Keluaran 4:19
Konteks4:19 The Lord said to Moses in Midian, “Go back 1 to Egypt, because all the men who were seeking your life are dead.” 2
Keluaran 15:15
Konteks15:15 Then the chiefs of Edom will be terrified, 3
trembling will seize 4 the leaders of Moab,
and the inhabitants of Canaan will shake.
[4:19] 1 tn The text has two imperatives, “Go, return”; if these are interpreted as a hendiadys (as in the translation), then the second is adverbial.
[4:19] 2 sn The text clearly stated that Pharaoh sought to kill Moses; so this seems to be a reference to Pharaoh’s death shortly before Moses’ return. Moses was forty years in Midian. In the 18th dynasty, only Pharaoh Thutmose III had a reign of the right length (1504-1450