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by alreadydead on December 7th, 2006

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Why god said that he made Moses a god: I have made thee a god to Pharaoh? Exodus 7:1 Is there not only one god?

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  • by Roger Kovaciny on December 8th, 2006

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    The above answers are helpful; this may help even more. The Hebrew word "God" comes from an adjective, which means "mighty one" or "mighty ones". But Hebrew doesn't have capital letters. If it did, God would always have the capital G and other gods would have small ones. Moses communicated with Pharaoh in Egyptian, but it is reported only in Hebrew. In Egyptian, Pharaoh himself was a god, and could well relate to the idea of Moses being a god on his own level. It was the assignment of Moses to leave Pharaoh without excuse so that he understood that he might be a small-G god, very mighty in Egypt perhaps, but that there was only one God worthy of the name.

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  • by Perryman on December 7th, 2006

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    No there are many gods, but only one Almighty God. That is the key difference.
    If we do not learn that, scriptures like this one might trip us up.

    Remember that in the account in the Bible cook of Exodus, Moses showed was arguing with God that he was unable to speak fluently. Here was a changed Moses, quite different from the one who had, of his own accord, offered himself as Israels deliverer 40 years earlier.
    He continued to remonstrate with Jehovah, finally asking Jehovah to excuse him from the task.
    Although this aroused Gods anger, he did not reject Moses but provided Moses brother Aaron as a mouthpiece. Thus, as Moses was representative for God, so Moses became as God to Aaron, who spoke representatively for him. In the ensuing meeting with the older men of Israel and the encounters with Pharaoh, it appears that God gave Moses the instructions and commands and Moses, in turn, relayed them to Aaron, so that Aaron did the actual speaking before Pharaoh (a successor of the Pharaoh from whom Moses had fled 40 years previously). (Exodus 2:23; 4:10-17)
    Later, Jehovah spoke of Aaron as Moses prophet, meaning that, as Moses was Gods prophet, directed by him, so Aaron should be directed by Moses. Also, Moses was told that he was being made God to Pharaoh, that is, given divine power and authority over Pharaoh, so that there was now no need to be afraid of the king of Egypt.Exodus 7:1, 2.

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  • by Thom64 on December 8th, 2006

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    Traditional Christian denominations and Jews who accept Exodus as scripture recognize only one divine being - one God. While it may not be completely clear what is meant, it is clear that Moses was not God. I have never heard a generally respected Christian or Jewish teacher that would interpret this to mean Moses was anything like God (in essential existance).

    Speculation:
    The Egyptians appear to have been polytheistic and superstitious. Perhaps the intent of the comment is that by working through him, God caused Moses to appear god-like to Pharaoh and the Egyptians.

    Moses claimed to speak and act by God's authority, not his own.

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  • by jberrios on September 2nd, 2010

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    from John Berrios. In response to "Why God said that he made Moses a god...", Jesus himself told the Jews, found in the Gospel of John chapter 10 verse 34 " ...ἔστιν γεγραμμένον ἐν τῷ νόμῳ ὑμῶν ὅτι
    Ἐγὼ εἶπα, Θεοί ἐστε;"
    which is transliterated to read "it is written in the law yours that I said, gods you are?

    Jesus called those Jews he was talking to "gods"! The word gods (Θεοί) is found to be in the plural number, nominative case and the masculin gender. The nominative case indicates that gods is the subject of the verb. Thus Jesus called them gods.

    We find in the Bible that Jesus said that yes, there were gods on this earth in human form during the time of Jesus' earthly life, and I am sure during our time!

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  • by Texasescimo on June 14th, 2010

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    The word "god" in the Bible can mean several things. It seems most commentators acknowledge that when Moses is called "a god" at Exodus 7:1. http://biblecommenter.com/exodus/7-1.htm
    /././ Strongs - http://strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/430.htm /././ http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H430&t=KJV /././ Matthew Henry - http://www.blueletterbible.org/commentaries/comm_view.cfm?AuthorID=4&contentID=685&commInfo=5&topic=Exodus&ar=Exd_7_1
    The Bible shows that there are many gods (1Cor 8:5,6) such as the judges in Israel (John 10:34, Psalms 82:6), and Moses served as god to Aaron and Pharoah (Ex 4:16, Ex 7:1), but that the Father was the only true God. (John 17:3) I do not believe that Moses served as a false god, and jesus did not say that those in Psalms were false gods. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1Cor8:5-6;Exodus4:16;Exodus7:1;Psalms82:6;%20John10:34;&version=49;15;77;16;51;
    http://strongsnumbers.com/greek/2316.htm (2316. theos) the supreme Divinity, God, godly.
    Of uncertain affinity; a deity, especially (with ho) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very -- X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
    http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G2316&t=DBY
    Strong's G2316 - theos (Greek)
    4) whatever can in any respect be likened unto God, or resemble him in any way
    a) God's representative or viceregent
    1) of magistrates and judges


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