Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary
Exodus 10:9
We must hold a feast unto the Lord And in such solemnities the whole body of the nation, men, women, and children, and all who were not confined by sickness, were wont to join.
We must hold a feast unto the Lord And in such solemnities the whole body of the nation, men, women, and children, and all who were not confined by sickness, were wont to join.
Verse Exodus 10:9. _WE WILL GO WITH OUR YOUNG AND WITH OUR OLD, C._] As a feast was to be celebrated to the honour of Jehovah, all who were partakers of his bounty and providential kindness must go a...
WITH OUR YOUNG ... - The demand was not contrary to Egyptian usage, as great festivals were kept by the whole population....
CHAPTER 10 THE EIGHTH AND NINTH PLAGUES _ 1. The eighth plague: locusts (Exodus 10:1)_ 2. Pharaoh's renewed confession and refusal (Exodus 10:16) 3. The ninth plague: darkness (Exodus 10:21) 4. Ph...
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...
8°. A LOCUST SWARM (Exodus 10:1 J; Exodus 10:12 a, Egypt, E; Exodus 10:13 b J; Exodus 10:14 a E;...
WE WILL GO WITH OUR YOUNG, &c. Moses knew nothing _of_ forsaking Egypt and leaving the little ones behind. Note the spiritual lesson; and compare Ephesians 6:4 and Genesis 7....
_a feast unto the Lord_ more naturally, JEHOVAH'S FEAST....
The Pharaoh's ministers suggest to him that Moses should no longer be permitted to ruin Egypt. He accordingly makes an attempt to come to terms with Moses; but when Moses declares that the whole peopl...
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...
The _eighth_plague. The locusts. From J, with short passages from E....
The Text of EXODUS TRANSLATION 10 And Je-ho-vah said unto Mo-ses, Go in unto Pha-raoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servant, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them,...
_AND PHARAOH'S SERVANTS SAID UNTO HIM, HOW LONG SHALL THIS MAN BE A SNARE UNTO US? LET THE MEN GO, THAT THEY MAY SERVE THE LORD THEIR GOD: KNOWEST THOU NOT YET THAT EGYPT IS DESTROYED?_ Pharaoh's ser...
THE EIGHTH AND NINTH PLAGUES 1-20. The Eighth Plague:—Locusts....
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 10 *PLAGUE NUMBER 8: *LOCUSTS – VERSES 1-20 MOSES WARNS *PHARAOH AGAI...
WITH OUR SONS AND WITH OUR DAUGHTERS... FOR WE MUST HOLD A FEAST. — It was customary in Egypt for children to join in festivals (Herod. ii. 60). WITH OUR FLOCKS AND WITH OUR HERDS. — The family of Jac...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֔ה בִּ נְעָרֵ֥ינוּ וּ בִ
CHAPTER X. _ THE EIGHTH PLAGUE._ Exodus 10:1. The Lord would not command His servant again to enter the dangerous presence of the sullen prince, without a reason which would sustain his faith: "For...
PHARAOH STILL REFUSES TO SUBMIT Exodus 10:1 Pharaoh was capable of being a noble and glorious soul, through which God might have shown forth all His power and glory, Exodus 9:16. But he refused, and...
It would seem at this point that Moses himself was overawed by the fearful process of judgment and so before the next plague God announced to His servant a new reason for the whole movement. It was in...
_Herds. Out of which the Lord may choose what victims he requires. (Menochius) --- The people of Egypt kept solemnities of this description. (Herod. ii. 58, 59.)_...
Overtures are here made on the part of Pharaoh, but as unsuccessful as the former. 2 Chronicles 25:16....
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...
MOSES SAID, WE WILL GO WITH OUR YOUNG AND WITH OUR OLD,.... The latter were necessary to guide, direct, and instruct in the business of sacrifice, and to perform it as heads of their respective famili...
_And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we [must hold] a feast unto the LORD._ Ver. 9. _F...
1 God threatneth to send locusts. 7 Pharaoh, moued by his seruants, inclineth to let the Israelites goe. 12 The plague of the locusts. 16 Pharaoh sueth to Moses. 21 The plague of darkenesse. 24 P...
And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the Lord, literally, "A f...
THE LOCUSTS THREATENED...
H. THE LOCUSTS Exodus 10:1-20 1And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I might shew [may do] these my signs before him [in t...
PLAGUE NO.8 -- LOCUSTS (vs.1-20) Again the Lord reminds Moses that He Himself had hardened Pharaoh's heart and the hearts of his servants in order that He might publicly show His signs before them,...
1-11 The plagues of Egypt show the sinfulness of sin. They warn the children of men not to strive with their Maker. Pharaoh had pretended to humble himself; but no account was made of it, for he was...
A feast upon a sacrifice, wherein all are concerned, and therefore all must be present and ready to do what God requires us....
Exodus 10:9 Moses H4872 said H559 (H8799) go H3212 (H8799) young H5288 old H2205 sons H1121 daughters...
THE EIGHTH PLAGUE - THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS (EXODUS 10:1). We note in this passage a distinct change of tone. No longer does Yahweh commence with the opening, ‘let My people go' (compare Exodus 8:1; Exo...
Exodus 10:1. _And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him: and that thou mayest tell in...
CONTENTS: Plagues of locusts and darkness. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Pharaoh. CONCLUSION: God's terms of reconcilliation are fixed and cannot be disputed or lowered. Men must meet the demand of...
Exodus 10:2. _In the ears of thy son._ The Hebrew prophets in their sermons, and the psalmists in their songs, have recorded those wonderful works of the Lord; and the doctrines and inferences fairly...
_We will go with our young and with our old._ LESSONS 1. Upon importunity of men wicked powers may be moved to recall and treat further with God’s ministers when His own word is slighted by them. 2...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 10:8 Pharaoh listens to his servants (v. Exodus 10:7). For the first time he calls Moses and Aaron back before a plague begins. However, as before, Pharaoh responds to Moses’ ans...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 10:4. Locusts] _’Arbch_ (ארכה): prob., the _gryllus gregarius_—Ges., Dav., Fü.; G. & D. understanding the word to mean “swarmers,”—F., “browsers.” EXODUS 10:8. BUT WHO ARE THE...
EXPOSITION THE EIGHTH PLAGUE. Notwithstanding his self-condemnation and acknowledgment of the righteousness of God in all the judgments that had been sent upon him (Exodus 9:27), Pharaoh no sooner fou...
And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might show these my signs before him: And that thou mayest tell in the ears of th...
we will go Genesis 50:8 Deuteronomy 31:12 Deuteronomy 31:13 Joshua 24:15...