Exodus 11:1

CHAPTER XI

God purposes to bring another plague upon Pharaoh, after

which he should let the Israelites go, 1.

They are commanded to ask gold and silver from the Egyptians, 2.

The estimation in which Moses was held among the Egyptians, 3.

Moses predicts the destruction of the first-born of the

Egyptians, 4-6,

and Israel's protection, 7.

On seeing which, Pharaoh and his servants should entreat

the Hebrews to depart, 8.

The prediction of his previous obstinacy, 9, 10.

NOTES ON CHAP. XI

Verse Exodus 11:1. The Lord said unto Moses] Calmet contends that this should be read in the preterpluperfect tense, for the Lord HAD said to Moses, as the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth verses appear to have been spoken when Moses had the interview with Pharaoh mentioned in the preceding chapter; Exodus 10:29, Exodus 10:29. If therefore this chapter be connected with the preceding, as it should be, and the first three verses not only read in the past tense but also in a parenthesis, the sense will be much more distinct and clear than it now appears.