출애굽기 Chapter 6

Translation: ESV

1

But the LORD said to Moses, 'Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.'

Key Message

God proclaims His saving power even in the intensification of suffering; the increase of difficulty is the forerunner of greater salvation.

▸This is God's response to Moses' lament (5:22-23).

This is God's response to Moses' lament (5:22-23). Instead of directly answering Moses' doubts, God proclaims the future—Pharaoh will ultimately send Israel out. The 'strong hand' is the key expression throughout Exodus representing God's saving power. The intensification of difficulties does not mean failure of God's plan but signals that the exercise of even greater power is imminent.

Related Verses

Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm?
2

God spoke to Moses and said to him, 'I am the LORD.'

Key Message

God's self-declaration 'I am the LORD' is the ground of all promises, power, and covenant, and history submits before this name.

▸The declaration 'I am the LORD (Ani YHWH)' begins this verse.

6

Say therefore to the people of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.

Key Message

God acts as Israel's nearest redeemer, and this theology of redemption foreshadows the atoning work of Jesus Christ.

▸'Redeem (ga'al)' is a Hebrew legal concept in which a family member rescues a relative from debt or servitude.

7

I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

Key Message

The covenant formula 'you are my people; I am your God' is the core of the relationship between God and His people that runs through all of Scripture.

▸The covenant formula 'you shall be my people and I will be your God' is the core expression of covenant relationship repeated throughout all of Scripture.

12

But Moses said to the LORD, 'Behold, the people of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?'

Key Message

Despite our repeated resistance and fear, God does not give up; through weakness God's power is perfected.

▸Moses repeats the same resistance he offered in chapter 4.