Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Exodus 8:27
For we know not what kind or number of sacrifices to offer to him till we come thither.
For we know not what kind or number of sacrifices to offer to him till we come thither.
Verse Exodus 8:27. _AND SACRIFICE TO THE LORD - AS HE SHALL COMMAND US._] It is very likely that neither Moses nor Aaron knew as yet in what manner God would be worshipped; and they expected to receiv...
THREE DAYS’ JOURNEY - See the Exodus 3:18 note....
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...
THREE. The number of Divine perfection. See App-10. Jehovah's third demand. See note on Exodus 5:1. He, &o. Should be "Jehovah hath commanded us. "The Hebrew word, "He said", should be divided differe...
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...
_three days" journey_ as Exodus 3:18; Exodus 5:3....
The Pharaoh, as before (_v._8), entreats for a removal of the plague. At first he will only give permission for the Israelites to hold their festival in Egypt; but afterwards, in consequence of Moses...
AS HE SHALL COMMAND US— In the LXX, &c. it is, _As he hath commanded us._ See ch. Exodus 3:18....
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 PHARAOH CALLED FOR MOSES AND FOR AARON, AND SAID, GO YE, SACRIFICE TO YOUR GOD IN THE LAND._ Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land. Between i...
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...
See on Exodus 3:18....
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...
AS HE SHALL COMMAND US. — Comp. Exodus 10:26 — “We know not with what we must serve the Lord, until we come thither.”...
_[Exodus 8:23]_ דֶּ֚רֶךְ שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֔ים נֵלֵ֖ךְ בַּ...
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...
Observe, the Lord will not abate in his demand: see Exodus 3:18....
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...
27._We will go three days’ journey. _This is the conclusion that no change must be made in God’s command, but that His injunction must be obeyed simply, and without exception. Nor is there little prai...
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...
WE WILL GO THREE DAYS' JOURNEY INTO THE WILDERNESS,.... As was first insisted on, and from which demand they should not depart: AND SACRIFICE UNTO THE LORD OUR GOD, AS HE SHALL COMMAND US; both what...
We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us. Ver. 27. _As he shall command us._] Manner as well as matter, circumstance as well as su...
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...
We will go three days' journey Into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord, our God, as He shall command us. Moses refused to recede from his original demand in any manner....
THE PLAGUE OF THE FLIES...
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...
Exodus 8:27 go H3212 (H8799) three H7969 days H3117 journey H1870 wilderness H4057 sacrifice H2076 ...
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...
_It is not meet so to do._ THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF COMPROMISE IN A RELIGIOUS LIFE I. That there can be no compromise in Christian morality. “And Moses said, It is not meet to do so.” 1. Because they d...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 8:26. Not meet … the abomination of the Egyptians] Those who can consult the original should mark the vigour thrown into it by the incisive way in which the words here quoted a...
EXPOSITION The fourth plague moves the Pharaoh more than any preceding one. He still cannot bring himself to grant the demand of Moses; but he offers a compromise. The Israelites shall have a respite...
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...
three days' as he shall Exodus 3:12 Exodus 10:26 Exodus 34:11 Leviticus 10:1...
FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...
As he shall command us — For he has not yet told us what sacrifices to offer....