Exodus 11:1

_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, YET WILL I BRING ONE PLAGUE MORE UPON PHARAOH, AND UPON EGYPT; AFTERWARDS HE WILL LET YOU GO HENCE: WHEN HE SHALL LET YOU GO, HE SHALL SURELY THRUST YOU OUT HENCE ALTOGETHER._ The Lord said - rather HAD said unto Moses. It may be inferred, therefore, that he had been apprised that the crisis was now arrived; that the next plague would so effectually humble and alarm the mind of Pharaoh that he would "thrust them out thence altogether;" and thus the word of Moses (Exodus 10:29) must be regarded as a prediction....

1._And the Lord said unto Moses. _(131) He now relates that it was not with self-conceived confidence that he was lately so elated, as we have seen him; (132) but because he had been forewarned by divine revelation that the end of the contests was now near, and that nothing now remained but. that Pharaoh should fall by his mortal wound. This verse, then, is connected with the preceding, and explains its cause; because Moses would not have been at liberty to interrupt the course of his vocation, unless he had now plainly known that he was arriving at its conclusion. Nor would it otherwise agree with what follows, via, that Moses spoke to Pharaoh after he had declared that he would not appear any more in his sight, unless the subject were continued without interruption. But this sentence is introduced parenthetically, (meaning) that however obstinate Pharaoh might be, the hour

1-3 A secret revelation was made to Moses while in the presence of Pharaoh, that he might give warning of the last dreadful judgment, before he went out. This was the last day of the servitude of Israel; they were about to go away. Their masters, who had abused them in their work, would have sent them away empty; but God provided that the labourers should not lose their hire, and ordered them to demand it now, at their departure, and it was given to them. God will right the injured, who in humble silence commit their cause to him; and none are losers at last by patient suffering. The Lord gave them favour in the sight of the Egyptians, by making it appear how much he favoured them. He also changed the spirit of the Egyptians toward them, and made them to be pitied of their oppressors. Those that honour God, he will honour....

CHAPTER XI _God purposes to bring another plague upon Pharaoh, after_ _which he should let the Israelites go_, 1. _They are commanded to ask gold and silver from the Egyptians_, 2. _The estimation in which Moses was held among the Egyptians_, 3. _Moses predicts the destruction of the first-born of the_ _Egyptians_, 4-6, _and Israel's protection_, 7. _On seeing which, Pharaoh and his servants should entreat_ _the Hebrews to depart_, 8. _The prediction of his previous obstinacy_, 9, 10. NOTES ON CHAP.

THE LORD SAID - Or “the Lord had said.” The first three verses of this chapter are parenthetical. Before Moses relates the last warning given to Pharaoh, he feels it right to recall to his readers’ minds the revelation and command which had been previously given to him by the Lord. WHEN HE SHALL LET YOU GO ... - When at last he lets you depart with children, flocks, herds, and all your possessions, he will compel you to depart in haste. Moses was already aware that the last plague would be followed by an immediate departure, and, therefore, measures had probably been taken to prepare the Israelites for the journey. In fact, on each occasion when Pharaoh relented for a season, immediate orders would of course be issued by Moses to the heads of the people, who were thus repeatedly brought into a state of more or less complete organization for the final movement....

EXPOSITION We have here a parenthetic statement of something that had previously happened. Before Moses was summoned to appear in the presence of Pharaoh as related in Exodus 10:24, it had been expressly revealed to him by God, 1. That one more plague, and one only, was impending; 2. That this infliction would be effectual, and be followed by the departure of the Israelites; and, 3. That instead of reluctantly allowing them to withdraw from his kingdom, the monarch would be eager for their departure and would actually hasten it. He had also been told that the time was now come when the promise made to him in Mount Horeb, that his people should "spoil the Egyptians" (Exodus 3:22), would receive its accomplishment. The Israelites,

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; and the words may be rendered, "for the Lord had said" n; and so are a reason why Moses was so bold, and expressed himself with so much confidence and assurance to Pharaoh, that he would see his face no more: YET WILL I BRING ONE PLAGUE [MORE] UPON PHARAOH, AND UPON EGYPT; upon him and all his subjects, for the following one would affect all the families of Egypt, in which there was a son: AFTERWARDS HE WILL LET YOU GO HENCE; out of Egypt readily, at once, and not attempt to stop or retard your going: WHEN HE SHALL LET YOU GO; declare his wil

CHAPTER 11 THE TENTH PLAGUE ANNOUNCED _ 1. God's Word to Moses and to the people (Exodus 11:1)_ 2. The tenth plague announced to Pharaoh (Exodus 11:4) 3. Pharaoh's unbelief and his heart hardened (Exodus 11:9) In chapter 10:29 we hear Moses say to Pharaoh, “I will see thy face again no more.” In this chapter, however, we hear him address Pharaoh once more concerning the tenth plague judgment. The announcement made to Moses and recorded in the first verse of this chapter occurred before the inter-view of the previous chapter and Exodus 11:4 in chapter 11 is the continuation of Moses' address to Pharaoh after he had

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 1° 2° 4° 5° 7° 8° 9° 10° E 1° 7° 8° 9° 10° P 1° 2° 3° 6° 10° 1°, river turned to blood; 2°, frogs; 3°, fice (gnats); 4°, flies; 5°, murrain; 6°, boils; 7°, hail; 8°, locusts; 9°, darkness; 10°, death of firstborn. A sound historical judgment will conclude, both from this fact and from the nature of the occurrences mentioned, as well as from the need for _some_ such group of causes to account for the escape of the tribes, that the traditions have a firm foothold in real events. But since not less than four centuries intervened between the events and the earliest of our sources, it is not to b

_ THE LORD_(Hebrew. Jehovah) said. See note on Exodus 3:7, and compare note on Exodus 6:10. AFTERWARDS. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and after"....