Bible Commentary

And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we [must hold] a feast unto the LORD. 9. a feast unto the Lord ] more naturally, Jehovah’s feast. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 10:9”

And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: [but] who [are] they that shall go? 8. again ] back, a frequent sense of ‘again’ in Old English. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Exo 10:8-9 We will go with our young … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 10:8”

And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? 7. a snare ] fig. for an occasion of destruction. See 1Sa 18:21; and cf. on ch. Exo 23:33 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 10:7”

And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh. 6. thy houses shall … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 10:6”

And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field: 5. they shall cover, &c.] This … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 10:5”

Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast: 4. to-morrow ] cf. Exo 8:23, Exo 9:5-6; Exo 9:18. locusts ] A well-known plague in Palestine and neighbouring countries: see for descriptions both of their immense numbers, and of their ravages, the writer’s notes on … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 10:4”

And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. 3 6. The announcement of the plague to Pharaoh. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 10:3”

And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I [am] the LORD. 2. thou ] i.e. Moses, addressed however as the representative of Israel. Cf. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 10:2”

And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might show these my signs before him: 1a. Go in unto Pharaoh ] as before in J: Exo 8:1, Exo 9:1. 1b, 2. Explanation to Moses of the reason of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 10:1”

And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses. Hardened – Different words in the Hebrew. In Exo 9:34 the word means made heavy, i. e. obtuse, incapable of forming a right judgment; in Exo 9:35 it is stronger, and implies … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 9:35”