Exodus 10:1-13:16

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Exodus 10:1-20

H.—The locustsExodus 10:1-201And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I might shew [may do] these my signs before him [in the midst of them]; 2And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son and of thy son’s son, what things I have wrought in Egypt [what I have done with the Egyptians]1, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how [may know] that I am Jehovah. 3And Moses and Aaron came [went] in unto... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Exodus 10:1-11

Pharaoh Still Refuses to Submit Exodus 10:1-11 Pharaoh was capable of being a noble and glorious soul, through which God might have shown forth all His power and glory, Exodus 9:16 . But he refused, and the profanation of the best made him the worst. There is a crisis in every soul-history up to which God’s methods appear likely to turn the proud to Himself; but if that is passed, those methods seem only to harden. Just as in winter the thaw of the noon makes harder ice during the night; so,... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Exodus 10:1-29

It would seem at this point that Moses himself was overawed by the fearful process of judgment and so before the next plague God announced to His servant a new reason for the whole movement. It was in order that posterity might have the solemn and awful warnings of the result of persistent rebellion. Pharaoh was now beyond reason, and God did not reason with him. Pharaoh's servants, apparently more alive than he to his folly, pleaded with him to let the people go. Whereupon he sent for Moses... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:1-20

The Eighth Plague - The Plague of Locusts (Exodus 10:1-20 ). We note in this passage a distinct change of tone. No longer does Yahweh commence with the opening, ‘let My people go’ (compare Exodus 8:1; Exodus 9:1; Exodus 9:13). Instead He says ‘I have made strong (hardened) his heart and the heart of his officials in order to show my signs among them’. The end was near and He no longer looked for Pharaoh’s honest response. Yet He had also begun in the same way in Exodus 7:14, although there it... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:1-20

Exodus 10:1-Proverbs : . 8° . A Locust Swarm ( Exodus 10:1-1 Kings : J; Exodus 10:12-1 Chronicles : a, “ Egypt,” E; Exodus 10:13 b J; Exodus 10:14 a E; Exodus 10:14 b “ and rested” to Exodus 10:15 a “ darkened,” J; Exodus 10:15 b E to “ left” ; Exodus 10:15 c – Exodus 10:19 J; Exodus 10:20 E).— The opening paragraph has been expanded in the Deuteronomic style ( cf. Deuteronomy 4:9; Deuteronomy 6:7 with Exodus 10:2). Christian instinct avoids such a conception as Yahweh “ mocking the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:1-29

Exodus 7:14 to Exodus 12:36 . The Ten Plagues.— How deeply this series of events imprinted itself on the mind and heart of the nation is shown by the fulness with which the three sources report them. J 1° 2°— 4° 5°— 7° 8° 9° 10° E 1°————— 7° 8° 9° 10° P 1° 2° 3°—— 6°——— 10° 1° , river turned to blood; 2° , frogs; 3° , fice (gnats); 4° , flies; 5° , murrain; 6° , boils; 7° , hail; 8° , locusts; 9° , darkness; 10° , death of firstborn.A sound historical judgment will conclude, both from this... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Exodus 10:1

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Exodus 10:1THE HARDENING OF PHARAOH’S HEARTMoses and Aaron are once more commanded to visit Pharaoh, even though they are told that he will not yield to their entreaty. This is the method of Heaven to render rebellious sinners unexcusable. The ministers of God are not readily to abandon a wicked soul. It is here said that God hardened Pharaoh’s heart. How?I. By a manifestation of rich mercy that ought to have melted the heart of the King. God had indeed... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:1-29

Chapter 10And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might show these my signs before him: And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the Lord ( Exodus 10:1-2 ).Now the Lord's been doing these things up to this point to let Pharaoh know who He is. "That he may know that I am the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 10:1-29

Exodus 10:2. In the ears of thy son. The Hebrew prophets in their sermons, and the psalmists in their songs, have recorded those wonderful works of the Lord; and the doctrines and inferences fairly deduced are firm and strong. For how different soever the circumstances of the church may be, the perfections of God are still the same. Exodus 10:4. The locusts. The science of entomology has classed in one genus the locust or gryllus, the grasshopper, the cricket, and fifty other species.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Exodus 10:1-2

Exodus 10:1-2Show these My signs.How God hardened Pharaoh’s heartI. By a manifestation of rich mercy, which ought to have melted the heart of the king.II. By a manifestation of great power, which ought to have subdued the heart of the king.III. By a manifestation of severe justice, which might have rebuked the heart of the king.IV. By sending His servants to influence the heart of the king to the right. God did not harden Pharaoh’s heart by a sovereign decree, so that he could not obey His... read more

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