Exodus 10:14-35 KJV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:17

Forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once - What a strange case! And what a series of softening and hardening, of sinning and repenting! Had he not now another opportunity of returning to God? But the love of gain, and the gratification of his own self-will and obstinacy, finally prevailed. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:19

A mighty strong west wind - ים רוח ruach yam , literally the wind of the sea; the wind that blew from the Mediterranean Sea, which lay north-west of Egypt, which had the Red Sea on the east. Here again God works by natural means; he brought the locusts by the east wind, and took them away by the west or north-west wind, which carried them to the Red Sea where they were drowned. The Red Sea - סוף ים yam suph , the weedy sea; so called, as some suppose, from the great quantity of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:21

Darkness which may be felt - Probably this was occasioned by a superabundance of aqueous vapors floating in the atmosphere, which were so thick as to prevent the rays of the sun from penetrating through them; an extraordinarily thick mist supernaturally, i.e., miraculously, brought on. An awful emblem of the darkened state of the Egyptians and their king. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:23

They saw not one another - So deep was the obscurity, and probably such was its nature, that no artificial light could be procured; as the thick clammy vapors would prevent lamps, etc., from burning, or if they even could be ignited, the light through the palpable obscurity, could diffuse itself to no distance from the burning body. The author of the book of The Wisdom of Solomon 17:2-19, gives a fearful description of this plague. He says, "The Egyptians were shut up in their houses, the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:24

Only let your flocks and your herds be stayed - Pharaoh cannot get all he wishes; and as he sees it impossible to contend with Jehovah, he now consents to give up the Israelites, their wives and their children, provided he may keep their flocks and their herds. The cruelty of this demand is not more evident than its avarice. Had six hundred thousand men, besides women and children, gone three days' journey into the wilderness without their cattle, they must have inevitably perished, being... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:26

We know not with what we must serve the Lord, etc. - The law was not yet given; the ordinances concerning the different kinds of sacrifices and offerings not known. What kind and what number of animals God should require to be sacrificed, even Moses himself could not as yet tell. He therefore very properly insists on taking the whole of their herds with them, and not leaving even one hoof behind. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:27

The Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart - He had yet another miracle to work for the complete conviction of the Egyptians and triumph of his people; and till that was wrought he permitted the natural obstinacy of Pharaoh's haughty heart to have its full sway, after each resistance of the gracious influence which was intended to soften and bring him to repentance. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:28

See my face no more - Hitherto Pharaoh had left the way open for negotiation; but now, in wrath against Jehovah, he dismisses his ambassador, and threatens him with death if he should attempt any more to come into his presence. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:29

I will see thy face again no more - It is very likely that this was the last interview that Moses had with Pharaoh, for what is related, Exodus 11:4-8 , might have been spoken on this very occasion, as it is very possible that God gave Moses to understand his purpose to slay the first-born, while before Pharaoh at this time; so, in all probability, the interview mentioned here was the last which Moses had with the Egyptian king. It is true that in Exodus 12:31 ; it is stated that Pharaoh... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:16

Verse 16 16.Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste. This haste arose from anxiety and fear, because it was a time of extremity, and the enormity of the evil admitted no delay. By this vehemence, then, Pharaoh betrays his distress, when he not only willingly is inclined to recall Moses, whom he had lately driven out, but does so in such haste. The confession which is added, although it flowed from a double or deceitful heart, still was not altogether feigned. For we cannot doubt that... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:29

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:16

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