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John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 8:11

And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people ,.... Signifying there should be a full and clear riddance of them: they shall remain in the river only ; the river Nile. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 8:12

And Moses and Aaron went from Pharaoh ,.... To the place where they used to pray to the Lord, and meet with him, and receive messages from him; this they did the same day the plague was inflicted, the day before the morrow came when the frogs were to be removed: and Moses cried unto the Lord : prayed unto him with great fervency, and with a loud voice, most fervently entreating that the frogs might be removed on the morrow, as he had promised, that so he might not be covered with shame... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 8:13

And the Lord did according to the word of Moses ,.... He heard his prayers, and fulfilled what he had promised Pharaoh: and the frogs died out of the houses, and out of the villages, and out of the fields ; the word for "villages" signifies "courts" F2 מן החצרת "ex atriis", Montanus, Tigurine version, Piscator. , and may be so rendered here; and the sense is, that they not only died out of their dwelling houses, but out of their courtyards, and even out of their gardens,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 8:14

And they gathered them together upon heaps ,.... Swept them up, and laid them in heaps out of the way: and the land stank ; with the stench of the dead frogs, which was another proof and evidence of the reality of the miracle; and that dead frogs will cause such an ill smell appears from the above account of what befell the inhabitants of Paeonia and Dardania, unless that should be the same with this, only the names of places and some circumstances altered; See Gill on Exodus 8:16 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 8:15

But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite ,.... From his affliction, as the Targum of Jonathan adds; the plague was removed, and he found himself and his people at ease: or there was a "breathing" F3 הרוחה "respiratio", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Junius and Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius. ; before he and his people were so oppressed, that they could scarce breathe, but now being delivered from the judgment on them with which they were straitened, were enlarged and at... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 8:16

And the Lord said unto Moses ,.... On the twenty seventh day of the month, according to Bishop Usher, the same day the flogs were removed; no warning is given him of the next plague, at least there is no account of any: say unto Aaron, stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land ; in some one part of the land, that place nearest to him where there was a quantity of dust; for it cannot be imagined that he should smite all the dust of the land in every part of it, but smiting one... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 8:17

And they did so ,.... As follows: for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod ; as directed and ordered: and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man and in beast ; which shows it was a miraculous operation, since lice do not usually spring from dust, but thrive in the sweat of bodies, and the nastiness of them, through sloth and idleness; and moreover, this was like the creation of man at first, which was out of the dust of the earth, and alike the effect of almighty... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 8:18

And the magicians did so with their enchantments, to bring forth lice ,.... They made use of their magical art, and juggling tricks they were masters of, to produce the like sort of creatures, or at least to make such appear, or seem to appear, to the eyes of men: but they could not ; God would not suffer them to do it, to impose upon Pharaoh, and deceive him and the Egyptians any longer; and a stop is put to them, when such small and despicable creatures were produced, the more to put... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 8:19

Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, this is the finger of God ,.... This is to be ascribed to a power superior to human, to a divine power; so long as they could do something similar, or impose upon the senses of men, and make them believe they did the like, they would not acknowledge divine omnipotence; but when they no longer could deceive the sight of Pharaoh and the Egyptian, then they own the effects of a superior power: and this they did partly to detract from the power of Moses and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 8:20

And the Lord said unto Moses, rise up early in the morning ,.... Of the day following, the twenty eight of Adar, or February, according to Bishop Usher; this was the fittest time to meet with Pharaoh, and the most likely to make impressions on him: and stand before Pharaoh : meet him as he comes along, and stop him, and stand before him as having something to say to him; this was using great boldness and freedom with a king; but as Moses was ordered to do it by the King of kings, it... read more

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