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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:17

Behold, I will smite - Here commences the account of the Ten plagues which were inflicted on the Egyptians by Moses and Aaron, by the command and through the power of God. According to Archbishop Usher these ten plagues took place in the course of one month, and in the following order: - The first, the Waters turned into Blood, took place, he supposes, the 18th day of the sixth month; Exodus 7:20 . The second, the plague of Frogs, on the 25th day of the sixth month; Exodus 8:2 . ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:18

The Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water - The force of this expression cannot be well felt without taking into consideration the peculiar pleasantness and great salubrity of the waters of the Nile. "The water of Egypt," says the Abbe Mascrier, "is so delicious, that one would not wish the heat to be less, or to be delivered from the sensation of thirst. The Turks find it so exquisite that they excite themselves to drink of it by eating salt. It is a common saying among them, that if... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:19

That there may be blood - both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone - Not only the Nile itself was to be thus changed into blood in all its branches, and the canals issuing from it, but all the water of lakes, ponds, and reservoirs, was to undergo a similar change. And this was to extend even to the water already brought into their houses for culinary and other domestic purposes. As the water of the Nile is known to be very thick and muddy, and the Egyptians are obliged to filter it... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:20

All the waters - were turned to blood - Not merely in appearance, but in reality; for these changed waters became corrupt and insalubrious, so that even the fish that were in the river died; and the smell became highly offensive, so that the waters could not be drank; Exodus 7:21 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:22

And the magicians - did so - But if all the water in Egypt was turned into blood by Moses, where did the magicians get the water which they changed into blood? This question is answered in Exodus 7:24 . The Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink, and it seems that the water obtained by this means was not bloody like that in the river: on this water therefore the magicians might operate. Again, though a general commission was given to Moses, not only to turn the waters of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:25

And seven days were fulfilled - So we learn that this plague continued at least a whole week. The contention between Moses and Aaron and the magicians of Egypt has become famous throughout the world. Tradition in various countries has preserved not only the account, but also the names of the chief persons concerned in the opposition made by the Egyptians to these messengers of God. Though their names are not mentioned in the sacred text, yet tradition had preserved them in the Jewish... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:19

Verse 19 19.And the Lord spake unto Moses. This is the more extended narrative of which I spoke; for Moses mentions nothing different from what went before, but explains more distinctly his mode of action in the performance of the miracle, namely, that what God had commanded was completed by the instrumentality of Aaron. There was a reason for commencing with this miracle, that the Egyptians might know that there was no safeguard for them in the resources upon which they prided themselves the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:20

Verse 20 20.And Moses and Aaron did so. He repeats that what God threatened as to the death of the fish, and the stinking of the Nile, actually took place; that he may aggravate the sin of the king, who was unaffected by the manifold power of God. Still he immediately adds that his counsellors witnessed it also. Hence we may conjecture, that the same infatuation had pervaded the whole court. It was also proper that so memorable a circumstance should not only be known generally, but that its... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:22

Verse 22 22.And the magicians of Egypt did so. A question arises as to how the magicians could imitate Moses, when the material to work upon no longer remained; for, if there were no water left in Egypt, its transmutation was impossible. But I have no doubt but that, for the purpose of their illusion, pure and clear waters appeared for a little while, and then were changed into blood. For, since the season for concluding the contests was not yet arrived, doubtless God opened a way for Himself,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:23

Verse 23 23.And Pharaoh turned. In this word Moses teaches us that the hardness of heart, to which God had devote Pharaoh, was voluntary; so that the sin rested in himself, nor did the secret appointment of God avail anything to lessen his culpability, for his folly is condemned, because he did not “set his heart to this also.” Whence it follows that he was the author of his own obstinacy, because, being blinded by pride and contempt, he took no account of the glory of God. Thus the wicked,... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:25

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:20

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:23

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