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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

Exodus 7:10

It became a serpent This was proper, not only to affect Pharaoh with wonder, but to strike a terror upon him. This first miracle, though it was not a plague, yet amounted to the threatening of a plague; if it made not Pharaoh feel, it made him fear; and this is God's method of dealing with sinners; he comes upon them gradually.

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See also Exodus 7:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 7:10. _IT BECAME A SERPENT._] תנין _tannin_. What kind of a serpent is here intended, learned men are not agreed. From the manner in which the original word is used in Psalms 74:13; Isai...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER S 6:28-7:13 THE RENEWED COMMISSION AND BEFORE PHARAOH AGAIN _ 1. Renewed commission and renewed hesitation (Exodus 6:28)_ 2. Jehovah's instructions (Exodus 7:1) 3. Before Pharaoh and the si...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EXODUS 7:8 P. AARON AND THE MAGICIANS: HARDENING OF PHARAOH'S HEART. Magic and religion are, in the last analysis, fundamentally diverse; for, while magic claims to put a compelling constraint upon oc...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AS. according as. PHARAOH. Hebrew "the face of Pharaoh". Figure of speech _Pleonasm._ App-6....

  • 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 MOSES AND AARON WENT IN UNTO PHARAOH, AND THEY DID SO AS THE LORD HAD COMMANDED: AND AARON CAST DOWN HIS ROD BEFORE PHARAOH, AND BEFORE HIS SERVANTS, AND IT BECAME A SERPENT._ Aaron cast down hi...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יָּבֹ֨א מֹשֶׁ֤ה וְ אַהֲרֹן֙ אֶל ־פַּרְעֹ֔ה

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER VII. _ THE HARDENING OF PHARAOH'S HEART._ Exodus 7:3. When Moses received his commission, at the bush, words were spoken which are now repeated with more emphasis, and which have to be consi...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    PHARAOH STUBBORN AGAINST ISRAEL'S RELEASE Exodus 6:28; Exodus 7:1 How often we say in a similar tone, “I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?” Forty years in the wildernes...

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Took, or "threw down," as the Hebrew and Septuagint read._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The Reader for the proper apprehension of this and the following verse, would do well to consider that God sometimes in his providence permits events, which are not within the power or the province of...

  • 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

    10._And Moses and Aaron went in. _Although they were now fully conscious of their vocation; and knew that they were endued with divine power for working miracles, yet would they never have dared to ap...

  • 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 MOSES AND AARON WENT IN UNTO PHARAOH,.... Into the palace of Pharaoh boldly, and with intrepidity, clothed with such power and authority, and assured of success; AND THEY DID AS THE LORD HAD COMM...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. Ver. 10. _And it bec...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Exo. 7:9, 10. Moses's rod, that had been a shepherd's staff, to lead, protect, and comfort a flock of sheep, and by which Moses led and comforted Israel as a flock when cast upon the land of Egypt, be...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Exo. 7:9-12. Moses' rod, when cast unto the earth, became a serpent. So Christ, when sent down to the earth, appeared in the form of sinful flesh; he was made sin for us. So Christ was represented by...

  • 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 Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded; and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, the shepherd's staff which Moses had brought along and had entrusted to...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE MIRACLES IN THE PRESENCE OF PHARAOH...

  • 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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    8-13 What men dislike, because it opposes their pride and lusts, they will not be convinced of; but it is easy to cause them to believe things they wish to be true. God always sends with his word ful...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • 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 7:10 Moses H4872 Aaron H175 in H935 (H8799) Pharaoh H6547 did H6213 (H8799) LORD H3068 commanded...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YAHWEH ENCOURAGES MOSES TO GO FORWARD (EXODUS 7:1). a Yahweh tells Moses that He has made him as a God to Pharaoh, with Aaron as his prophet (Exodus 7:1). b Moses is therefore to say all that Yahweh...

  • 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 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 Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 7:9. Miracle] A splendid or conspicuous deed: Sept. “sign or wonder;” vulg. “sign.” SERPENT] Prob. of a large species; and in Exodus 7:10; Exodus 7:12. called _tannin_ (lit. “e...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE FIRST SIGN, AND ITS FAILURE TO CONVINCE. Obeying the command given them (Exodus 7:2, Exodus 7:9), Moses and Aaron went to the court a second time, and entering into

  • 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

    as the Lord Exodus 7:9 it became Exodus 4:3 Amos 9:3 Mark 16:18 Luke 10:19...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And Aaron cast his rod down, and it became a serpent — This was proper not only to affect Pharaoh with wonder, but to strike a terror upon him. This first miracle, though it was not a plague, yet amou...

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