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Verse Exodus 8:26. _WE SHALL SACRIFICE THE ABOMINATION OF THE
EGYPTIANS_] That is, The animals which they hold sacred, and will not
permit to be slain, are those which our customs require us to
sacri...
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THE ABOMINATION - i. e. an animal which the Egyptians held it
sacrilegious to slay. The ox, bull, or cow, is meant. The cow was
never sacrificed in Egypt, being sacred to Isis, and from a very early
a...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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ABOMINATION. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, put for
the act of sacrificing cattle, which was abominated by the Egyptians.
SHALL, &c. Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (App-6)....
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Moses objects that, if they do this, they will arouse the religious
susceptibilities of the Egyptians, and be in danger of their lives.
_meet_ i.e. _suitable, proper_; an archaism, not unfrequent in A...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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THE ABOMINATION OF THE EGYPTIANS] Animal worship was very prevalent in
Egypt, certain kinds of animals being regarded as peculiarly sacred
and on no account to be slaughtered. For the Israelites to sa...
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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...
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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...
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It IS NOT MEET SO TO DO. — Pressed to remain “in the land,” and
sacrifice, Moses deemed it right to explain to the king why this was
impossible. The Israelites would have to “sacrifice the abomination...
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_[Exodus 8:22]_ וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֗ה לֹ֤א
נָכֹון֙...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the
(g) abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we
sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and...
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The abominations, &c. That is, the things they worship for gods: oxen,
rams, &c. It is the usual style of the Scriptures to call all idols
and false gods, abominations; to signify how much the people...
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Sacrifice to the Lord requires a previous abstraction from men. 2
Corinthians 6:17; Hosea 2:14....
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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...
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26._And Moses said. _The word כון, (101) _kon, _which Moses here
uses, has a wide signification; for the Hebrews say of whatever they
do not approve, that it is not right ( _rectum._) Therefore almost...
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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...
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AND MOSES SAID, IT IS NOT MEET SO TO DO,.... It being the command and
will of God that they should go three days' journey into the
wilderness, and sacrifice there; and besides it was dangerous, the
Eg...
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And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the
abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we
sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and wil...
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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...
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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...
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And Moses said, It is not meet so to do, to do so would have been
against the rule which the Lord wanted to have observed; FOR WE SHALL
SACRIFICE THE ABOMINATION OF THE EGYPTIANS TO THE LORD, OUR GOD,...
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THE PLAGUE OF THE FLIES...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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IT IS NOT MEET, Heb. _not right_, neither in God's eyes, who hath
appointed us the place as well as the thing; nor in the Egyptians
eyes, as it follows. THE ABOMINATION OF THE EGYPTIANS; that which th...
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Exodus 8:26 Moses H4872 said H559 (H8799) right H3559 (H8737) do H6213
(H8800) for H2005 sacrificing...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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it is not Exodus 3:18 2 Corinthians 6:14 we shall Genesis 43:32
Genesis 46:34...
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FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES
Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...