Exodus 10:21-31 KJV

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 10:21

Verse 21 21.And the Lord said unto Moses. God here inflicts the punishment without denouncing it; because Pharaoh had deceitfully broken his promise of being obedient to His word. Since, therefore, he had so wickedly abused God’s clemency, he must needs be suddenly overtaken by a new calamity, that he might in the darkness feel God’s avenging hand, which he had despised. Nor, indeed, would he have been alarmed by menaces; as it will directly appear, that, when he was warned of the death of his... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:22

Verse 22 22.And Moses stretched forth his hand. By this darkness God not only wished to reprove the blindness of Pharaoh’s mind, but in every way to convince him how senseless and mad he was in his resistance. There is no blessing which is more common to all men, from the very highest even to the lowest, than light, which is enjoyed not less by the humblest and most contemptible people than by the greatest kings. It was, then, a terrible judgment of God, that the whole world should be... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:24

Verse 24 24.And Pharaoh called unto Moses. We gather that he was greatly alarmed by this infliction; because of his own accord he again calls to him (as before) the men who were so troublesome to him, and the authors of such sore calamities, that he may treat with them of their departure. But it is asked how, if no one rose from his place for three days, Pharaoh could send for Moses and Aaron? If we were to answer that the messengers were sent after the darkness had been dispersed, this... read more

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 10:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:24

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