Exodus 7:6

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

Moses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh commanded them, so they did.

World English Bible · Public Domain

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וְאַהֲרֹ֑ן

ʼAhărôwn

H175

“and · Aaron”

Conjunction + Noun, Proper

Appears 346× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Exodus 4:14

Full BDB Definition

Origin: of uncertain derivation

TWOT: 35

Aaron = "light bringer" - brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

9: words
8: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Grammatical profile

3 verbs
3 nouns
3 particles

Verb forms

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ Qal · Sequential Imperfect
צִוָּ֧ה Piel · Perfect
עָשֽׂוּ Qal · Perfect

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ to do H6213 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 12 words from the Hebrew and 13 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 9 Hebrew tokens and 11 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Exodus 7:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Exodus 7:2 You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
Genesis 6:22 Thus Noah did. According to all that God commanded him, so he did.
Exodus 7:10 Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Yahweh had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
Genesis 22:18 In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."
Exodus 12:28 The children of Israel went and did so; as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
Exodus 39:43 Moses saw all the work, and, behold, they had done it as Yahweh had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.
Exodus 40:16 Thus did Moses: according to all that Yahweh commanded him, so he did.
Psalms 119:4 You have commanded your precepts, That we should fully obey them.

John 15:10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and remain in his love.
John 15:14 You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Exodus 7:6 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ מֹשֶׁ֖ה וְאַהֲרֹ֑ן כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה אֹתָ֖ם כֵּ֥ן עָשֽׂוּ

Moses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh commanded them, so they did.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Exodus 7:6 Septuagint · lemma form

ποιέω δέ μωυσῆς καί ααρων καθάπερ ἐντέλλομαι αὐτός κύριος οὕτως ποιέω

And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, so did they.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וַעֲבַד משֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן כְּמָא דְפַקִיד יְיָ יָתְהוֹן כֵּן עֲבָדוּ:

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Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וַעֲבַד משֶׁה וְאַהֲרן הֵיכְמָא דְפַקֵיד יְיָ יַתְהוֹן הֵיכְדֵין עָבָדוּ

And Mosheh and Aharon did as the Lord commanded them, even so did they.

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Exodus 7:6 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Exo 7:6 And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they.

Ver. 6. Did as the Lord commanded them.] Mallem obedire, quam miracula facere, saith Luther. Their obedience yielded them more comfort than their working of wonders.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Biblical Illustrator

Joseph S. Exell

Exo_7:6

So did they.

Obedience to God

I. It must be rendered by the servants of God. Moses and Aaron. All men who are called to moral service by God must obey Him.

1. Because He gives them their commands.

2. Because He gives them the power to do so.

3. Because He rewards obedience.

II. It must be co-extensive with their mission.

1. It must be entire.

2. It must be cheerful.

3. It must be holy.

III. It will render their mission effective--

1. Because it will lead to the best mode of service.

2. Because God will delight to honour it. The Divine commands:

(1) Rightfully given.

(2) To be faithfully executed.

(3) To be diligently obeyed. To be supremely regarded. (J. S. Exell, M. A.)

The Biblical Illustrator, edited by Joseph S. Exell (c. 1880s–1900s) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(6) Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them.—The reluctance and resistance of Moses from this time ceased. He subdued his own will to God’s, and gained the praise of being “faithful as a servant in all his house” (Heb_3:5). Aaron’s obedience continued until Sinai was reached, but there failed before the frenzy of the people (Exo_32:1-6).

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

6. A summary statement that Moses and Aaron carried out these instructions. The verse is anticipatory: the details follow in Exo_7:8 ff. The type of sentence is one characteristic of P: cf. Gen_6:22, Exo_12:28; Exo_12:50; Exo_39:32 b, Exo_40:16, al.: LOT. p. 124 (ed. 6–8, p. 132), No. 11.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them,.... After this they never showed any reluctance, or made any objection to any message they were sent with, or any work they were ordered to do, but went about it at once, and performed it with all readiness and cheerfulness:

so did they; which is not a superfluous and redundant expression, but very emphatic, showing with what care and diligence they did every thing, and how exactly they conformed in all things to the divine will.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

An emphatical repetition, to show their courage in attempting to say and do such things to so great a monarch in his own dominions, and their fidelity in the execution of all God’s commands.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them. This statement is general, and anticipative of the entire series of interviews beginning here (verse 10), and terminating (Exo_10:29) with the words, "I will see thy face no more." The obedience of Moses and Aaron was perfect and continuous from this time forward until Egypt was quitted.

HOMILIES BY J. URQUHART Chap. Deu_31:2 Deu_34:7) that Moses was a hundred and twenty at his death. It is also accepted as exact by St. Stephen. (Act_7:23, Act_7:30) Moderns are surprised that at such an age a man could undertake and carry through a difficult and dangerous enterprise; but in Egypt one hundred and ten years was not considered a very exceptionally long life, and men frequently retained their full vigour till seventy or eighty.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

Aaron eighty-three years old

"Aaron was eighty-three years old" (See: Ellipsis and Numbers)

translationWords

Moses

Aaron

Yahweh

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

Lesson kit

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Exodus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 9 words (8 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʼAhărôwn (“Aaron”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “Aaron” (ʼAhărôwn) contribute to the verse as a whole?
How does Exodus 7:2, which shares this passage’s theme, read alongside this verse?
What does the repetition of “to do” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
«וַיַּ֥עַשׂ» is a Qal Sequential Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and The Biblical Illustrator read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

This verse counts 9 Hebrew ↔ 11 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 3 words in this verse.
“to do” occurs 2× in this single verse.
8 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 9 words in this verse.