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Exd 6:9 — And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

hearkened		Exd 5:21; Exd 14:12; Job 21:4; Pro 14:19
anguish		Heb. shortness or, straitness. Num 21:4

Correlating Passages

hearkened

	Exd 5:21	And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
	Exd 14:12	[Is] not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For [it had been] better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
	Job 21:4	As for me, [is] my complaint to man? and if [it were so], why should not my spirit be troubled?
	Pro 14:19	The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

anguish

Num 21:4

And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

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Scott, Thomas. "Exodus 6:9," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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