And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which My people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; the Lord intended to make a miraculous distinction in favor of the children of Israel; to the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth, therefore possessing absolute power also over the land of Egypt as the omnipotent Sovereign over all.
Verse Exodus 8:22. _I WILL SEVER IN THAT DAY_] הפליתי _hiphleythi_, has been translated by some good critics, _I will miraculously_ _separate_; so the Vulgate: _Faciam mirabilem_, "I will do a marvel...
I WILL SEVER ... - This severance constituted a specific difference between this and the preceding plagues. Pharaoh could not of course attribute the exemption of Goshen from a scourge, which fell on...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
-Such swarms may advance along particular lines, and so spare a given district. The promise here given may stand in some connexion with this fact" (Di.). _sever_ as Exodus 9:4; Exodus 11:7 (EVV. _put...
I WILL SEVER IN THAT DAY— _I will distinguish,_ &c. See Exodus 8:23. The LXX has it παραδοξασω; a word which, like the Hebrew, implies _a remarkable and glorious distinction._ The cause of God's makin...
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...
_AND I WILL SEVER IN THAT DAY THE LAND OF GOSHEN, IN WHICH MY PEOPLE DWELL, THAT NO SWARMS OF FLIES SHALL BE THERE; TO THE END THOU MAYEST KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD IN THE MIDST OF THE EARTH._ Thou may...
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...
It is implied here that hitherto the Hebrews had suffered along with the Egyptians. But now the exemption of the Hebrews from the plagues would show that it was the God of the Hebrews who was working...
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...
I will sever in that day the land of Goshen. — This was a new feature, and one calculated to make a deep impression both on king and people. The “land of Goshen” can only have been some portion of the...
_[Exodus 8:18]_ וְ הִפְלֵיתִי֩ בַ † יֹּ֨ום...
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...
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...
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...
CHAPTER VIII. _ Gessen, where the Hebrews dwelt. The Egyptians who lived among them would not, however, escape this plague._...
How sweet to observe the tokens of distinguishing grace! See that scripture, Malachi 3:17. Hence from this conviction David sung, Psalms 27:5. And what will be the final discrimination of the righteou...
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...
_I AM THE LORD!_ ‘To the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.’ Exodus 8:22 I. THIS IS THE ONLY POSSIBLE EXPLANATION OF THESE SUCCESSIVE VISITATIONS.—The Egyptians wors...
22._And I will sever. _Although this had not been expressly declared as yet, still it must be extended to the other plagues; for it is certain, that when God inflicted punishment on the Egyptians, He...
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...
AND I WILL SEVER IN THAT DAY THE LAND OF GOSHEN, IN WHICH MY PEOPLE DWELL,.... Distinguish it from other parts of the land of Egypt: THAT NO SWARMS OF FLIES SHALL BE THERE; which was a very wonderful...
And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms [of flies] shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I [am] the LORD in the midst of the earth. Ver. 2...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Either, 1. Of the whole earth, and consequently of Egypt, that I am not only the Lord of Israel, but of thee and thy dominions too. God is here spoken of after the manner of earthly princes, who use...
Exodus 8:22 day H3117 apart H6395 (H8689) land H776 Goshen H1657 people H5971 dwell H5975 (H8802) no...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 8:22 The LAND OF GOSHEN (perhaps the eastern delta in Egypt) was originally given to Jacob and his family (Genesis 47:4). that you
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...
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...
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...
sever Exodus 9:4 Exodus 9:6 Exodus 9:26 Exodus 10:23 Exodus 11:6...
FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...
Know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth — In every part of it. Swarms of flies, which seem to us to fly at random, shall be manifestly under the conduct of an intelligent mind. Hither they s...