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Verse Exodus 7:12. _AARON'S ROD SWALLOWED UP THEIR RODS._] As Egypt
was remarkably addicted to magic, sorcery, c., it was necessary that
God should permit Pharaoh's wise men to act to the utmost of t...
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CHAPTER S 6:28-7:13 THE RENEWED COMMISSION AND BEFORE PHARAOH AGAIN
_ 1. Renewed commission and renewed hesitation (Exodus 6:28)_
2. Jehovah's instructions (Exodus 7:1)
3. Before Pharaoh and the si...
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EXODUS 7:8 P. AARON AND THE MAGICIANS: HARDENING OF PHARAOH'S HEART.
Magic and religion are, in the last analysis, fundamentally diverse;
for, while magic claims to put a compelling constraint upon oc...
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MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14.
ROD. Figure of speech _Ampliatio_ (App-6). The rod still called. rod,
though it had become. serpent.
SWALLOWED UP: and thus inflicted the first blow on the gods of Egypt...
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FOR THEY CAST DOWN EVERY MAN HIS ROD— The ancient magicians were a
species of profane conjurors, who, claiming Divine assistance, used
frequently to contend with each other, in proof of the power of t...
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THE TEXT OF EXODUS
TRANSLATION
7 And Je-ho-vah said unto Mo-ses. See, I have made thee as God to
Pha-raoh; and Aar-on thy brother shall be thy prophet. (2) Thou shalt
speak all that I command thee; an...
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_FOR THEY CAST DOWN EVERY MAN HIS ROD, AND THEY BECAME SERPENTS: BUT
AARON'S ROD SWALLOWED UP THEIR RODS._
But Aaron's rod ... This was what they could not be prepared for, and
the discomfiture appea...
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THE ROD OF MOSES TURNED INTO A SERPENT. THE FIRST PLAGUE
1. A god to Pharaoh] see on Exodus 4:16. THY PROPHET] A prophet is a
spokesman. The prophets of God are those who declare His will. In
doing th...
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THEY BECAME SERPENTS] SERPENT charming is still practised in Egypt and
has been described by several travellers. What was done on this
occasion was probably a clever piece of sleight of hand. The magi...
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EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION
THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT
EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 7
V1 Then the *LORD replied to Moses. ‘Listen! Your brother, Aaron,
w...
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וַ יַּשְׁלִ֨יכוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ מַטֵּ֔הוּ וַ
יִּהְי֖וּ...
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CHAPTER VII.
_ THE HARDENING OF PHARAOH'S HEART._
Exodus 7:3.
When Moses received his commission, at the bush, words were spoken
which are now repeated with more emphasis, and which have to be
consi...
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PHARAOH STUBBORN AGAINST ISRAEL'S RELEASE
Exodus 6:28; Exodus 7:1
How often we say in a similar tone, “I am of uncircumcised lips, and
how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?” Forty years in the wildernes...
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We have here the record of God's answer to Moses' difficulty. He
reaffirmed Himself and charged His servant to speak to Pharaoh the
things commanded. Moreover, He foretold the result of the delivery o...
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_Devoured. Thus the superiority remained with Aaron. The rod was then
restored to its pristine form, ver. 15. (Haydock)_...
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Exodus 4:21; Zechariah 7:11....
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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...
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12._For they cast down every man. _The number of the magicians is not
expressed; and although Paul names two, Jannes and Jambres, (86) (2
Timothy 3:8,) it is probable that they were not the only ones,...
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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...
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FOR THEY CAST DOWN EVERY MAN HIS ROD, AND THEY BECAME SERPENTS,....
That is, they seemed to be so, as Josephus z expresses it, but not
really, in which he is followed by many; though some think that t...
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For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but
Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
Ver. 12. _And they became serpents._] Not really such, but in
appearance only. The devil's mir...
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Exo. 7:9-12. Moses' rod, when cast unto the earth, became a serpent.
So Christ, when sent down to the earth, appeared in the form of sinful
flesh; he was made sin for us. So Christ was represented by...
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_They became serpents_ The authors of the _Universal History_ cast
considerable light on this subject: “If it be asked,” say they,
“why God suffered the magicians to act thus, by a power borrowed
from...
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1 Moses is encouraged to go to Pharaoh.
7 His age.
8 His rod is turned into a Serpent.
11 The sorcerers do the like.
13 Pharaohs heart is hardened.
14 Gods message to Pharaoh.
19 The riuer is tu...
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For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents, there
being, to all appearances, no difference between the miracles. BUT
AARON'S ROD SWALLOWED UP THEIR RODS, God thus indicating that H...
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THE MIRACLES IN THE PRESENCE OF PHARAOH...
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SECOND SECTION
The miracles of Moses, or the result of the nine Egyptian Plagues,
preliminary to the last. Pharaoh’s alternate repentance and obduracy
Exodus 7:8 to Exodus 10:29
A. MOSES’ MIRACULOUS...
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GOD'S ANSWER TO MOSES
(vs.1-7)
Though Moses had protested that he was of uncircumcised lips, God
assured him that He was making Moses a god to Pharaoh, therefore that
Pharaoh would not be able to tot...
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8-13 What men dislike, because it opposes their pride and lusts, they
will not be convinced of; but it is easy to cause them to believe
things they wish to be true. God always sends with his word ful...
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11
These five Chapter s form one distinct section, the contents of which
may be distributed into the three following divisions, namely, the ten
judgements from the hand of Jehovah; the resistance of...
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Exodus 7:12 man H376 down H7993 (H8686) rod H4294 serpents H8577
Aarons H175 rod H4294 up H1104 ...
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YAHWEH ENCOURAGES MOSES TO GO FORWARD (EXODUS 7:1).
a Yahweh tells Moses that He has made him as a God to Pharaoh, with
Aaron as his prophet (Exodus 7:1).
b Moses is therefore to say all that Yahweh...
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AARON'S ROD
(Cf) (Exodus 4:2) As Moses' rod was the rod of power, the rod of the
King (Deuteronomy 33:4); (Deuteronomy 33:5) so Aaron's was the rod of
life, the rod of the Priest. As here the serpent...
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CONTENTS: Contest with Pharaoh. First plague. Water turned to blood.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Pharaoh, magician.
CONCLUSION: We see God's almighty power, the unstability of all things
under th...
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Exodus 7:1. _I have made thee a god._ אלהים _Elohim._ The
Chaldaic renders it תחי ליה לרב Thou shalt be to him for a
prince. The divine sense of the word is, I have invested thee with
Godlike powers t...
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_They also did in like manner with their enchantments._
MOSES AND THE MAGICIANS
I. Moses divinely warned of Pharaoh’s demand for a supernatural
credential. When men profess to bring a message from G...
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EXODUS 7:8 Plagues and Exodus 1:1. This section includes the initial
sign that Moses and Aaron perform before Pharaoh (Exodus 7:8), the
first nine plag
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 7:11 This is the first of three times where
the MAGICIANS OF EGYPT see the sign that Aaron performs and then do
THE SAME BY THEIR SECRET ARTS (also v....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Exodus 7:9. Miracle] A splendid or conspicuous deed: Sept. “sign or
wonder;” vulg. “sign.” SERPENT] Prob. of a large species; and in
Exodus 7:10; Exodus 7:12. called _tannin_ (lit. “e...
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EXPOSITION
THE FIRST SIGN, AND ITS FAILURE TO CONVINCE. Obeying the command given
them (Exodus 7:2, Exodus 7:9), Moses and Aaron went to the court a
second time, and entering into
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And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh:
and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. Thou shalt speak all that
I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Phara...
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but Aaron's Exodus 8:18 Exodus 8:19 Exodus 9:11 Acts 8:9 Acts 13:8...
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FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES
Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...