Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 8:23
And I will put a division between my people and thy people: tomorrow shall this sign be.
23. set redemption (RVm.) between, &c. A singular expression, interpreted to mean make a distinction by redeeming (‘redemption,’ as Isa 50:2, Psa 111:9; Psa 130:7 ). There is probably some error in the text; perhaps make a severance ( p e lth for p e dth) should be read.
to-morrow ] Cf. Exo 9:5-6; Exo 9:18, Exo 10:4; also Exo 8:10; Exo 8:29 (p. 56).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 23. And I will put a division] peduth, a redemption, between my people and thy people; God hereby showing that he had redeemed them from those plagues to which he had abandoned the others.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
A division; Heb. a redemption or deliverance, i.e. a token or mean of deliverance, by a metonomy; a wall of partition, by which I will preserve the Israelites, whilst I destroy the Egyptians.
Tomorrow shall this sign be. This he saith, partly to gain the more belief to himself in what he now did or should timber speak in Gods name to them; and partly to warn them of their danger, and make their disobedience more inexcusable.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And I will put a division between my people and thy people,…. Or, a “redemption” p; for by distinguishing them in his providence from the Egyptians, he might be said to redeem or deliver them; thus God makes a difference between his chosen people and the rest of the world, through his Son’s redemption of them by his blood, out of every kindred, tongue, people, and nation:
tomorrow shall this sign be: which, according to Bishop Usher, must be the twenty nineth day of Adar or February.
p “redemptionem”, Pagninus, Montanus, &c.
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Exo 8:23 And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.
Ver. 23. And I will put a division. ] Heb., A redemption; so Luk 1:68 . Aristotle reporteth that, when from the hill Etna there ran down a torrent of fire that consumed all the houses thereabouts, in the midst of those fearful flames the river of fire parted itself, and made a kind of lane for those who ventured to rescue their aged parents. This extorted from him an acknowledgment of God’s good providence for the godly here on earth. a
a E . Arist., De Mundo., cap. 6.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
a division. Hebrew. padah = redemption. See notes on Exo 6:6 with Exo 13:13. This it is which makes the division between those who are the LORD’S people and those who are not. It is the Figure of speech Metonymy (of the Subject), App-6, by which the redemption is put for the judgment which was the sign of it. Compare Psa 111:9; Psa 130:7.
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division Heb. peduth, trans. “reemption.”
Psa 111:9; Psa 130:7. It is, in type, Gal 6:14.
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
a division: Heb. a redemption
to morrow: or, by to-morrow
Reciprocal: Exo 9:5 – a set time Exo 10:4 – morrow 2Ki 7:1 – To morrow
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Exo 8:23-24. A division A wall of partition. There came a grievous swarm of flies The prince of the power of the air has gloried in being Beel-zebub, the god of flies; but here it is proved that even in that he is a pretender, and a usurper; for even with swarms of flies God fights against his kingdom and prevails. The land was corrupted By the land Bochart understands the inhabitants of the land, whose blood these flies sucked, and left such a poison in it that their bodies swelled, and many of them died.
But Le Clerc understands it of the flesh and other eatables, which those vermin having preyed upon and fly-blown, bred maggots, and spread stench and putrefaction throughout the land.