Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Exodus 7:13
He, the Lord, to whom this act of hardening is frequently ascribed both in this book and elsewhere.
He, the Lord, to whom this act of hardening is frequently ascribed both in this book and elsewhere.
Verse Exodus 7:13. _AND HE HARDENED PHARAOH'S HEART_] ויחזק לב פרעה _vaiyechezah leb Paroh_, "And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened," the identical words which in Exodus 7:22 are thus translated, and...
AND HE HARDENED - Or Pharaoh’s heart was hardened. See Exodus 4:21....
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...
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...
HE HARDENED. The Hebrew here is "Pharaoh's heart was hardened". See on Exodus 4:21. AS. according as. IT WILL BE NOTICED that the number _nine is_ connected with judgment (see App-10), and that the...
AND HE HARDENED PHARAOH'S HEART— _And Pharaoh's heart was hardened_ says Dr. Waterland. The same phrase occurs, Exodus 7:22 and ought in ours, as in other versions, to have been rendered the same in b...
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...
_AND HE HARDENED PHARAOH'S HEART, THAT HE HEARKENED NOT UNTO THEM; AS THE LORD HAD SAID._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
HE HARDENED PHARAOH'S HEART] This should be 'Pharaoh's heart was hardened,' as in RV. The Heb. is the same here as in Exodus 7:22 : see on Exodus 4:21. 14-25. The First Plague:—The Water of the Nile...
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...
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...
He hardened Pharaoh’s heart. — This is a mis-translation. The verb is intransitive, and “Pharaoh’s heart” is its nominative case. Translate, “Pharaoh’s heart hardened itself.” It is essential to the i...
וַ יֶּחֱזַק֙ לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֔ה וְ לֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖ע
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...
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...
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...
Exodus 4:21; Zechariah 7:11....
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 HE HARDENED PHARAOH'S HEART,.... Or, "notwithstanding the heart of Pharaoh was hardened" a; though he saw the rods of his magicians devoured by rod; or "therefore" b his heart was hardened, becaus...
And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. Ver. 13. And he hardened Pharaoh's heart.] Not by bare prescience, or permission only, but by withdrawing his g...
_And he hardened Pharaoh's heart_ That is, permitted it to be hardened: or, as the very same Hebrew word is rendered in Exodus 7:22, _Pharaoh's heart was hardened._...
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...
And He hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said. The fact that his wise men with their witchcraft succeeded in imitating the miracle of Aaron was enough to decid...
THE MIRACLES IN THE PRESENCE OF PHARAOH...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Exodus 7:13 Pharaohs H6547 heart H3820 hard H2388 (H8799) heed H8085 (H8804) LORD H3068 said H1696 ...
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...
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...
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...
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
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 7:13 While the recurring references to the hardness of PHARAOH’S HEART show that the Lord is sovereign over the events (see Exodus 4:21;...
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...
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
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...
Exodus 7:4 Exodus 4:21 Exodus 8:15 Exodus 10:1 Exodus 10:20...
FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...
And he harden'd Pharaoh's heart — That is, permitted it to be hardened....