CRITICAL NOTES.—
Exodus 8:2. Frogs] Heb. צפרדעים “marsh-leapers” (Gesenius):
“marsh-croakers” (Ewald, Fürst, Davies).
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 8:1_
THE PLAGUE OF FROGS; OR, THE SOCIALLY GREAT SMITTEN WITH THE SUPREMELY
CONTEMPTIBLE
The great River of Egypt has now been smitten f... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
Exodus 8:9. Glory over me] Or, “Explain thyself.” So Gesenius and
Fürst: similarly, Sept. and Vulg.
EXODUS 8:14. UPON HEAPS] Lit. “heaps, heaps,”—with beautiful
simplicity and expressiveness.
EXODUS 8:15. RESPITE] Lit. “breathing”=“breathing time.”
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGR... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
Exodus 8:16. Lice] “Gnats”—Ges. Fü. DAV.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 8:16_
THE PLAGUE OF LICE, OR, AN ENFORCED RECOGNITION OF A SUPREME POWER IN
THE DIRE RETRIBUTIONS OF HUMAN LIFE
The third plague was now sent upon the land without any warning. The
two previous p... [ Continue Reading ]
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 sucking
the blood” (Dav.)
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 8:20_
THE PLAGUE OF FLIES; OR, AN... [ Continue Reading ]
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 are placed first in their
respective clauses: “THE ABOMINATION OF THE EGYPTIANS we shall
sacrifice,”... [ Continue Reading ]