THE LORD (Hebrew. _Jehovah._ said. See note on Exodus 3:7, and compare note on Exodus 6:10. MADE. given (as in Ephesians 4:11) as such. GOD. i.e. in God's stead. _Elohim. one_ appointed by oath. _Elohim_ is thus used of those so given and appointed. Psalms 82:1; Psalms 82:6; John 10:34; John 10:35... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
HARDEN. See note on Exodus 4:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARMIES. hosts. AND. No "and" required.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL KNOW: i.e. by. great experience. That was the great object of all these ten plagues; as it will be in the coming day of the judgments described in the Apocalypse. Revelation 16:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
PHARAOH. See App-37.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD (Hebrew. _Jehovah._ spake. See note on Exodus 6:10, and compare note on Exodus 3:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHEW. MIRACLE FOR YOU. show us. sign. SERPENT. Hebrew. _thaunin. a_ crocodile.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as. PHARAOH. Hebrew "the face of Pharaoh". Figure of speech _Pleonasm._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
WISE MEN, &c. Two sets of men mentioned. Pharaoh "called for the wise men, and for the magi cians-and these also (the sacred scribes of Egypt) did in like manner with their secret arts". Two of these named by the Holy Spirit in 2 Timothy 3:8, "Jannes and Jambres".... [ Continue Reading ]
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. See note on Exodus 7:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 third plague of each three is without warning. To make the sym metry complete, Aaron was used in the... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD SAID. See note on Exodus 3:7 with Exodus 6:10. hardened. See note on Exodus 4:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
SERPENT. Hebrew. _nachash._ See note on Genesis 3:1, and App-19.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
THUS SAITH THE LORD. See note on Exodus 4:22. RIVER. Probably the Nile canals.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD SPAKE. See note on Exodus 6:10, and compare note on Exodus 3:7. STREAMS. canals. RIVERS. the seven streams of the Delta. PONDS. lakes where reeds grew. POOLS. reservoirs. VESSELS OF WOOD, &c. Genitive of material. Figure of speech _Metony my_ (of Cause). App-6. Hebrew "woods and stones... [ Continue Reading ]
RIVER. This first plague was directed against the Nile, an object of worship, which was thus polluted, and became. means of pollution to the people. Compare Exodus 12:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ in verses: Exodus 7:20; Exodus 7:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAGICIANS... DID SO. Evidently from the water referred to in Exodus 7:24. HARDENED. See note on Exodus 4:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
ROUND ABOUT: i.e. on either side of.... [ Continue Reading ]