CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 8:2. Frogs] Heb. צפרדעים “marsh-leapers” (Gesenius): “marsh-croakers” (Ewald, Fürst, Davies). _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 8:1_ THE PLAGUE OF FROGS; OR, THE SOCIALLY GREAT SMITTEN WITH THE SUPREMELY CONTEMPTIBLE The great River of Egypt has now been smitten f... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 8:9. Glory over me] Or, “Explain thyself.” So Gesenius and Fürst: similarly, Sept. and Vulg. EXODUS 8:14. UPON HEAPS] Lit. “heaps, heaps,”—with beautiful simplicity and expressiveness. EXODUS 8:15. RESPITE] Lit. “breathing”=“breathing time.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGR... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 8:16. Lice] “Gnats”—Ges. Fü. DAV. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 8:16_ THE PLAGUE OF LICE, OR, AN ENFORCED RECOGNITION OF A SUPREME POWER IN THE DIRE RETRIBUTIONS OF HUMAN LIFE The third plague was now sent upon the land without any warning. The two previous p... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 8:24. Swarms] Heb. הערב “a species of fly, the gad-fly” (Ges.) “a scorpion-like and stinging” animal, “a beetle, scarabæus” (Fü.); “prob. the gad-fly, so called from its sucking the blood” (Dav.) _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 8:20_ THE PLAGUE OF FLIES; OR, AN... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 8:26. Not meet … the abomination of the Egyptians] Those who can consult the original should mark the vigour thrown into it by the incisive way in which the words here quoted are placed first in their respective clauses: “THE ABOMINATION OF THE EGYPTIANS we shall sacrifice,”... [ Continue Reading ]