Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the (d) sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
(d) It seems that these were Jannes and Jambres; (2 Timothy 3:8) so the wicked maliciously resist the truth of God.
Verse Exodus 7:11. _PHARAOH - CALLED THE WISE MEN_] חכמים _chacamim_, the men of learning. _Sorcerers_, כשפים cashshephim, those who _reveal_ hidden things; probably from the Arabic root [Arabic] _ka...
Three names for the magicians of Egypt are given in this verse. The “wise men” are men who know occult arts. The “sorcerers” are they who “mutter magic formulae,” especially when driving away crocodil...
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...
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...
THEN PHARAOH ALSO CALLED THE WISE-MEN, &C.— Moses and Aaron performing their commission according to the commandment of the Lord, and working the miracle, which, no doubt, Pharaoh demanded, in proof o...
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...
_THEN PHARAOH ALSO CALLED THE WISE MEN AND THE SORCERERS: NOW THE MAGICIANS OF EGYPT, THEY ALSO DID IN LIKE MANNER WITH THEIR ENCHANTMENTS._ Then Pharaoh ... called the wise men and the sorcerers, х_...
7:11 scribes (d-14) See Genesis 41:8 ....
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...
MAGICIANS] lit. 'engravers, sacred scribes': cp. Genesis 41:8 RV. They are depicted on the monuments with a quill pen on their heads and a book in their hands. A belief in magic was universal in Egypt...
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...
THE MAGICIANS OF EGYPT. — These persons are called indifferently _khàkâmim,_ “wise men,” _më-kashshëphim,_ “mutterers of charms,” and _khartum-mim,_ “scribes,” perhaps “writers of charms.” Magic was v...
וַ יִּקְרָא֙ גַּם ־פַּרְעֹ֔ה לַֽ † חֲכָמִ֖ים...
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...
Magicians. Jannes and Mambres, or Jambres, 2 Timothy iii. 8. (Challoner) --- The pagans represented Moses as the greatest of magicians. (Pliny, Natural History xxx. 1; Justin xxxvi.) --- They also, &c...
The Reader for the proper apprehension of this and the following verse, would do well to consider that God sometimes in his providence permits events, which are not within the power or the province of...
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...
11._Then Pharaoh also called. _The impiety of the tyrant, which had before lain hid in the recesses of his heart, now breaks forth; when he does not hesitate to enter into the lists with God. For he w...
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...
THEN PHARAOH ALSO CALLED THE WISE MEN AND THE SORCERERS,.... The cunning men and wizards, a sort of jugglers and deceivers, who pretended to great knowledge of things, to discover secrets, tell fortun...
Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. Ver. 11. _The wise men and the sorcerers._] Magic is either...
Exo. 7:9-12. Moses' rod, when cast unto the earth, became a serpent. So Christ, when sent down to the earth, appeared in the form of sinful flesh; he was made sin for us. So Christ was represented by...
Moses had been originally instructed in the learning of the Egyptians, and was suspected to have improved in magical arts in his long retirement. The magicians are therefore sent for to vie with him....
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...
Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers, the men versed in occult arts and witchcraft. NOW THE MAGICIANS OF EGYPT, THEY ALSO DID IN LIKE MANNER WITH THEIR ENCHANTMENTS, for the devil i...
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...
Under the general title of WISE MEN he seems to comprehend all who were most eminent in any sort of wisdom, either natural, or civil, or divine, who were all called to give their opinion and advice in...
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 7:11 Pharaoh H6547 called H7121 (H8799) men H2450 sorcerers H3784 (H8764) magicians H2748 Egypt H4714 did...
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...
LIKE Compare (2 Timothy 3:8); (Exodus 8:18). Neither Satan nor his tools can create life: (Revelation 13:15) will be a "lying wonder": ...
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...
_They also did in like manner with their enchantments._ MOSES AND THE MAGICIANS I. Moses divinely warned of Pharaoh’s demand for a supernatural credential. When men profess to bring a message from G...
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 7:11 This is the first of three times where the MAGICIANS OF EGYPT see the sign that Aaron performs and then do THE SAME BY THEIR SECRET ARTS (also v....
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...
wise men Genesis 41:8 Genesis 41:38 Genesis 41:39 Isaiah 19:11 Isaiah 1
FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...
Moses had been originally instructed in the learning of the Egyptians, and was suspected to have improved in magical arts in his long retirement. The magicians are therefore sent for to vie with him....
How could the wise men and sorcerers of Pharaoh perform the same feats of power that God told Moses to perform? PROBLEM: Several passages in Exodus (7:11, 22; 8:7) state that the wise men, sorcerers,...