Exodus 10:1, Exodus 10:7 KJV

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Exodus 10:1-29

Exodus 10:7 If there be any one truth which the deductions of reason alone, independent of history, would lead us to anticipate, and which again history alone would establish independently of antecedent reasoning, it is this: that a whole class of men placed permanently under the ascendancy of another as subjects, without the rights of citizens, must be a source, at the best, of weakness, and generally of danger to the State. They cannot well be expected, and have rarely been found, to evince... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:1-20

CHAPTER X.THE EIGHTH PLAGUE.Exodus 10:1-20.The Lord would not command His servant again to enter the dangerous presence of the sullen prince, without a reason which would sustain his faith: "For I have made heavy his heart." The pronoun is emphatic: it means to say, ’His foolhardiness is My doing and cannot go beyond My will: thou art safe.’ And the same encouragement belongs to all who do the sacred will: not a hair of their head shall truly perish, since life and death are the servants of... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Exodus 10:1-29

CHAPTER 10 The Eighth and Ninth Plagues 1. The eighth plague: locusts (Exodus 10:1-15 ) 2. Pharaoh’s renewed confession and refusal (Exodus 10:16-20 ) 3. The ninth plague: darkness (Exodus 10:21-26 ) 4. Pharaoh’s anger (Exodus 10:27-29 ) The eighth plague is introduced by another warning; the ninth came without it. As a result of the eighth plague, Pharaoh confessed his sin against God and against Moses and Aaron; but after the ninth plague drove Moses from his presence and threatened... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:1-29

PLAGUE NO.8 -- LOCUSTS (vs.1-20) Again the Lord reminds Moses that He Himself had hardened Pharaoh's heart and the hearts of his servants in order that He might publicly show His signs before them, as well as that God's great works of power might have very real effect on Israel's present generation and on generations to come, that they might realize that it was indeed the living Lord of glory who was dealing with them (vs.1-2). Moses and Aaron again stand before Pharaoh to repeat God's... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:1-29

PLAGUES IN DETAIL FIRST GROUP (Exodus 7:4 - Exodus 8:19 ) The river turned into blood (Exodus 7:14-25 ). How far did this plague extend over the waters of Egypt (Exodus 7:19 )? If this were literally so, it may be asked, where did the magicians find material on which to work with their enchantments (Exodus 7:22 )? Is the answer suggested in Exodus 7:24 ? May they have dug up water from the ground for this purpose? If so, we can imagine the limited scale of their performance in contrast... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Exodus 10:1

CONTENTS The history still proceeds through this Chapter. Pharaoh's heart remaining in the same obduracy, Moses is commissioned by the Lord to inflict the eighth and ninth plagues in the punishment of Egypt; the locusts infest his coast, and darkness of three days continuance beclouds his land. At length after several ineffectual remonstrances on the part of Moses, and entreaties on the part of Pharaoh: Moses is driven from his presence with the threatening of the loss of life, if ever he... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:1

Servants. They took occasion, from God's withdrawing his chastisements, to become more obdurate. (St. Augustine, q. 30, and 36.) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:1-11

1-11 The plagues of Egypt show the sinfulness of sin. They warn the children of men not to strive with their Maker. Pharaoh had pretended to humble himself; but no account was made of it, for he was not sincere therein. The plague of locusts is threatened. This should be much worse than any of that kind which had ever been known. Pharaoh's attendants persuade him to come to terms with Moses. Hereupon Pharaoh will allow the men to go, falsely pretending that this was all they desired. He swears... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Exodus 10:1-10

Exo_10:1 Exo_11:10 . Chapter 9 closed with the fact that both Pharaoh and his servants hardened their hearts. Chapter 10 opens with a statement by the Lord to Moses that He had hardened their hearts, and thus shut them up to their doom. It furnished also the occasion for the Lord to display Himself as the God of judgment in such fashion that it would be remembered in the generations to come. Even to our day this witness stands, and it will yet be remembered until the day of grace is succeeded... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Exodus 10:1-11

The Locusts Threatened v. 1. And 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, v. 2. 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. Since Pharaoh had hardened his heart in the first place, the Lord now gave him up to the doom which he had chosen... read more