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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Exodus 7:19

Not that he was to go to every pool to use this ceremony there, but he stretched his hand and rod over some of them in the name of all the rest, which he might signify either by his words, or by the various motions of his rod several ways.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 7:19. _THAT THERE MAY BE BLOOD - BOTH IN_ VESSELS OF _WOOD, AND_ _IN_ VESSELS OF _STONE._] Not only the Nile itself was to be thus changed into blood in all its branches, and the canals...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The “streams” mean the natural branches of the Nile in Lower Egypt. The word “rivers” should rather be “canals”; they were of great extent, running parallel to the Nile, and communicating with it by s...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    4. THE NINE PLAGUES AND THE TENTH JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED CHAPTER 7:14-25 The First Plague _ 1. The plague announced (Exodus 7:14)_ 2. The judgment executed (Exodus 7:20) Nine judgment plagues follow, a...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1°. WATER TURNED INTO BLOOD (Exodus 7:14 a J; Exodus 7:15 b E_ r_; Exodus 7:16 a J; Exodus 7:17 b, with the rod. hand, E;...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE LORD SPAKE. See note on Exodus 6:10, and compare note on Exodus 3:7. STREAMS. canals. RIVERS. the seven streams of the Delta. PONDS. lakes where reeds grew. POOLS. reservoirs. VESSELS OF WOOD,...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND THE LORD SPAKE, &C.— Pharaoh despising the Divine threatening, the Lord orders Moses to put it into execution: and Aaron is accordingly commanded to stretch out his hand upon the waters of Egypt;...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 7 And Je-ho-vah said unto Mo-ses. See, I have made thee as God to Pha-raoh; and Aar-on thy brother shall be thy prophet. (2) Thou shalt speak all that I command thee; an...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAY UNTO AARON, TAKE THY ROD, AND STRETCH OUT THINE HAND UPON THE WATERS OF EGYPT, UPON THEIR STREAMS, UPON THEIR RIVERS, AND UPON THEIR PONDS, AND UPON ALL THEIR POOLS...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    7:19 Egyptians (b-22) Or 'of Egypt.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE ROD OF MOSES TURNED INTO A SERPENT. THE FIRST PLAGUE 1. A god to Pharaoh] see on Exodus 4:16. THY PROPHET] A prophet is a spokesman. The prophets of God are those who declare His will. In doing th...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    STREAMS.. RIVERS] the various canals and branches of the Nile. 20, 21. At the annual rising of the Nile its waters frequently turn a dull red colour owing to the presence of mud, vegetable débris, and...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 7 V1 Then the *LORD replied to Moses. ‘Listen! Your brother, Aaron, w...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE FIRST PLAGUE. (14-21) _THE WATER TURNED TO BLOOD._ — Moses had already been empowered to turn water into blood on a small scale (Exodus 4:9), and had exhibited his power before his own people (Exo...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE WATERS OF EGYPT consist of the main stream of the Nile; its branches; canals derived from it; natural lakes, pools, or ponds, either left by the inundation or anticipative of it, being derived by...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל ־מֹשֶׁ֗ה אֱמֹ֣ר אֶֽל

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE FIRST PLAGUE. Exodus 7:14. It was perhaps when the Nile was rising, and Pharaoh was coming to the bank, in pomp of state, to make official observation of its progress, on which the welfare of the...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    SIGN OF THE WATERS TURNED TO BLOOD Exodus 7:14 Satan will mimic God's work up to a point. We are told that Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses; but even then Moses' rod swallowed their rods. They were...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    We have here the record of God's answer to Moses' difficulty. He reaffirmed Himself and charged His servant to speak to Pharaoh the things commanded. Moreover, He foretold the result of the delivery o...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Numbers 11:5; Psalms 105:29; Revelation 16:3....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    19._And the Lord spake unto Moses. _This is the more extended narrative of which I spoke; for Moses mentions nothing different from what went before, but explains more distinctly his mode of action in...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES,.... Pharaoh still being obstinate, and refusing to let the people go: SAY UNTO AARON, TAKE THY ROD, AND STRETCH OUT THINE HAND UPON THE WATERS OF EGYPT; upon all of the...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Upon their streams, &c., both in vessels of wood and vessels of stone_ “To what purpose this minuteness?” says the last-mentioned author. “May not the meaning be that the water of the Nile should not...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Moses is encouraged to go to Pharaoh. 7 His age. 8 His rod is turned into a Serpent. 11 The sorcerers do the like. 13 Pharaohs heart is hardened. 14 Gods message to Pharaoh. 19 The riuer is tu...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, the same staff which had served before, AND STRETCH OUT THINE HAND UPON THE WATERS OF EGYPT, UPON THEIR STREAMS, UPON THEIR RIVERS, AND UPO...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE PLAGUE OF BLOOD...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    SECOND SECTION The miracles of Moses, or the result of the nine Egyptian Plagues, preliminary to the last. Pharaoh’s alternate repentance and obduracy Exodus 7:8 to Exodus 10:29 A. MOSES’ MIRACULOUS...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD'S ANSWER TO MOSES (vs.1-7) Though Moses had protested that he was of uncircumcised lips, God assured him that He was making Moses a god to Pharaoh, therefore that Pharaoh would not be able to tot...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    POOLS OF WATER: _ Heb._ gathering of their waters...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    14-25 Here is the first of the ten plagues, the turning of the water into blood. It was a dreadful plague. The sight of such vast rolling streams of blood could not but strike horror. Nothing is more...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    11 These five Chapter s form one distinct section, the contents of which may be distributed into the three following divisions, namely, the ten judgements from the hand of Jehovah; the resistance of...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 7:19 LORD H3068 spoke H559 (H8799) Moses H4872 Say H559 (H8798) Aaron H175 Take H3947 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    (For an introduction to the plagues, see the Chapter Comments). THE FIRST PLAGUE - THE NILE IS TURNED INTO ‘BLOOD' (EXODUS 7:14). a Yahweh says that Pharaoh's heart is stubborn so that he will not...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Contest with Pharaoh. First plague. Water turned to blood. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Pharaoh, magician. CONCLUSION: We see God's almighty power, the unstability of all things under th...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Exodus 7:1. _I have made thee a god._ אלהים _Elohim._ The Chaldaic renders it תחי ליה לרב Thou shalt be to him for a prince. The divine sense of the word is, I have invested thee with Godlike powers t...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _They shall be turned to blood._ THE RIVER WHICH WAS TURNED INTO BLOOD I. The river. Has received various names. “The river of Egypt” (Genesis 15:18); Sihor (Job 13:3); Shihor (1 Chronicles 13:5). Di...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS 7:8 Plagues and Exodus 1:1. This section includes the initial sign that Moses and Aaron perform before Pharaoh (Exodus 7:8), the first nine plag

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 7:19 EVEN IN VESSELS OF WOOD AND... STONE. The extent of the first plague shows that it is not the result of natural causes. ⇐

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 7:14_ THE RIVER TURNED INTO BLOOD; OR, MAN’S CHIEF PLEASURE AND PRIDE MADE THE MEDIUM OF DIVINE RETRIBUTION I. THAT DIVINE RETRIBUTIONS ARE SENT WHEN OTHER...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE FIRST PLAGUE. The first miracle had been exhibited, and had failed. It had been a mere "sign,'' and in no respect a "judgment." Now the "judgments ' were to begin. God manifests himself...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Phara...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    stretch Exodus 8:5 Exodus 8:6 Exodus 8:16 Exodus 9:22 Exodus 9:23...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    How could Israel escape this judgment if it came upon all the land of Egypt? PROBLEM: Several times in the account of the plagues the Scripture states that the judgments would be upon “all the land of...

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