# Exodus 06 📖: God Renews His Promise [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-Exodus Overview]] | [[Exodus 05]] | [[Exodus 07]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) [[#Verse 01.]] Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for compelled by my strong hand he will release them, and by my strong hand he will drive them out of his land.” [[#Verse 02.]] God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord.  [[#Verse 03.]] I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name ‘the Lord’ I was not known to them.  [[#Verse 04.]] I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as resident foreigners.  [[#Verse 05.]] I have also heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.  [[#Verse 06.]] Therefore, tell the Israelites, ‘I am the Lord. I will bring you out from your enslavement to the Egyptians, I will rescue you from the hard labor they impose, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.  [[#Verse 07.]] I will take you to myself for a people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from your enslavement to the Egyptians.  [[#Verse 08.]] I will bring you to the land I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob—and I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.’” [[#Verse 09.]]  Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and hard labor.  [[#Verse 10.]] Then the Lord said to Moses,  [[#Verse 11.]] “Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt that he must release the Israelites from his land.”  [[#Verse 12.]] But Moses replied to the Lord, “If the Israelites did not listen to me, then how will Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with difficulty?” [[#Verse 13.]] The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge for the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt. ## The Ancestry of Moses and Aaron [[#Verse 14.]]  These were the heads of their fathers’ households: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben. [[#Verse 15.]] The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon. [[#Verse 16.]] Now these were the names of the sons of Levi, according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (The length of Levi’s life was 137 years.) [[#Verse 17.]] The sons of Gershon, by their families, were Libni and Shimei. [[#Verse 18.]] The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. (The length of Kohath’s life was 133 years.) [[#Verse 19.]] The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi, according to their records. [[#Verse 20.]] Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. (The length of Amram’s life was 137 years.) [[#Verse 21.]] The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zikri. [[#Verse 22.]] The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri. [[#Verse 23.]] Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. [[#Verse 24.]] The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans. [[#Verse 25.]] Now Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the fathers’ households of Levi according to their clans. [[#Verse 26.]] It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their regiments.”  [[#Verse 27.]] They were the men who were speaking to Pharaoh king of Egypt, in order to bring the Israelites out of Egypt. It was the same Moses and Aaron. ## The Authentication of the Word [[#Verse 28.]]  When the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, [[#Verse 29.]] he said to him, “I am the Lord. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I am telling you.” [[#Verse 30.]] But Moses said before the Lord, “Since I speak with difficulty, why should Pharaoh listen to me?” ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ###### Verse 25. ###### Verse 26. ###### Verse 27. ###### Verse 28. ###### Verse 29. ###### Verse 30. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. 6:6-7 contains a series of "I will" promises. Jewish Passover tradition links four cups of wine to four of them: bring out, deliver, redeem, and take as My people. 2. The word "redeem" (6:6) is *ga'al*, the same root used for the kinsman-redeemer, like Boaz in the book of Ruth. 3. "Outstretched arm" (6:6) became a common phrase for God's mighty deliverance from Egypt (Deuteronomy 4:34; Psalm 136:12). 4. 6:3 says God was not known to the patriarchs by the name LORD. Many scholars understand this to mean they had not yet experienced the full meaning of the name, since the name itself appears in Genesis. 5. The people's "discouragement" in 6:9 is literally "shortness of spirit." 6. Moses literally calls himself "uncircumcised of lips" (6:12, 30), a vivid way of saying he speaks poorly. 7. The genealogy lists only Reuben, Simeon, and Levi, then stops to focus on Moses and Aaron from the tribe of Levi. 8. Moses' parents were Amram and Jochebed, and Jochebed was Amram's aunt (6:20). That kind of marriage was later forbidden in Leviticus 18:12. 9. Levi lived 137 years, Kohath 133 years, and Amram 137 years (6:16-20). 10. Aaron's wife Elisheba (6:23) bears the Hebrew form of the name Elizabeth. She was the sister of Nahshon, a leader in Judah. ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is our Redeemer. God promised to redeem Israel with an outstretched arm (6:6), and Jesus redeemed us with His own precious blood (1 Peter 1:18-19). ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. God answers Moses' discouragement by reminding him who He is: "I am the Lord" (6:2, 6, 8). How does knowing God's character help when circumstances look bad? 2. Israel did not listen because of their broken spirit and hard labor (6:9). How can discouragement keep us from hearing God's promises? 3. Why do you think the genealogy (6:14-27) is placed right in the middle of Moses' call? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verse 6: The Lord promises to bring them out, deliver them, and redeem them with an outstretched arm. - 📖 verse 7: I will take you as My people, and I will be your God. - 📖 verse 9: The people did not listen because of their discouragement and hard labor. ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 [[1 Peter 01#Verse 18.|1 Peter 1:18-19]] - Redeemed with the precious blood of Christ. - 🔗 [[Galatians 04#Verse 04.|Galatians 4:4-5]] - God sent His Son to redeem those under the law. - 🔗 [[Deuteronomy 07#Verse 08.|Deuteronomy 7:8]] - The Lord redeemed you because He loves you. - 🔗 [[Psalm 136#Verse 10.|Psalm 136:10-12]] - With a strong hand and an outstretched arm. - 🔗 [[Hebrews 08#Verse 10.|Hebrews 8:10]] - I will be their God, and they will be My people. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[Exodus 06- SOAP|The Battle of Perspective]] ## 📂 Internal Notes