest tell in the ears of thy sons, and of they grandsons, how often I have plagued the Egyptians, and wrought my signs amongst them: and you may know that I am the Lord: <a href="/cpdv/exodus/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> and so that you may describe to the ears of your sons and your grandsons how often I opposed the Egyptians and wrought my signs among them, and so that you may know that I am the Lord.” <a href="/nabre/exodus/10.htm">New American Bible</a> and that you may recount to your son and grandson how I made a fool of the Egyptians and what signs I did among them, so that you may know that I am the LORD. <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how I have made fools of the Egyptians and what signs I have done among them—so that you may know that I am the LORD.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> That you may relate in the presence of your son and of your son's son the things which I have done to the Egyptians and the signs which I have performed among them, that you may know that I am the LORD. <a href="/hpbt/exodus/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And so that you would narrate before your son and the son of your son what I have done in Egypt and the signs that I have done among them, and you shall know that I AM LORD JEHOVAH.”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> and that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what I have wrought upon Egypt, and My signs which I have done among them; that ye may know that I am the LORD.' <a href="/sep/exodus/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> that ye may relate in the ears of your children, and to your children's children, in how many things I have mocked the Egyptians, and my wonders which I wrought among them; and ye shall know that I am the Lord. <a href="/parallel/exodus/10-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=2284" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/10.htm">The Eighth Plague: Locusts</a> 1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them, 2<a href="/hebrew/4616.htm" title="4616: ū·lə·ma·‘an (Conj) -- From anah; properly, heed, i.e. Purpose; used only adverbially, on account of, teleologically, in order that.">and that</a> <a href="/hebrew/5608.htm" title="5608: tə·sap·pêr (V-Piel-Imperf-2ms) -- To count, recount, relate. ">you may tell</a> <a href="/hebrew/241.htm" title="241: bə·’ā·zə·nê (Prep-b:: N-fdc) -- An ear. From 'azan; broadness. I.e. the ear."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇin·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">your children</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ū·ḇen- (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">and grandchildren</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bin·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.)."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">how</a> <a href="/hebrew/5953.htm" title="5953: hiṯ·‘al·lal·tî (V-Hitpael-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean; by implication to overdo, i.e. Maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose.">severely I dealt</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: bə·miṣ·ra·yim (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">with the Egyptians</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: śam·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">when I performed</a> <a href="/hebrew/226.htm" title="226: ’ō·ṯō·ṯay (N-cpc:: 1cs) -- A sign. Probably from 'uwth; a signal, as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.">miraculous signs</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇām (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">among them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: wî·ḏa‘·tem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">so that all of you may know</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">am the LORD.”</a> 3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/psalms/78-43.htm">Psalm 78:43-51</a> when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan. / He turned their rivers to blood, and from their streams they could not drink. / He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them. ... <a href="/psalms/105-27.htm">Psalm 105:27-36</a> They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. / He sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words. / He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/6-20.htm">Deuteronomy 6:20-22</a> In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?” / then you are to tell him, “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. / Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household. <a href="/deuteronomy/11-2.htm">Deuteronomy 11:2-4</a> Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm; / the signs and works He did in Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt and all his land; / what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day; <a href="/joshua/4-21.htm">Joshua 4:21-24</a> Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’ / you are to tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’ / For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over. ... <a href="/nehemiah/9-10.htm">Nehemiah 9:10</a> You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day. <a href="/1_samuel/6-6.htm">1 Samuel 6:6</a> Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people out so they could go on their way? <a href="/isaiah/63-11.htm">Isaiah 63:11-13</a> Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them, / who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown, / who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble? <a href="/jeremiah/32-20.htm">Jeremiah 32:20-21</a> You performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and You do so to this very day, both in Israel and among all mankind. And You have made a name for Yourself, as is the case to this day. / You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror. <a href="/joel/1-3.htm">Joel 1:3</a> Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation. <a href="/acts/7-36.htm">Acts 7:36</a> He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness. <a href="/romans/9-17.htm">Romans 9:17</a> For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” <a href="/1_corinthians/10-1.htm">1 Corinthians 10:1-2</a> I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. <a href="/hebrews/11-27.htm">Hebrews 11:27-29</a> By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible. / By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn. / By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned. <a href="/revelation/15-3.htm">Revelation 15:3</a> and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And that you may tell in the ears of your son, and of your son's son, what things I have worked in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know how that I am the LORD.and that<a href="/exodus/13-8.htm">Exodus 13:8,9,14</a> And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt… <a href="/deuteronomy/4-9.htm">Deuteronomy 4:9</a> Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;<a href="/deuteronomy/6-20.htm">Deuteronomy 6:20-22</a> And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you? … that ye<a href="/exodus/7-17.htm">Exodus 7:17</a> Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.<a href="/psalms/58-11.htm">Psalm 58:11</a> So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.<a href="/ezekiel/20-26.htm">Ezekiel 20:26,28</a> And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/9-11.htm">Able</a> <a href="/exodus/9-35.htm">Children</a> <a href="/exodus/5-23.htm">Dealt</a> <a href="/exodus/6-5.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/exodus/9-25.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/exodus/9-11.htm">Egyptians</a> <a href="/genesis/45-10.htm">Grandchildren</a> <a href="/genesis/29-5.htm">Grandson</a> <a href="/genesis/42-30.htm">Harshly</a> <a href="/exodus/6-30.htm">Hearing</a> <a href="/exodus/9-29.htm">Mayest</a> <a href="/philemon/1-15.htm">Mightest</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-3.htm">Mockery</a> <a href="/exodus/4-30.htm">Performed</a> <a href="/exodus/10-1.htm">Signs</a> <a href="/exodus/4-25.htm">Son's</a> <a href="/genesis/39-17.htm">Sport</a> <a href="/genesis/39-19.htm">Story</a> <a href="/exodus/7-3.htm">Wonders</a> <a href="/genesis/34-7.htm">Wrought</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/10-5.htm">Able</a> <a href="/exodus/10-10.htm">Children</a> <a href="/exodus/14-11.htm">Dealt</a> <a href="/exodus/11-2.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/exodus/10-7.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/exodus/10-6.htm">Egyptians</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-41.htm">Grandchildren</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-2.htm">Grandson</a> <a href="/numbers/20-15.htm">Harshly</a> <a href="/exodus/11-2.htm">Hearing</a> <a href="/exodus/18-19.htm">Mayest</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-35.htm">Mightest</a> <a href="/numbers/22-29.htm">Mockery</a> <a href="/exodus/11-10.htm">Performed</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-45.htm">Signs</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-10.htm">Son's</a> <a href="/exodus/32-6.htm">Sport</a> <a href="/numbers/24-15.htm">Story</a> <a href="/exodus/11-9.htm">Wonders</a> <a href="/exodus/26-36.htm">Wrought</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 10</div>1. <a href="/exodus/10-1.htm">God threatens to send locusts</a> 7. <a href="/exodus/10-7.htm">Pharaoh, moved by his servants, inclines to let the Israelites go</a> 12. <a href="/exodus/10-12.htm">The plague of the locusts</a> 16. <a href="/exodus/10-16.htm">Pharaoh entreats Moses</a> 21. <a href="/exodus/10-21.htm">The plague of darkness</a> 24. <a href="/exodus/10-24.htm">Pharaoh again entreats Moses, but yet is hardened</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/10.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/10.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>and that you may tell your children and grandchildren This phrase emphasizes the importance of passing down the knowledge of God's works to future generations. In the ancient Near Eastern culture, oral tradition was a primary means of preserving history and religious teachings. This command underscores the responsibility of the Israelites to educate their descendants about God's power and faithfulness. It aligns with <a href="/deuteronomy/6-6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:6-7</a>, which instructs parents to diligently teach their children about God's commandments.how severely I dealt with the Egyptians This refers to the plagues that God sent upon Egypt, demonstrating His power and judgment. The severity of the plagues was a direct challenge to the Egyptian gods and Pharaoh's authority. Historically, Egypt was a dominant power, and the plagues served to dismantle their perceived invincibility. This phrase highlights God's justice and His ability to humble the proud, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/16-18.htm">Proverbs 16:18</a>.when I performed miraculous signs among them The miraculous signs, or plagues, were not only acts of judgment but also served as signs of God's sovereignty and power. Each plague targeted specific aspects of Egyptian life and their deities, revealing the impotence of the Egyptian gods. These signs were meant to demonstrate that the God of Israel was the one true God, as seen in <a href="/exodus/7-5.htm">Exodus 7:5</a>, where God declares that the Egyptians will know He is the LORD.so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.” This phrase encapsulates the ultimate purpose of the plagues: to reveal God's identity and authority. The knowledge of God as LORD is central to the covenant relationship between God and Israel. This revelation is not only for the Israelites but also for the Egyptians and the surrounding nations. It foreshadows the New Testament revelation of Jesus Christ, who performed signs and miracles to reveal His divine nature, as seen in <a href="/john/20-30.htm">John 20:30-31</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The prophet and leader chosen by God to deliver the Israelites from Egyptian bondage. He is the central human figure in the account of the Exodus. 2. <a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a> The ruler of Egypt who stubbornly refuses to let the Israelites go, despite the plagues that God sends upon Egypt. 3. <a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a> The land where the Israelites are enslaved and from which God is delivering them through a series of miraculous events. 4. <a href="/topical/p/plagues.htm">Plagues</a> A series of divine judgments sent by God upon Egypt to compel Pharaoh to release the Israelites. <a href="/exodus/10-2.htm">Exodus 10:2</a> is set in the context of these plagues. 5. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The descendants of Jacob, also known as the children of Israel, who are enslaved in Egypt and are the recipients of God's promise of deliverance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_remembrance.htm">The Importance of Remembrance</a> <a href="/exodus/10-2.htm">Exodus 10:2</a> highlights the necessity of remembering and recounting God's mighty works. This serves as a foundation for faith and obedience in future generations. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_power.htm">God's Sovereignty and Power</a> The plagues demonstrate God's supreme power over creation and human rulers, reminding believers of His ultimate authority. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_testimony.htm">The Role of Testimony</a> Sharing personal and communal experiences of God's intervention is crucial for strengthening faith and encouraging others. <a href="/topical/i/intergenerational_faith_transmission.htm">Intergenerational Faith Transmission</a> Parents and leaders are called to diligently teach the next generation about God's deeds, ensuring the continuity of faith. <a href="/topical/t/the_hardness_of_heart.htm">The Hardness of Heart</a> Pharaoh's resistance serves as a warning against hardening one's heart to God's voice and commands.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 10</a> <a href="/q/benefits_of_studying_theology.htm">Why did God kill Egypt's firstborn children?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_moses'_name_hebrew,_not_egyptian.htm">Why does Moses' Egyptian name ('drawn out') suggest a later Hebrew etymology rather than an authentic Egyptian origin?</a> <a href="/q/does_no_exodus_evidence_challenge_faith.htm">Amos 3:1: Does the lack of direct archaeological evidence for a mass exodus undermine the claim that God led Israel out of Egypt?</a> <a href="/q/how_reconcile_god's_mercy_and_judgment.htm">How do we resolve the apparent contradiction between God's mercy in other passages and His severe judgment here (Lev 10)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) That thou mayest tell.--Those who experience God's mercies are bound to hand on the memory of what He has done for them to future generations. Natural gratitude would prompt such action. But, lest the duty should be neglected, the Israelites had it at this time constantly enjoined upon them (<a href="/context/exodus/12-26.htm" title="And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say to you, What mean you by this service?">Exodus 12:26-27</a>; <a href="/context/exodus/13-14.htm" title="And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is this? that you shall say to him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:">Exodus 13:14-15</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/32-7.htm" title="Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.">Deuteronomy 32:7</a>; <a href="/joshua/4-6.htm" title="That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean you by these stones?">Joshua 4:6</a>, &c):<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 2. - That thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son. The Psalms show how after generations dwelt in thought upon the memory of the great deeds done in Egypt and the deliverance wrought there. (See especially <a href="/psalms/78.htm">Psalm 78, 105</a>. and Psalms 106; but compare also <a href="/psalms/68-6.htm">Psalm 68:6, 7</a>; <a href="/psalms/77-14.htm">Psalm 77:14-20</a>; <a href="/psalms/81-5.htm">Psalm 81:5, 6</a>; <a href="/psalms/114-1.htm">Psalm 114:1-3</a>; <a href="/psalms/135-8.htm">Psalm 135:8, 9</a>; <a href="/psalms/136-10.htm">Psalm 136:10-15</a>.) <a href="/commentaries/exodus/10-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>and that וּלְמַ֡עַן (ū·lə·ma·‘an) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4616.htm">Strong's 4616: </a> Purpose -- intent you may tell תְּסַפֵּר֩ (tə·sap·pêr) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5608.htm">Strong's 5608: </a> To count, recount, relate your children בִנְךָ֜ (ḇin·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son and grandchildren וּבֶן־ (ū·ḇen-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son how אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that severely I dealt הִתְעַלַּ֙לְתִּי֙ (hiṯ·‘al·lal·tî) Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5953.htm">Strong's 5953: </a> To effect thoroughly, to glean, to overdo, maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose with the Egyptians בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם (bə·miṣ·ra·yim) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa when I performed שַׂ֣מְתִּי (śam·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> Put -- to put, place, set miraculous signs אֹתֹתַ֖י (’ō·ṯō·ṯay) Noun - common plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_226.htm">Strong's 226: </a> A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence among them, בָ֑ם (ḇām) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> so that you may know וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם (wî·ḏa‘·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know that כִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction I אֲנִ֥י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I am the LORD.” יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/10-2.htm">Exodus 10:2 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/10-2.htm">Exodus 10:2 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/10-2.htm">Exodus 10:2 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/10-2.htm">Exodus 10:2 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/10-2.htm">Exodus 10:2 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/10-2.htm">Exodus 10:2 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/10-2.htm">Exodus 10:2 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/10-2.htm">Exodus 10:2 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/10-2.htm">Exodus 10:2 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/10-2.htm">Exodus 10:2 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/10-2.htm">OT Law: Exodus 10:2 And that you may tell (Exo. 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