Exodus 8:9

_AND MOSES SAID UNTO PHARAOH, GLORY OVER ME: WHEN SHALL I INTREAT FOR THEE, AND FOR THY SERVANTS, AND FOR THY PEOPLE, TO DESTROY THE FROGS FROM THEE AND THY HOUSES, THAT THEY MAY REMAIN IN THE RIVER ONLY?_ Glory over me. 'Vaunt thyself-assume all the glory of ordering me, who am the servant of Yahweh, to intercede. [Septuagint, Taxai pros me, 'command me at what time I shall pray.'] Another interpretation has been given to this obscure phrase-`Thou hast trusted in thine own power; then, fascinated by the deceitful miracle of the magicians, thou hast perversely exalted thyself against the God of heaven; now rather glory that thou hast in me an intercessor with God, whose prayers for thy deliverance He will not refuse to hear; and in proof that He is the only true God, and that I bear His commission, fix thou the time of deliverance.' [The first view, however, is the more correct, as _ PA...

9._And Moses said unto Pharaoh. _Commentators differ as to the meaning of this passage. They are too speculative who expound it, that this honor was granted to Pharaoh, that he should fix the time in which Moses was to pray. Again, there is a flatness in the exposition, that Pharaoh might glory because the frogs were to die. Those who expound it, that Pharaoh should be freed from the frogs, so that he might glory in safety, express part of the meaning, but not the whole. It rather appears to me that there is an implied _antithesis _between the perverse boasting, wherewith Pharaoh had exulted, and that pious glowing which he ought to seek for in the mercy of God; as if Moses had said, “Thus far you have exalted yourself improperly, trusting in your power, and afterwards when bewitched by the enchantments; now rather glory, because you have an _intercessor _and patron to plead for you to G...

1-15 Pharaoh is plagued with frogs; their vast numbers made them sore plagues to the Egyptians. God could have plagued Egypt with lions, or bears, or wolves, or with birds of prey, but he chose to do it by these despicable creatures. God, when he pleases, can arm the smallest parts of the creation against us. He thereby humbled Pharaoh. They should neither eat, nor drink, nor sleep in quiet; but wherever they were, they should be troubled by the frogs. God's curse upon a man will pursue him wherever he goes, and lie heavy upon him whatever he does. Pharaoh gave way under this plague. He promises that he will let the people go. Those who bid defiance to God and prayer, first or last, will be made to see their need of both. But when Pharaoh saw there was respite, he hardened his heart. Till the heart is renewed by the grace of God, the thoughts made by affliction do not abide; the convict...

Verse Exodus 8:9. _GLORY OVER ME_] התפאר עלי _hithpaer alai_. These words have greatly puzzled commentators in general; and it is not easy to assign their true meaning. The _Septuagint_ render the words thus: Ταξαι προς με ποτε, c., _Appoint unto me when I shall_ _pray, c_. The _constitue mihi quando_ of the _Vulgate_ is exactly the same and in this sense almost all the _versions_ understood this place. This countenances the conjectural emendation of _Le_ _Clerc_, who, by the change of a single letter, reading התבאר _hithbaer_ for התפאר _hithpaer_, gives the same sense as that in the ancient versions. _Houbigant_, supposing a corruption in the original, amends the reading thus: אתה באר עלי _attah baar alai-Dic_ _mihi quo tempore, c_., "_Tell me_ when thou wishest me to pray for thee," c., which amounts to the same...

GLORY OVER ME - See the margin, “have honor over me,” i. e. have the honor, or advantage over me, directing me when I shall entreat God for thee and thy servants. WHEN - Or by when; i. e. for what exact time. Pharaoh’s answer in Exodus 5:10 refers to this, by tomorrow. The shortness of the time would, of course, be a test of the supernatural character of the transaction....

EXPOSITION How long the plague of frogs endured, we are not told. Probably every effort was made, short of intentionally killing them, to get rid of them. Snakes, and chameleons, and ibises would destroy many—others would be crushed beneath wheels, trampled on by animals, squeezed to death by the opening of doors, unintentionally killed by men. But the vacancies made were constantly filled; and there seemed no prospect of the infliction passing away. The influence of his counsellors would under these circumstances be brought to bear upon the mind of the Pharaoh—he would be warned that his subjects were attributing their sufferings to his obstinacy—he would be recommended—perhaps pressed—to yield, and would find in the annoyance which he individually endured a strong motive for compliance. Accordingly, he after a while sent for the two Israelite chiefs, and made the request recorded in t...

AND MOSES SAID UNTO PHARAOH, GLORY OVER ME,.... If thou canst; take every advantage against me of lessening my glory, and increasing thine own; or vaunt or boast thyself against me, as the phrase is rendered, Judges 7:2 or take this honour and glory to thyself over me, by commanding me, and fixing a time to pray for thee, and I will obey thy orders; which agrees with the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate Latin versions, and the paraphrase of Onkelos, "appoint", or "order for me"; that is, when I shall pray for thee; or do me this honour, to believe me in the sight of the people, to declare before them that thou dost believe that upon my prayer for thee this plague shall be removed: WHEN SHALL I ENTREAT FOR THEE, AND FOR THY SERVANTS, AND FOR THY PEOPLE, TO DESTROY THE FROGS FROM THEE AND THY HOUSES, THAT THEY MAY REMAIN IN THIS RIVER ONLY? Moses agreed to entreat the Lord for him

CHAPTER 8 THE SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH PLAGUES _ 1. The demand and the plague of frogs announced (Exodus 8:1)_ 2. The plague executed (Exodus 8:5) 3. The request of Pharaoh and the frogs removed (Exodus 8:8) 4. The divine command for the third plague (Exodus 8:16) 5. The plague executed (Exodus 8:17) 6. The confession of the magicians (Exodus 8:18) 7. The renewed demand and the plague of the flies announced ...

2°. FROGS SWARM FROM THE NILE (Exodus 8:1 J, Exodus 8:5 P, Exodus 8:8 a J, heart, Exodus 8:15 b P). Each year the inundation brings with it myriads of frogs (Sayce), amounting in certain years to a veritable plague, but they do not infest houses or die suddenly in heaps. In Exodus 8:3 they were to come upon the persons of the people, and into their earthenware stoves (ovens) and the shallow wooden bowls they used, as do the Arabs still, for kneading-troughs. When Pharaoh prays for relief, Moses concedes him the glory or ad vantage of naming the time when the pests should be remo

GLORY OVER ME. Treat this as part of the following question, which requires this to be rendered: "Explain thyself to me: when shall I, "&c....