George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Exodus 11:5
Mill. The vilest slaves were thus employed in a sort of prison, chap. xii. 21. God makes no distinction between the king and the beggar. Death levels all.
Mill. The vilest slaves were thus employed in a sort of prison, chap. xii. 21. God makes no distinction between the king and the beggar. Death levels all.
Verse Exodus 11:5. _THE FIRST-BORN OF PHARAOH, C._] From the heir to the Egyptian throne to the son of the most abject slave, or the principal person in each family. Exodus 12:29. _THE MAID-SERVANT...
Two points are to be noticed: 1. The extent of the visitation: the whole land suffers in the persons of its firstborn, not merely for the guilt of the sovereign, but for the actual participation of t...
CHAPTER 11 THE TENTH PLAGUE ANNOUNCED _ 1. God's Word to Moses and to the people (Exodus 11:1)_ 2. The tenth plague announced to Pharaoh (Exodus 11:4) 3. Pharaoh's unbelief and his heart hardened ...
EXODUS 11:1 TO EXODUS 12:36. 10°. DEATH OF EGYPTIAN FIRSTBORN; PASSOVER AND MAZZOTH (Exodus 11:1 E, Exodus 11:4 J,...
EXODUS 7:14 TO EXODUS 12:36. THE TEN PLAGUES. How deeply this series of events imprinted itself on the mind and heart of the nation is shown by the fulness with which the three sources report them. J...
THE COURT OF THE TENT OF MEETING. From Hastings" _Dict. of the Bible_, iv. 657. longer sides are of 100 cubits, each with 20 pillars, the two shorter sides are of 50 cubits each, with 10 pillars; an...
Exodus 7:14 to Exodus 11:5 _The first nine Plagues_ The narrative of the Plagues, like that of the preceding Chapter s, is composite. The details of the analysis depend partly upon literary criteria...
FROM THE FIRST-BORN—UNTO—THE MAID-SERVANT THAT IS BEHIND THE MILL— That is, from the highest to the lowest. It was usual for the lowest slaves to be employed in the drudgery of the mill; and, therefor...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 11And Je-ho-vah said unto Mo-ses, Yet one plague more will I bring upon Pha-raoh, and upon E-gypt; afterwards he will let you go hence; when he shall let you go, he shal...
_AND ALL THE FIRSTBORN IN THE LAND OF EGYPT SHALL DIE, FROM THE FIRSTBORN OF PHARAOH THAT SITTETH UPON HIS THRONE, EVEN UNTO THE FIRSTBORN OF THE MAIDSERVANT THAT IS BEHIND THE MILL; AND ALL THE FIRST...
FIRSTBORN] The Heb. word means the firstborn male. The death of the firstborn may be regarded as a punishment for the slaughter of the Hebrew children (see Exodus 1:16; Exodus 1:22) and the oppression...
THE TENTH PLAGUE THREATENED 2. Borrow] RV 'ask': see on Exodus 3:22....
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 11 *PLAGUE NUMBER 10: THE OLDEST SON IN EACH *EGYPTIAN FAMILY DIES – 1...
ALL THE FIRSTBORN... SHALL DIE. — The Heb. word translated _firstborn_ is applied only to males; and thus the announcement was that in every family the eldest _son_ should be cut off. In Egypt, as in...
וּ מֵ֣ת כָּל ־בְּכֹור֮ בְּ אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַיִם֒
CHAPTER XI. _ THE LAST PLAGUE ANNOUNCED._ Exodus 11:1. The eleventh chapter is, strictly speaking, a supplement to the tenth: the first verses speak, as if in parenthesis, of a revelation made befor...
THE DEATH OF THE FIRST-BORN THREATENED Exodus 11:1 “One plague more.” These are ominous words! This final act of judgment would smite the fetters from Israel's neck forever. It is vain for man to ent...
In this brief chapter we have the most solemn account of communion between Jehovah and His servant Moses. Pharaoh had rejected God finally, and God had now finally rejected Pharaoh. Jehovah now announ...
And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that [is] behind (b) the mill; and all the...
Is there not somewhat very striking in the destruction of the first-born? Through the whole Levitical dispensation what a perpetual reference is there made to this! It should seem that even in the des...
There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5 THROUGH 13. At the news of the goodness of God, the people adore Him; but the struggle against the power of evil is another matter. Satan will not let the p...
AND ALL THE FIRSTBORN IN THE LAND OF EYGPT SHALL DIE,.... By the destroying angel inflicting a disease upon them, as Josephus says q, very probably the pestilence; however, it was sudden and immediate...
And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that [is] behind the mill; and all the firs...
The _death of the firstborn_ had been threatened, Exodus 4:23, but is last executed, and less judgments are tried; which, if they had done the work, would have prevented this. See how slow God is to w...
1 Gods message to the Israelites to borrow iewels of their neighbours. 4 Moses threatneth Pharaoh with the death of the first borne. 1 AND the LORD said vnto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more...
And all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, all the natural heads and representatives of families, all that was first-born, FROM THE FIRST-BORN OF PHARAOH THAT SITTETH UPON HIS THRONE, EVEN...
THE LAST DEFINITE. MESSAGE OF DELIVERANCE....
THIRD SECTION Announcement of the last or tenth plague, the immediate miraculous interposition of God. The commands respecting the indemnification of the Israelites, and the Passover, as the festival...
THE WARNING AS TO PLAGUE NO.10 (vs.1-8) This was given before Pharaoh gave his final threat to Moses. Verses 1-3 form a parenthesis, and verse 1 should read, "And the Lord HAD said to Moses" (Numeric...
4-10 The death of all the first-born in Egypt at once: this plague had been the first threatened, but is last executed. See how slow God is to wrath. The plague is foretold, the time is fixed; all th...
THAT SITTETH UPON HIS THRONE; either now actually ruling with his father, as Solomon did even whilst David lived, 1 KINGS 1:34; or, more probably, _he that is to sit_, the present time for the future,...
Exodus 11:5 firstborn H1060 land H776 Egypt H4714 die H4191 (H8804) firstborn H1060 Pharaoh H6547 sits H3427 ...
MOSES DECLARES THAT ALL THE FIRSTBORN IN EGYPT WILL DIE AND STALKS OUT (EXODUS 11:4). a Yahweh says that He will go out into the land of Egypt (Exodus 11:4). b As a result all the firstborn of Egypt...
CONTENTS: Last plague. Death of firstborn prophesied. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Pharaoh. CONCLUSION: Persistent enemies of God and His people will be made to fall under at last and those who ha...
Exodus 11:1. _The Lord said to Moses._ The 29th verse of the last chapter and this verse ought to be thrown into a parenthesis, then the scope of the history assumes a regular form. Exodus 11:2. _Borr...
_All the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die._ THE LAST PLAGUE THREATENED It was to be. I. Solemn in its advent. “About midnight.” II. Fatal in its issue. “All the firstborn. .. shall die.”...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 11:1 The chapters describing the tenth and final plague include extended accounts relating to: the warning (Exodus 11:1); the instructions for Israel’s Passover and the Feast of...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 11:5 Earlier, God referred to Israel as “my firstborn son” (Exodus 4:22) and said that Pharaoh’s refusal would result in the death of his FIRSTBORN ...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 11:4_ THE LAST PLAGUE THREATENED I. IT WAS TO BE SOLEMN IN ITS ADVENT. “About midnight I will go out into the land of Egypt.” This plague was threatened (Ex...
EXPOSITION The writer returns here to his account of the last interview between Moses and Pharaoh, repeating the introductory words of Exodus 10:29—"and Moses said." Having accepted his dismissal, and...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles now to Exodus, chapter eleven? Up to this point Moses' life seems to be going from one bad experience to worse; sometimes we have that experience too. It looks like jus...
the firstborn Exodus 4:23 Exodus 12:12 Exodus 12:29 Exodus 13:15 Psalms 78:51
The death of the first — born had been threatened, Exodus 4:23, but is last executed, and less judgments tried, which, if they had done the work, would have prevented this. See how slow God is to wrat...