Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord commanded them. These brief compliance verses are theologically significant — they mark the end of objection and the beginning of action. After five objections, after genealogy, after renewed commission, Moses and Aaron simply do what they were told. Hebrews 11:8 commends Abraham because he obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. Moses and Aaron obey and go even though they know exactly how Pharaoh will receive them. Obedience in Scripture is rarely the beginning of certainty; it is more often the proof that faith has decided to move before certainty arrives. The doing just as commanded refrain will appear eleven more times in the construction of the tabernacle in Exodus 39–40. Faithfulness in confronting Pharaoh and faithfulness in building the sanctuary are the same act — the alignment of human action with divine instruction.

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