7651. Verses 7-11 And Pharaoh's servants said to him, How long will this thing be a snare to us? Send the men away, and let them serve Jehovah their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is perishing? And Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh, and he said to them, Go, serve Jehovah your God. But just who will be going? ¹ And Moses said, We shall go with our children and with our old people; with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds we shall go; for it is a feast of Jehovah for us. And he said to them, So Jehovah will be with you when I send you and your little children away! See that evil is on your faces. Not so! Go now, you young men, and serve Jehovah; for this is what you seek. And he drove them out from Pharaoh's face.

'And Pharaoh's servants said to him' means a warning from those subject to fear. 'How long will this thing be a snare to us?' means that by behaving in that way they would be held captive by their own evil. 'Send the men away, and let them serve Jehovah their God' means that it is advisable to leave them, in order that they may worship the Lord their God. 'Do you not yet know that Egypt is perishing?' means that the things which have taken place go to show that all who give those simple people trouble are cast into hell, from where there is no escape. 'And Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh' means the presence of God's truth as a result. 'And he said to them' means a readiness. 'Go, serve Jehovah your God' means that they will be left alone in order that they may worship the Lord. 'But just who will be going?' means Would not some be remaining? 'And Moses said' means the reply. 'We shall go with our children and with our old people' means the simple and the wise. 'With our sons and with our daughters' means those who have an affection for truth and those who have an affection for good. 'With our flocks and with our herds we shall go' means those governed by good, interior and exterior. 'For it is a feast of Jehovah for us' means worship of the Lord offered by every single one. 'And he said to them' means mockery. 'So Jehovah will be with you when I send you and your little children away!' means As though the Lord would be with them if they were left alone! 'See that evil is on your faces' means that no good resides in what they desire. 'Not so!' means a refusal. 'Go now, you young men, and serve Jehovah' means that those guided by truths that have been corroborated will be left alone, in order that they may worship the Lord. 'For this is what you seek' means that then they have what they desire. 'And he drove them out from Pharaoh's face' means that the will of the molesters was totally opposed to God's truth.

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