Exodus 6:26-27 - Exposition

The genealogy being concluded as a separate document, its author appends a notice that the Aaron and Moses mentioned in it ( Exodus 6:20 ) are the very Aaron and Moses who received the Divine command to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt, and who appeared before Pharaoh, and "spoke to him" on their behalf. As the heading of the document was kept upon its insertion into the narrative of the Exodus (see the comment on Exodus 6:13 ), so its concluding sentences were kept, though (according to modem ideas) superfluous.