1. Exode 7:1 (NEG79)
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Commentary on Exodus 7:1 (Summary)

Exode 7:1 (NEG79)

1 L'Eternel dit à Moïse: Vois, je te fais Dieu pour Pharaon; et Aaron, ton frère, sera ton prophète.

Moses shall stand before Pharaoh like God. What does this mean?

He will speak on behalf of God; his message is God’s message. This is similar to when an angel speaks on behalf of God, as in Exodus 3:2, when the angel of the Lord appears to Moses, and in Exodus 3:4 we are told that God called to him out of the bush. Who is the angel of the Lord in Exodus 3:2?

Moses is a representative of God, and acts on God’s behalf.

He is as a god for the Pharaoh, who is revered as a god. The Pharaoh sees himself as more than a human (a god incarnate), but Moses is his equal.

Moses is a god who speaks, not as the idols who have a mouth but can not speak (Psalm 135:16). Aaron is his speaker, his prophet. Moses, as a prophet of God, is now, himself as a god, with Aaron as his prophet.

Moses is a unique prophet (see Numbers 12:6–8). In Numbers 12:2, Aaron and Miriam set themselves up as equal to Moses, and it displeases God (see Numbers 12:9).