They were urgent, not by force, which they durst not now use, but by earnest and importunate entreaties, Exodus 11:8. This was the ground of that fable of the heathens mentioned in Tacitus, that the Jews were driven out of Egypt for their scabs; so they falsely and maliciously ascribed their own ulcers and scabs sent upon them by God to the Israelites. read more
CRITICAL NOTES.—Exodus 12:35-36. Borrowed … lent.] Render: “Asked,” and “let them have what they asked;” and cf. “Critical Note” on Exodus 11:2.MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Exodus 12:31-36THE ISRAELITES GOING OUT OF EGYPTIAN BONDAGE; OR, THE FREEDOM OF THE CHURCHI. That the Israelites were given their freedom by those who had long oppressed them; and so the Church shall be freed by those who have long enslaved it. The king and his people urged the Israelites to depart from their country,... read more
Exodus 12:30-41 (with Matthew 2:15 ) I. We cannot treat the Exodus as an isolated fact in history. Egypt is the type of the cunning, careless, wanton world, out of which in all ages God is calling His sons. The Exodus remained a living fact in history. The infant Jesus went down into Egypt, as the infant Israel went down, not to repeat the Exodus, but to illume afresh its fading lines. (1) The children of Israel were an elect race, because they were of the seed of Abraham: that constituted... read more
Chapter 12The Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you ( Exodus 12:1-2 ).Now in a few weeks the Jews are gonna be celebrating New Year's, Rosh Hashana. How come they're celebrating New Year's now, if this month April was to be the first month of the year? Well, they have a religious calendar. Their religious year begins in April. Then they have just the regular year by which... read more
Exodus 12:2. The first month of the year. This is called Abib, Exodus 13:4; and Nisan, Esther 3:7. It was before the seventh month, hence the earth is supposed to have been created in September; but now in commemoration of their deliverance from Egypt, the ecclesiastical table which regulated the festivals, was ordered to begin with Abib. Many nations have reckoned their existence from some important era in their history: and in this view it was highly proper for the christian church to... read more
Exodus 12:33; Exodus 12:35The Egyptians were urgent upon the people that they might send them out of the land.Hastened out of Egypt1. Note the reason of this urgency. Fear lest death overtake them all.2. Note the utter selfishness of the motive. No true repentance in it.3. Urgency is fitting when there is imminent danger.4. There is the greatest need of urgency in every sinner’s case. Doom and death are at hand. (Homiletic Review.)The Israelites going out of Egyptian bondage; or, the freedom of... read more
Exo 12:33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We [be] all dead [men]. Ver. 33. We be all dead men. ] Quis autem vult mori? prorsus nemo. Everything makes much of life, from the highest angel to the lowest worm. a a Zωον φιλοζωον ο ανθρωπος . - Aristot. read more
urgent: Exodus 11:1, Psalms 105:38 We be all: Genesis 20:3, Numbers 17:12, Numbers 17:13 Reciprocal: Exodus 6:1 - drive them Exodus 12:39 - thrust Exodus 14:5 - and the heart Deuteronomy 16:3 - for thou camest Deuteronomy 28:10 - and they shall 1 Samuel 5:7 - saw Isaiah 52:12 - ye shall Daniel 3:22 - urgent read more
And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.We be all dead men — When death comes unto our houses, it is seasonable for us to think of our own mortality. read more
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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:29-36
Exodus 12:29-Zephaniah : . Egyptian Firstborn Die: the Israelites Prepare to Depart.— In Exodus 11:1-Leviticus : * E and Exodus 11:4-Ruth : * J the spoiling of the Egyptians and the death of their firstborn sons were announced, and the events are now given by the editor in reverse order, Exodus 12:29-Nahum : J preceding Exodus 12:35 f. E. The last plague was a sudden outbreak of pestilence, cf. 2 Kings 19:35, which was believed to have stricken every firstborn son. The fact that the eldest... read more