John Gill's Exposition on Exodus 5:20

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And they met Moses and Aaron, etc.] The officers of the children of Israel, who had been with their complaints to Pharaoh: who stood in the way as they came forth from Pharaoh; they, had placed themselves in a proper situation, that they might meet them when they came out, and know what success they had, and which they were extremely desirous of hearing; by which they might judge in what temper Pharaoh was, and what they might for the future expect from him in consequence of their embassy.

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