Exodus 9:1,2
_THEN THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, GO IN UNTO PHARAOH, AND TELL HIM, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD OF THE HEBREWS, LET MY PEOPLE GO, THAT THEY MAY SERVE ME._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, GO IN UNTO PHARAOH, AND TELL HIM, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD OF THE HEBREWS, LET MY PEOPLE GO, THAT THEY MAY SERVE ME._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BEHOLD, THE HAND OF THE LORD IS UPON THY CATTLE WHICH IS IN THE FIELD, UPON THE HORSES, UPON THE ASSES, UPON THE CAMELS, UPON THE OXEN, AND UPON THE SHEEP: THERE SHALL BE A VERY GRIEVOUS MURRAIN._ Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle. A fifth application was made to Pharaoh in behalf of... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SHALL SEVER BETWEEN THE CATTLE OF ISRAEL AND THE CATTLE OF EGYPT: AND THERE SHALL NOTHING DIE OF ALL THAT IS THE CHILDREN'S OF ISRAEL._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD DID THAT THING ON THE MORROW, AND ALL THE CATTLE OF EGYPT DIED: BUT OF THE CATTLE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DIED NOT ONE._ All the cattle of Egypt died - not absolutely every beast, for we find (Exodus 9:19; Exodus 9:21) that there were still some; but a great many died of each herd-t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND PHARAOH SENT, AND, BEHOLD, THERE WAS NOT ONE OF THE CATTLE OF THE ISRAELITES DEAD. AND THE HEART OF PHARAOH WAS HARDENED, AND HE DID NOT LET THE PEOPLE GO._ Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one ... The despatch of confidential messengers indicates that he would not give credit to vague... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES AND UNTO AARON, TAKE TO YOU HANDFULS OF ASHES OF THE FURNACE, AND LET MOSES SPRINKLE IT TOWARD THE HEAVEN IN THE SIGHT OF PHARAOH._ Take to you handfuls ... The next plague assailed the persons of the Egyptians, and it appeared in the form of ulcerous eruptions upon th... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT SHALL BECOME SMALL DUST IN ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT, AND SHALL BE A BOIL BREAKING FORTH WITH BLAINS UPON MAN, AND UPON BEAST, THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY TOOK ASHES OF THE FURNACE, AND STOOD BEFORE PHARAOH; AND MOSES SPRINKLED IT UP TOWARD HEAVEN; AND IT BECAME A BOIL BREAKING FORTH WITH BLAINS UPON MAN, AND UPON BEAST._ They took ashes of the furnace, х_ PIYACH_ (H6368) _ HAKIBSHAAN_ (H3536); Septuagint, teen aithaleen tees kaminaias]. It... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE MAGICIANS COULD NOT STAND BEFORE MOSES BECAUSE OF THE BOILS; FOR THE BOIL WAS UPON THE MAGICIANS, AND UPON ALL THE EGYPTIANS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD HARDENED THE HEART OF PHARAOH, AND HE HEARKENED NOT UNTO THEM; AS THE LORD HAD SPOKEN UNTO MOSES._ The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh. This phrase occurred Exodus 4:21, and it is repeated here, as the historian is entering on a new stage in the progress of the national judgments u... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, RISE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND STAND BEFORE PHARAOH, AND SAY UNTO HIM, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD OF THE HEBREWS, LET MY PEOPLE GO, THAT THEY MAY SERVE ME._ Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh. The pointed and monitory character of the address conta... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR I WILL AT THIS TIME SEND ALL MY PLAGUES UPON THINE HEART, AND UPON THY SERVANTS, AND UPON THY PEOPLE; THAT THOU MAYEST KNOW THAT THERE IS NONE LIKE ME IN ALL THE EARTH._ That thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth. This clause would be stripped of all its great significan... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR NOW I WILL STRETCH OUT MY HAND, THAT I MAY SMITE THEE AND THY PEOPLE WITH PESTILENCE; AND THOU SHALT BE CUT OFF FROM THE EARTH._ For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee. This verse, as it stands in our version, contains an apparent contradiction to facts; because neither Phar... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IN VERY DEED FOR THIS CAUSE HAVE I RAISED THEE UP, FOR TO SHEW IN THEE MY POWER; AND THAT MY NAME MAY BE DECLARED THROUGHOUT ALL THE EARTH._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BEHOLD, TO MORROW ABOUT THIS TIME I WILL CAUSE IT TO RAIN A VERY GRIEVOUS HAIL, SUCH AS HATH NOT BEEN IN EGYPT SINCE THE FOUNDATION THEREOF EVEN UNTIL NOW._ I will cause it to rain ... The seventh plague which Pharaoh's hardened heart provoked was that of hail-a phenomenon which must have produced... [ Continue Reading ]
_SEND THEREFORE NOW, AND GATHER THY CATTLE, AND ALL THAT THOU HAST IN THE FIELD; FOR UPON EVERY MAN AND BEAST WHICH SHALL BE FOUND IN THE FIELD, AND SHALL NOT BE BROUGHT HOME, THE HAIL SHALL COME DOWN UPON THEM, AND THEY SHALL DIE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE THAT FEARED THE WORD OF THE LORD AMONG THE SERVANTS OF PHARAOH MADE HIS SERVANTS AND HIS CATTLE FLEE INTO THE HOUSES:_ He that feared ... regarded not ... Due premonition, it appears, had been publicly given of the impending tempest-the cattle seem have been sent out to graze, which is from Jan... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, STRETCH FORTH THINE HAND TOWARD HEAVEN, THAT THERE MAY BE HAIL IN ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT, UPON MAN, AND UPON BEAST, AND UPON EVERY HERB OF THE FIELD, THROUGHOUT THE LAND OF EGYPT._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND PHARAOH SENT, AND CALLED FOR MOSES AND AARON, AND SAID UNTO THEM, I HAVE SINNED THIS TIME: THE LORD IS RIGHTEOUS, AND I AND MY PEOPLE ARE WICKED._ Pharaoh ... I have sinned. This awful display of divine displeasure did seriously impress the mind of Pharaoh, and, under the weight of his convict... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE FLAX AND THE BARLEY WAS SMITTEN: FOR THE BARLEY WAS IN THE EAR, AND THE FLAX WAS BOLLED._ The flax and barley was smitten ... The peculiarities that are mentioned in these cereal products arise from the climate and physical constitution of Egypt. In that country flax and barley are almost... [ Continue Reading ]