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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 8:28

And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.

Ver. 28. Only ye shall not go very far.] So loath was he to lose his hold. So is the devil. a The Pope made large offers to Queen Elizabeth, as also to our king, when in Spain.

Intreat for me.] So Simon Magus, in a fright, begs Peter's prayers. So Maximinus, the persecuting emperor, sent to the Church for prayers, when God had laid upon him a grievous disease. So Ezra 6:10, "Pray for the king's life, and for his sons."

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See also Exodus 8:28 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 8:28. _I WILL LET YOU GO ONLY YE SHALL NOT GO VERY FAR AWAY_] Pharaoh relented because the hand of God was heavy upon him; but he was not willing to give up his _gain_. The Israelites we...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Pharaoh recognises the force of Moses" argument, and grants the required permission: they are only not to go very far away....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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

    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...

  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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,...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 8:28 Pharaoh H6547 said H559 (H8799) go H7971 (H8762) sacrifice H2076 (H8804) LORD H3068 G

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    VERY FAR The second compromise is a modification merely of the first. "Do not be too unwordly." Compare (1 Samuel 15:3); (1 Samuel 15:9); (1 Samuel 15:13); ...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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