Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 10:26
Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.
26. The Israelites’ own cattle must go as well: because until they reach their destination they do not know how many sacrifices will be required.
and we know not ] The pron. is emphatic.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 26. We know not with what we must serve the Lord, c.] The law was not yet given the ordinances concerning the different kinds of sacrifices and offerings not known. What kind and what number of animals God should require to be sacrificed, even Moses himself could not as yet tell. He therefore very properly insists on taking the whole of their herds with them, and not leaving even one hoof behind.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Which was not a pretence, but a real truth. For this being a solemn and extraordinary sacrifice by the express and particular appointment of God, they knew not either of what kinds, or in what number or manner their sacrifices must be offered. And for all these things they did not receive particular directions till they came to Mount Sinai.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Our cattle also shall go with us,…. Of every kind, of the flocks and of the herds:
there shall not an hoof be left behind; not a single creature that has an hoof: it is a proverbial expression, signifying that they should carry all that belonged to them with them:
for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God; something of every kind and sort, all they had being devoted to his service, and to be yielded to him upon demand:
and we know not with what we must serve the Lord, until we come thither; into the wilderness; they knew not exactly and precisely what kind of creatures or how many of them, as Aben Ezra observes, they were to offer at a time; for though before this there was a known distinction between clean and unclean creatures, and the various offerings and sacrifices of the patriarchs might in a good measure direct them in the use of them; yet the special and peculiar laws about sacrifices were not given until after their deliverance, and they were got into the wilderness; so that this was not a bare pretence to get their cattle along with them, but was the true case and real matter of fact.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(26) Our cattle also shall go with us.Once more Moses rejects the proffered compromiserejects it absolutely and altogether. The cattle shall all go with the people; not an hoof shall be left behind. And why? First, because it is theirs (our cattle, our flocks, our herds), and not Pharaohs; secondly, because it is Godsall, to the last head, if He requires it; and He has not said as yet how much of it He will require. The festival to be held in the wilderness is altogether a new thing; its ritual has not at present been laid down. The people will only be told with what they must serve the Lord when they are come to the place where they are to serve Him: i.e., to Sinai (Exo. 3:12).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 10:26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.
Ver. 26. Not a hoof. ] God’s law must be kept as the apple of our eye. Pro 7:2 A dispensatory conscience is an evil conscience. Repentance makes clean work: as the flood drowned all, even Noah’s friends also.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
hoof. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6, “hoof” put for whole animal.
we know not. Note the contrast between the “thou “of Exo 10:25 and the “we” of Exo 10:26.
until we come thither. Note the spiritual lesson. Not until we leave the world can we have a true conception of Jehovah’s requirements: “if any man do His will he shall know of the doctrine” (Joh 7:17).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
cattle: Exo 12:32, Isa 23:18, Isa 60:5-10, Hos 5:6, Zec 14:20, Act 2:44, Act 2:45, 2Co 8:5
and we: Pro 3:9, Heb 11:8
Reciprocal: Gen 46:5 – in the wagons Gen 50:8 – only their Exo 8:27 – as he shall
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
10:26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an {i} hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not {k} with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.
(i) The ministers of God should not yield one iota to the wicked, in regards to their mission.
(k) That is, with what beasts, or how many.