_THE LORD INFORMS MOSES THAT AFTER ONE PLAGUE MORE PHARAOH WILL LET THE ISRAELITES GO: AND HE COMMANDS THEM TO ASK OF THE EGYPTIANS JEWELS OF SILVER AND GOLD. MOSES DENOUNCES TO PHARAOH THE DEATH OF ALL THE FIRST-BORN IN EGYPT._ _Before Christ 1491._... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES— This would be rendered much more properly, _now the Lord had said unto Moses:_ for it is evident, that the fourth verse is a continuation of Moses's conference with Pharaoh, mentioned in the last chapter; where, having said, _I will see thy face again no more,_ Exodus 1... [ Continue Reading ]
LET EVERY MAN BORROW, &C.— See note on ch. Exodus 12:35.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LORD GAVE— This, perhaps, might be better rendered, _the Lord will give._ The Vulgate, Samaritan, Houbigant, &c. render it in the future. Some imagine that the clause following was mentioned as the reason why Pharaoh did not attempt any thing against the person of Moses; whom all his people... [ Continue Reading ]
AND MOSES SAID, &C.— The whole context proves, that Moses said this to Pharaoh before he left his presence. The Samaritan text adds here what we read in the 22nd and 23rd verses of the 4th chapter: and it is most probable, that these words were now used by Moses; as otherwise we read not of their ha... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM THE FIRST-BORN—UNTO—THE MAID-SERVANT THAT IS BEHIND THE MILL— That is, from the highest to the lowest. It was usual for the lowest slaves to be employed in the drudgery of the mill; and, therefore, the prophet Isaiah uses this idea, to express the abject state of slavery to which Babylon should... [ Continue Reading ]
AGAINST ANY OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, &C.— Observe here, again, the Lord's distinction of the Israelites. The phrase, _a dog shall not move his tongue,_ is proverbial; and imports, that they should depart with the utmost peace and quietness. See Jdt 11:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THESE THY SERVANTS SHALL COME DOWN UNTO ME— Shall come by thy order and immediate appointment: sent, humbly to sue to me, by thee, when in the greatest consternation. This was fulfilled, ch. Exodus 12:31 and confirms our interpretation of ch. Exodus 10:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES— These verses, being added as a kind of close to the foregoing Chapter s, we should certainly read (as the original will allow us) _the Lord had said unto Moses,_ &c. REFLECTIONS.—The blow was long suspended. Now it descends. God tries lesser chastisements first, to bri... [ Continue Reading ]