Ex 5:1-5
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Verse 1
- Demanding approach: Nehama Leibowitz (see reference below) suggests that Moses and Aaron take a more confrontational approach than the instructions Moses was given because the elders of Israel are conspicuously absent here, in contrast to the account in Ex 4:29 and when God gave Moses his instructions in Ex 3:18. Without the official representatives of the people, perhaps Moses has to—or at least feels he has to—take a more demanding approach. On the other hand, Moses's approach seems consistent with the instructions given in Ex 4:21-23.
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Verse 1
- Demanding approach: See Nehama Leibowitz, Studies in Shemot (Exodus), Part I (Shemot - Yitro) (ISBN ??), translated by Aryeh Newman, p. 92.
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