Exodus 12:31-33 Niv
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:31-36
Israel's going forth from Egypt a pattern to oppressed Churches. Churches are sometimes enslaved and oppressed by the civil power. In unsuspecting confidence they have accepted the State's protection, and entered into certain relations with it, supposed to be mutually advantageous. But, as time has gone on, the terms of the original arrangement have been disregarded; the civil power has made encroachments; has narrowed the Church's liberties, has behaved oppressively towards it, has... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:31-37
The dismissal. The blow had been so measured by infinite wisdom as to produce precisely the desired effect. Pharaoh "called for Moses and Aaron by night," etc. Observe— I. PHARAOH IS NOW AS ANXIOUS TO GET RID OF THE ISRAELITES AS FORMERLY HE WAS TO KEEP THEM . It had been predicted at the beginning that this would be the issue of God's dealings with him ( Exodus 6:1 ). Note, 1 . Pharaoh ' s folly in resisting the demand of God so long. He... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:32
Also take your flocks and your herds . Pharaoh thus retracted the prohibition of Exodus 10:24 , and "gave the sacrifices and burnt-offerings" which Moses had required ( Exodus 10:25 ). Bless me also . Pharaoh was probably accustomed to receive blessings from his own priests, and had thus been led to value them. His desire for a blessing from Moses and Aaron, ere they departed, probably sprang from a conviction—based on the miracles which he had witnessed—that their intercession would... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:32
Pharaoh's prayer. It has come then to this, that Pharaoh is glad to beg a blessing from the man whom at first he had so contemptuously spurned. "And bless me also." I. THE WICKED MAN IS OFTEN MADE PAINFULLY AWARE OF THE MISERABLENESS OF HIS OWN PORTION , AS COMPARED WITH THAT OF THE GODLY . He may be, often is, even when he refuses to acknowledge it, secretly conscious of the superior happiness of the good man. There come times, however, when... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:33
The Egyptians were urgent upon the people . The Egyptians feared that, if any further delay took place, the God of the Hebrews might not be content with slaying all the first-born, but might punish with death the whole nation, or at any rate all the males. It is easy to see how their desire to get rid of the Israelites would expedite matters, and enable all to set out upon the journey on the same day. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 12:32
Bless me also - No words could show more strikingly the complete, though temporary, submission of Pharaoh. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 12:31-32
Exodus 12:31-32. Rise up, and get you forth Pha raoh had told Moses he should see his face no more, but now he sent for him; those will seek God in their distress, who before had set him at defiance. Such a fright he was now in that he gave orders by night for their discharge, fearing lest, if he delayed, he himself should fall next. And that he sent them out, not as men hated (as the pagan historians have represented this matter) but as men feared, is plain by his request to them. ... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 12:33
Exodus 12:33. The Egyptians were urgent They were willing to make all concessions, so they would but be gone; ransoming their lives, not only by prayers, but by their most precious things. For they said, We be all dead men When death comes into our houses it is seasonable for us to think of our own mortality. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:31
And he called for Moses and Aaron . Kalisch understands this as a summons to the King's presence, and even supposes that the two brothers complied, notwithstanding what Moses had said ( Exodus 10:29 ). But perhaps no more is meant than at Pharaoh's instance Moses and Aaron were summoned to an interview with some of the Court officials (see Exodus 11:8 ). As ye have said. Literally, "according to your words." The reference is to such passages as Exodus 8:1 , Exodus 8:20 ; Exodus 9:1 ... read more