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href="/bsb/exodus/5.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/exodus/5.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />When they left Pharaoh, they found Moses and Aaron waiting to meet them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />As they left Pharaoh’s court, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who were waiting outside for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />They met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them, as they came out from Pharaoh;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When they left Pharaoh, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who stood waiting to meet them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then, as they came out from Pharaoh, they met Moses and Aaron who stood there to meet them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When they left Pharaoh’s presence, they met Moses and Aaron as they were waiting for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />When they left Pharaoh&#8217s presence, they met Moses and Aaron as they were waiting for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />When they left Pharaoh’s presence, they met Moses and Aaron as they were waiting for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />When they left Pharaoh’s presence, they confronted Moses and Aaron, standing there to meet them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />When they left Pharaoh’s presence, the foremen met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When they left Pharaoh, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who stood waiting to meet them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When they left Pharaoh, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who stood waiting to meet them.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />After they left the king, they went to see Moses and Aaron, who had been waiting for them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />As they left Pharaoh, they found Moses and Aaron waiting for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />As they were leaving, they met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />As they left Pharaoh's presence, they met Moses and Aaron standing there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When they left Pharaoh, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who stood waiting to meet them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When they went out from Pharaoh, they encountered Moses and Aaron standing there to meet them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They met Moses and Aaron, who stood along the way, as they came out from Pharaoh. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they meet Moses and Aaron standing to meet them in their coming out from Pharaoh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they meet Moses and Aaron standing to meet them, in their coming out from Pharaoh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will light upon Moses and Aaron, going forth to their meeting in their coming out from Pharaoh.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood over against them as they came out from Pharao: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And they met with Moses and Aaron, who stood opposite them as they departed from Pharaoh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So when they left Pharaoh they assailed Moses and Aaron, who were waiting to meet them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />As they left Pharaoh, they came upon Moses and Aaron who were waiting to meet them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they met Moses and Aaron standing opposite them, as they came out from the presence of Pharaoh;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they met with Moshe and with Aaron when standing opposite them as they went out from before Pharaoh:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they met Moses and Aaron coming forth to meet them, as they came forth from Pharao.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/5-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=1104" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/5.htm">The Cry of the Israelites</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">19</span>The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.” <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: bə·ṣê·ṯām (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3mp) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">When they left</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: mê·’êṯ (Prep-m:: DirObjM) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6547.htm" title="6547: par·‘ōh (N-proper-ms) -- A title of Eg. kings. Of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings.">Pharaoh,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6293.htm" title="6293: way·yip̄·gə·‘ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To meet, encounter, reach. A primitive root; to impinge, by accident or violence, or by importunity.">they confronted</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses</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/175.htm" title="175: ’a·hă·rōn (N-proper-ms) -- An elder brother of Moses. Of uncertain derivation; Aharon, the brother of Moses.">and Aaron,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5324.htm" title="5324: niṣ·ṣā·ḇîm (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To take one's stand, stand. A prim root; to station, in various applications.">who stood</a> <a href="/hebrew/7122.htm" title="7122: liq·rā·ṯām (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3mp) -- To encounter, befall. A primitive root: to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner.">waiting to meet them.</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>“May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/2-11.htm">Exodus 2:11-15</a></span><br />One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. / After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand. / The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/14-11.htm">Exodus 14:11-12</a></span><br />They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? / Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/16-41.htm">Numbers 16:41</a></span><br />The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/20-2.htm">Numbers 20:2-5</a></span><br />Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron. / The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD! / Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/8-7.htm">1 Samuel 8:7-8</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king. / Just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/19-1.htm">1 Kings 19:1-2</a></span><br />Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. / So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I have not made your life like the lives of those you killed!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Nehemiah 9:26-27</a></span><br />But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies. / So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-7.htm">Psalm 106:7-8</a></span><br />Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea. / Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-9.htm">Isaiah 30:9-11</a></span><br />These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction. / They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions. / Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/44-16.htm">Jeremiah 44:16-17</a></span><br />“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you! / Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-33.htm">Matthew 21:33-41</a></span><br />Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. / When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit. / But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-18.htm">John 15:18-21</a></span><br />If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. / If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. / Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-35.htm">Acts 7:35-39</a></span><br />This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush. / 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. / This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’ ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:</p><p class="hdg">no reference </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/5-4.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/exodus/3-6.htm">Face</a> <a href="/exodus/4-14.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/genesis/50-4.htm">Found</a> <a href="/exodus/4-27.htm">Meet</a> <a href="/exodus/5-3.htm">Met</a> <a href="/exodus/5-4.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/5-17.htm">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/exodus/5-14.htm">Pharaoh's</a> <a href="/exodus/4-3.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/exodus/3-5.htm">Standing</a> <a href="/exodus/5-19.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/genesis/49-18.htm">Waiting</a> <a href="/exodus/5-15.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/6-13.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/exodus/9-30.htm">Face</a> <a href="/exodus/7-4.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/exodus/9-7.htm">Found</a> <a href="/exodus/7-15.htm">Meet</a> <a href="/exodus/18-8.htm">Met</a> <a href="/exodus/5-22.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/5-21.htm">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/exodus/5-21.htm">Pharaoh's</a> <a href="/exodus/7-20.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/exodus/17-6.htm">Standing</a> <a href="/exodus/7-15.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/exodus/18-13.htm">Waiting</a> <a href="/exodus/10-21.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/5-1.htm">Pharaoh chides Moses and Aaron for their message.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/5-6.htm">He increases the Israelites' task.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/5-16.htm">He ignores their complaints.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/5-19.htm">They cry out to Moses and Aaron.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/5-22.htm">Moses complains to God.</a></span><br></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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <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> <br /><br /> </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/5.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/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>When they left Pharaoh</b><br>This phrase refers to the Israelite foremen who had been appointed by the Egyptian taskmasters. They had just come from a meeting with Pharaoh, where they pleaded for relief from the harsh labor conditions imposed on them. This context highlights the increasing oppression of the Israelites in Egypt, a fulfillment of God's earlier revelation to Abraham that his descendants would be enslaved and mistreated (<a href="/genesis/15-13.htm">Genesis 15:13</a>). The hardening of Pharaoh's heart is a recurring theme, demonstrating the spiritual battle between God's will and human resistance.<p><b>they confronted Moses and Aaron</b><br>The confrontation indicates a moment of tension and blame. Moses and Aaron, as leaders chosen by God, were expected to deliver the Israelites from bondage. However, the immediate result of their intervention was increased suffering, leading to frustration and anger from the people. This reflects a common biblical theme where God's deliverance often involves a period of testing and increased difficulty before the ultimate redemption. It also foreshadows the Israelites' repeated complaints and lack of faith during their wilderness journey.<p><b>who stood waiting to meet them</b><br>Moses and Aaron's position of waiting suggests their anticipation of the foremen's report. It underscores their role as mediators between God and the people. This scene can be seen as a type of Christ, who stands as the ultimate mediator between God and humanity (<a href="/1_timothy/2-5.htm">1 Timothy 2:5</a>). The waiting also signifies their readiness to fulfill God's command, despite the challenges and opposition they face. This moment is pivotal in the narrative, as it sets the stage for God's subsequent actions to demonstrate His power and faithfulness through the plagues and eventual deliverance.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>A central figure in the Exodus account, chosen by God to lead the Israelites out of Egyptian bondage. At this point, he is facing the challenge of Pharaoh's hardened heart and the increasing burden on the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/aaron.htm">Aaron</a></b><br>Moses' brother and spokesperson, who assists Moses in communicating God's demands to Pharaoh and the Israelites.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a></b><br>The ruler of Egypt, who refuses to let the Israelites go, resulting in increased oppression of the Hebrew people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelite_foremen.htm">Israelite Foremen</a></b><br>These are the leaders among the Israelites who are responsible for overseeing the labor of their fellow Hebrews. They confront Moses and Aaron after being reprimanded by Pharaoh.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land where the Israelites are enslaved, representing a place of bondage and oppression from which God plans to deliver His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_under_pressure.htm">Leadership Under Pressure</a></b><br>Moses and Aaron exemplify leadership that remains steadfast despite opposition and discouragement. Leaders today can learn to stand firm in their God-given missions, even when facing criticism or setbacks.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_obedience.htm">The Cost of Obedience</a></b><br>Obeying God's call often comes with challenges and resistance. Believers should be prepared for trials when following God's directives, trusting in His ultimate plan and provision.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_promises.htm">Faith in God's Promises</a></b><br>The Israelites' reaction to increased oppression reflects a struggle to trust in God's promises. Christians are encouraged to hold onto faith, even when circumstances seem to contradict God's assurances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/intercession_and_advocacy.htm">Intercession and Advocacy</a></b><br>Moses and Aaron's role as intercessors for the Israelites points to the importance of advocating for others in prayer and action, especially in times of distress.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_short-sightedness.htm">The Danger of Short-Sightedness</a></b><br>The Israelites' focus on immediate discomfort rather than long-term deliverance serves as a warning against short-sightedness in spiritual journeys.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_events_in_aaron's_life.htm">What were the key events in Aaron's life?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_lessons_do_moses_and_aaron_teach.htm">What lessons does the story of Moses and Aaron teach?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_pharaoh_deny_knowing_israel's_god.htm">Exodus 5:2: Why would Pharaoh deny any knowledge of Israel's God if Moses was supposedly raised in the royal court?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_moses_confronting_pharaoh.htm">Exodus 5:1: Where is the historical or archaeological evidence of Moses confronting an Egyptian Pharaoh as described?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) <span class= "bld">Who stood in the way.</span>--Heb., <span class= "ital">in</span> <span class= "ital">their way.</span> The meaning is, that Moses and Aaron were "standing"--<span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> waiting to meet them, and know the result of their interview with the monarch.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 20, 21.</span> - On quitting the presence of Pharaoh, the officers of the Israelites, burning with the sense of the injustice done them, and deeply apprehensive with respect to their own future, found Moses and Aaron waiting in the precincts of the court to know the result of their application. It need cause no surprise that they poured out their pent-up indignation upon them. Were not Moses and Aaron the sole cause of the existing state of things? Did not the extreme affliction of the people, did not their own sufferings in the past, did not their apprehended sufferings in the future, originate wholly in the seductive words which the two brothers had addressed to them at the assembly of the people? (<a href="/exodus/4-29.htm">Exodus 4:29-31</a>). Accordingly, they denounced, almost cursed their officious would-be deliverers (<a href="/exodus/5-21.htm">Exodus 5:21</a>). "The Lord look upon you, and judge" between you and us, whether the blame of this whole matter does not lie upon you, its initiators - you have made us to be abhorred in the sight of Pharaoh, and of the Egyptians generally you have brought us into danger of our lives - the Lord judge you!" <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 20.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Who stood in the way</span>. Rather, "who waited to meet them." It was not accident, but design, that had brought the two brothers to the spot. They were as anxious as the officers to know what course Pharaoh would take - whether he would relax the burthens of the people or no - whether he would have compassion or the contrary. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/5-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When they left</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּצֵאתָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṣê·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Pharaoh,</span><br /><span class="heb">פַּרְעֹֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(par·‘ōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6547.htm">Strong's 6547: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they confronted</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיִּפְגְּעוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·yip̄·gə·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6293.htm">Strong's 6293: </a> </span><span class="str2">To impinge, by accident, violence, by importunity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Moses</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשֶׁ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Aaron,</span><br /><span class="heb">אַהֲרֹ֔ן</span> <span class="translit">(’a·hă·rōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_175.htm">Strong's 175: </a> </span><span class="str2">Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who stood</span><br /><span class="heb">נִצָּבִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(niṣ·ṣā·ḇîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5324.htm">Strong's 5324: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take one's stand, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">waiting to meet them.</span><br /><span class="heb">לִקְרָאתָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(liq·rā·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7125.htm">Strong's 7125: </a> </span><span class="str2">Against he come, help, meet, seek, to, in the way </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/5-20.htm">Exodus 5:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/5-20.htm">Exodus 5:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/5-20.htm">Exodus 5:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/5-20.htm">Exodus 5:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/5-20.htm">Exodus 5:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/5-20.htm">Exodus 5:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/5-20.htm">Exodus 5:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/5-20.htm">Exodus 5:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/5-20.htm">Exodus 5:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-20.htm">Exodus 5:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/5-20.htm">OT Law: Exodus 5:20 They met Moses and Aaron who stood (Exo. 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