Exodus 10:8-12 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 10:1-11

Here, I. Moses is instructed. We may well suppose that he, for his part, was much astonished both at Pharaoh's obstinacy and at God's severity, and could not but be compassionately concerned for the desolations of Egypt, and at a loss to conceive what this contest would come to at last. Now here God tells him what he designed, not only Israel's release, but the magnifying of his own name: That thou mayest tell in thy writings, which shall continue to the world's end, what I have wrought in... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 10:12-20

Here is, I. The invasion of the land by the locusts?God's great army, Joel 2:11. God bids Moses stretch out his hand (Exod. 10:12), to beckon them, as it wee (for they came at a call), and he stretched forth his rod, Exod. 10:13. Compare Exod. 9:22, 23. Moses ascribes it to the stretching out, not of his own hand, but the rod of God, the instituted sign of God's presence with him. The locusts obey the summons, and fly upon the wings of the wind, the east wind, and caterpillars without number,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:8

And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh ,.... Upon this motion of his ministers, messengers were sent to bring them in again: and he said, go, serve the Lord your God ; as you have often desired: but who are they that shall go ? or, "who and who" F6 מי ומי "qui et qui?" Pagninus, Montanus; "quis & quis?" Vatablus. ? for Pharaoh was unwilling that they should all go, but would have some retained as pledges of their return; for he was jealous of a design to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:9

Moses said, we will go with our young and with our old ,.... The latter were necessary to guide, direct, and instruct in the business of sacrifice, and to perform it as heads of their respective families; and the former were to be present, that they might be trained up and inured to such religious services: with our sons and with our daughters ; as with persons of every age, so of every sex, who had all a concern herein, especially as it was a solemn feast, which all were to partake of: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:10

And he said unto them, let the Lord be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones ,.... Either as mocking them, let the Lord you talk of be with you if he will, and let him deliver you if he can, as I shall let you go with your children, which I never will; or as wishing them ill, that the Lord their God may be with them, as he should dismiss them on their proposal, that is, not at all; he wishes they might never have the presence of the Lord, or receive any from him, till he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:11

Not so ,.... You shall not go with your children as you propose: go now ye that are men, and serve the Lord, for that you did desire ; suggesting that that was all they first required, that their men should, go three days into the wilderness, and sacrifice unto the Lord; whereas the demand was, let my people go, Exodus 5:1 which were not the men only, but the women and children also, and all were concerned in the service of God, and in keeping a feast to him: and they were driven... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:12

And the Lord said unto Moses, stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt ,.... First one way, and then another, towards every quarter, and every part of the land, to signify that the following plague would come upon the whole land: for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt ; the stretching out of his hand was to be the signal to them to come up and spread themselves over the land, which was brought about by the mighty power of God; for otherwise there was no such... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:8

Who are they that shall go? - Though the Egyptians, about fourscore years before, wished to destroy the Hebrews, yet they found them now so profitable to the state that they were unwilling to part with them. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:9

We will go with our young and with our old, etc. - As a feast was to be celebrated to the honor of Jehovah, all who were partakers of his bounty and providential kindness must go and perform their part in the solemnity. The men and the women must make the feast, the children must witness it, and the cattle must be taken along with them to furnish the sacrifices necessary on this occasion. This must have appeared reasonable to the Egyptians, because it was their own custom in their religious... read more

Adam Clarke

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

Let the Lord be so with you - This is an obscure sentence. Some suppose that Pharaoh meant it as a curse, as if he had said, "May your God be as surely with you, as I shall let you go!" For as he purposed not to permit them to go, so he wished them as much of the Divine help as they should have of his permission. Look - for evil is before you - פניכם נגד רעה כי ראו reu ki raah neged peneychem , See ye that evil is before your faces - if you attempt to go, ye shall meet with the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 10:1-11

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 10:12-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:9

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

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