INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 11 Moses having an intimation from the Lord that one plague more would be brought on Pharaoh, and then he would let Israel go, when they should borrow of their neighbours jewels of gold and silver, the people being in great favour with the Egyptians, Exodus 11:1, he declares... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES,.... While in the presence of Pharaoh, by a secret impulse upon his mind; or he had said m, which some refer as far back as to his appearance to him in Midian, Exodus 4:23, which is too remote; rather it refers to the last time he went to Pharaoh, being sent for by him;... [ Continue Reading ]
SPEAK NOW IN THE EARS OF THE PEOPLE,.... This cannot be understood of the whole body of the people being gathered together, but of some of the principal ones, who should communicate it to others, and so from one to another, until all the heads and masters of families became acquainted with it: AND... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LORD GAVE THE PEOPLE FAVOUR IN THE SIGHT OF THE EGYPTIANS,.... So that they freely and willingly lent them the things they asked of them; which seems to be said by way of anticipation, for this was not done until the following plague was inflicted, see Exodus 12:35, MOREOVER, THE MAN MOSES... [ Continue Reading ]
AND MOSES SAID,.... To Pharaoh before he left him, when he had told him he should see his face no more; for the three preceding verses are to be read in a parenthesis, being placed here by the historian, as giving some light to this last discourse and transaction between Moses and Pharaoh: THUS SAI... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ALL THE FIRSTBORN IN THE LAND OF EYGPT SHALL DIE,.... By the destroying angel inflicting a disease upon them, as Josephus says q, very probably the pestilence; however, it was sudden and immediate death, and which was universal, reaching to all the firstborn that were in the families of the Egyp... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THERE SHALL BE A GREAT CRY THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT,.... Of parents for the loss of their firstborn sons, their heirs, the support and glory of their families; children for the loss of their elder brethren; and servants for the loss of the prime and principal in their masters' houses; an... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT AGAINST ANY OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHALL NOT A DOG MOVE HIS TONGUE, AGAINST MAN OR BEAST,.... That is, as no hurt should be done to man or beast among them, to the firstborn of either of them, so there would be no noise or cry in their dwellings, but the profoundest silence, stillness, and qu... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ALL THESE THY SERVANTS,.... Pharaoh's nobles, ministers, courtiers and counsellors, who were then in his presence, and stood about him, to whom Moses pointed: SHALL COME DOWN UNTO ME; from Pharaoh's palace, which might be built on an eminence, to the place where Moses had dwelt during the time... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES,.... Not at this time when he went out from Pharaoh, but some time before this, for the words may be rendered, "the Lord had said" x, for so he had, as is related, Exodus 7:3, but the historian makes mention of it here, to show that Moses was not ignorant of the event of... [ Continue Reading ]
AND MOSES AND AARON DID ALL THESE WONDERS BEFORE PHARAOH, c,] Which are related in the preceding Chapter s: AND THE LORD HARDENED PHARAOH'S HEART: one time after another, and yet more and more: SO THAT HE WOULD NOT LET THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL GO OUT OF HIS LAND until the last plague, the slaying of... [ Continue Reading ]