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_THE_ FOURTH _PLAGUE _- FLIES
Verse Exodus 8:21. _SWARMS_ OF FLIES _UPON THEE_] It is not easy to
ascertain the precise meaning of the original word הערב _hearob_;
as the word comes from ערב _arab_,...
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SWARMS OF FLIES - Generally, supposed to be the dog-fly, which at
certain seasons is described as a plague far worse than mosquitos.
Others, however, adopt the opinion that the insects were a species...
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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 ...
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EXODUS 8:20 J. 4°. FLIES INFEST THE LAND. Driver argues that some
_definite_ insect is evidently meant. some particularly irritating
kind of fly, and renders dog-fly after LXX. The S. wind constantly...
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EXODUS 7:14 TO EXODUS 12:36. THE TEN PLAGUES. How deeply this series
of events imprinted itself on the mind and heart of the nation is
shown by the fulness with which the three sources report them.
J...
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SWARMS OF FLIES. Ellipsis supplied. But should not be thus limited.
Hebrew root shows that they were _mixed:_ all sorts of insects.
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) emphasises th...
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Exodus 7:14 to Exodus 11:5
_The first nine Plagues_
The narrative of the Plagues, like that of the preceding Chapter s,
is composite. The details of the analysis depend partly upon literary
criteria...
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SWARMS OF FLIES— A mixture or multitude of noxious creatures: ערב
_orab,_ signifies _a mixture_ collected from various species of
_little beasts_ or _insects._ Some understand by it _serpents,
scorpio...
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The Text of EXODUS
TRANSLATION
8 And Je-ho-vah spake unto Mo-ses, Go in unto Pha-raoh, and say unto
him, Thus saith Je-ho-vah, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
(2) And if thou refuse to let t...
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_ELSE, IF THOU WILT NOT LET MY PEOPLE GO, BEHOLD, I WILL SEND SWARMS
OF FLIES UPON THEE, AND UPON THY SERVANTS, AND UPON THY PEOPLE, AND
INTO THY HOUSES: AND THE HOUSES OF THE EGYPTIANS SHALL BE FULL...
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THE SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH PLAGUES
1-15. The Second Plague:—Frogs.
This plague, like the first, was not only in itself loathsome, but an
offence to the religious notions of the Egyptians. The frog...
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SWARMS OF _FLIES_] The nature of the pests is not indicated, as the
Heb. word means simply 'swarms.' The LXX calls them 'dog-flies': cp.
Isaiah 7:18. A general opinion is that they were beetles, of a...
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EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION
THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT
EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 8
*PLAGUE NUMBER 2: *FROGS – VERSES 1-15
THE *LORD WARNS *PHARAOH – V...
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THE FOURTH PLAGUE.
(20, 21) There is. again, a doubt as to the nature of the fourth
plague. In the original it is called the plague of “the
‘_arób.”_ which is used throughout in the singular number. T...
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_[Exodus 8:17]_ כִּ֣י אִם ־אֵינְךָ֮
מְשַׁלֵּ֣חַ אֶת...
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THE FOURTH PLAGUE.
Exodus 8:20.
When the third plague had died away, when the sense of reaction and
exhaustion had replaced agitation and distress, and when perhaps the
fear grew strong that at any m...
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THE PLAGUES OF LICE AND OF FLIES
Exodus 8:16
Exodus 8:22 gives us the clue to these successive visitations-“To
the end that thou mayest know.” The Egyptians worshiped the river
from which the frogs c...
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Before the second plague Pharaoh received an opportunity to repent. He
was warned of the approach of the plague. The warning had no effect.
In the first plague magicians had produced apparently like r...
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The plague of flies was a striking display of divine sovereignty. For
as Beelzebub, the god of flies, so called, was probably one of the
idols of Egypt, nothing could be more admirably suited to show...
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There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more
decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows
it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5 THROUGH 13.
At the news of the goodness of God, the people adore Him; but the
struggle against the power of evil is another matter. Satan will not
let the p...
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ELSE, IF THOU WILT NOT LET MY PEOPLE GO,.... But remainest obstinate
and inflexible:
BEHOLD, I WILL SEND SWARMS OF FLIES UPON THEE; the word used is
generally thought to signify a "mixture", and is i...
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Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms
[of flies] upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and
into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full...
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Pharaoh was early at his false devotions to the river; and shall we be
for more sleep and more slumber, when any service to the Lord is to be
done? The Egyptians and the Hebrews were to be marked in t...
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1 Frogges are sent.
8 Pharaoh sueth to Moses,
12 and Moses by prayer remoueth them away.
16 The dust is turned into lice, which the Magicians could not doe.
20 The swarmes of flies.
25 Pharaoh in...
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Else, if thou wilt not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of
flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into
thy houses; and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full o...
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THE PLAGUE OF THE FLIES...
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D. THE BLOOD-SUCKING GAD-FLY
Exodus 8:16-28 [Exodus 8:20-32]
16 [20] And Jehovah said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and
stand before Pharaoh: lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unt...
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LAGUE NO.2 -- FROGS
(vs.1-15)
Again God gives the opportunity to Pharaoh to respond to His demand to
let Israel go (v.1). But Moses was to accompany this with the warnings
that, if Pharaoh refused,...
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SWARMS OF FLIES:
Or, a mixture of noisome beasts, etc...
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20-32 Pharaoh was early at his false devotions to the river; and
shall we be for more sleep and more slumber, when any service to the
Lord is to be done? The Egyptians and the Hebrews were to be mark...
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SWARMS OF FLIES; Heb. _a mixture_ of insects or flies, as appears from
PSALMS 78:45, which were of various kinds, as bees, wasps, gnats,
hornets, &c, infinite in their numbers, and doubtless larger an...
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Exodus 8:21 people H5971 go H7971 (H8764) send H7971 (H8688) swarms
H6157 servants H5650 people H5971 houses...
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THE FOURTH PLAGUE - THE PLAGUE OF SWARMS OF FLYING INSECTS (EXODUS
8:20).
The first series of three plagues being behind them we now come to the
second series of three. While the first three have been...
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CONTENTS: Plagues of frogs, lice, flies. Pharaoh's compromising offer.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Pharaoh, Aaron.
CONCLUSION: If God be against us, all creatures can be made to be at
war with us. God c...
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Exodus 8:3. _The river shall bring forth frogs._ The season was now
approaching for the frogs to leave the pools, lakes, and river. God
preserved and strengthened the young, or tadpoles of this amphib...
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_Swarms of flies._
THE PLAGUE OF FLIES; OR, AN EXCEPTIONAL METHOD OF THE DIVINE
ADMINISTRATION IN THE AFFAIRS OF THIS LIFE
I. It is a general rule of the Divine administration that the good and
sad...
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 8:20 In his message to Pharaoh the Lord refers
to Israel as MY PEOPLE (v. Exodus 8:20;...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Exodus 8:24. Swarms] Heb. הערב “a species of fly, the gad-fly”
(Ges.) “a scorpion-like and stinging” animal, “a beetle,
scarabæus” (Fü.); “prob. the gad-fly, so called from its sucki...
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EXPOSITION
THE FOURTH PLAGUE.
It has been noticed that—setting apart the last and most terrible of
the plagues, which stands as it were by itself—the remainder divide
themselves into three groups of...
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The Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus
saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me. [So the
third demand now, actually the fourth demand.] And if you refuse to...
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swarms. or a mixture of noisome beasts. The word arov is Psalms 78:45
Psalms 105:31 Isaiah 7:18...
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FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES
Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...
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Flies — Or insects of various kinds; not only flies, but gnats,
wasps, hornets; and those probably more pernicious than the common
ones were....