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Exodus 5:2

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And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.
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  1. Exodus 3:19Rank 1 from verse 2
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    19¶ And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.

  2. Job 21:15Rank 2 from verse 2
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    15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

  3. 2 Kings 18:35Rank 3 from verse 2
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    35Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?

  4. 2 Thessalonians 1:8Rank 4 from verse 2
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    8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

  5. John 16:3Rank 5 from verse 2
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    3And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

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Exodus 5:2

COMBINED MEANING

Pharaoh

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The royal title used for the king of Egypt, applied to successive Egyptian rulers in the biblical record.

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COMBINED MEANING

should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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obey

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To hear with submission and do what is commanded; to comply with authority or instruction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1AND afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

2And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.

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3And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

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