Exodus 10:4-6

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:4

Else, if thou refuse to let my people go ,.... He threatens him with the following plague, the plague of the locusts, which Pliny F24 Nat. Hist. l. 11. c. 29. calls "denrum irae pestis": behold, tomorrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast ; according to Bishop Usher F25 Annales Vet. Test. p. 21. this was about the seventh day of the month Abib, that this plague was threatened, and on the morrow, which was the eighth day, it was brought; but Aben Ezra relates it as an... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:5

And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth ,.... Or, "cover the eye of the earth" F26 עין הארץ "oculum terrae", Montanus, Piscator; so Ainsworth. ; either the appearance and colour of the earth, so as they could not be discerned for the multitude of the locusts on it; so the word is used in Numbers 11:7 or the eye of man looking upon the earth, which would not be able to see it, because the locusts would be between his eye and the earth.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:6

They shall fill thy houses ,.... The king's palace and all the offices of it: and the houses of thy servants ; the palaces of his nobles and courtiers: and the houses of all the Egyptians ; of all the common people, not only in the metropolis, but in all the cities and towns in the kingdom; and so Dr. Shaw F3 Travels, p. 187, Edit. 2. says, the locusts he saw in Barbary, in the years 1724 and 1725, climbed as they advanced over every tree or wall that was in their way; nay,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:4

To-morrow will I bring the locusts - The word ארבה arbeh , a locust, is probably from the root רבה rabah , he multiplied, became great, mighty, etc.; because of the immense swarms of these animals by which different countries, especially the east, are infested. The locust, in entomology, belongs to a genus of insects known among naturalists by the term Grylli ; and includes three species, crickets, grasshoppers, and those commonly called locusts; and as they multiply faster than... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:5

They shall cover the face of the earth - They sometimes cover the whole ground to the depth of six or eight inches. See the preceding accounts. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:6

They shall fill thy houses - Dr. Shaw mentions this circumstance; "they entered," says he, "Into our very houses and bed-chambers, like so many thieves." - Ibid. p. 187. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:4

Verse 4 4.Else, if thou refuse. Moses denounces the extreme dearth and famine of the land of Egypt, because the locusts will suddenly arise, altogether to consume the remaining produce of the year; for half of it had already been destroyed by the hail. But, although ancient histories bear witness, and it has happened also in our time, that not only cornfields, but that pastures have been devoured by locusts, still we may gather from the circumstances, that this was an extraordinary instance of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 10:1-7

A new Message. Even yet God had not done with the King of Egypt. He sends Moses again to ply him with reproof and threatening. The final stroke is put off as long as possible. If "by all means" ( 1 Corinthians 9:22 ) Pharaoh can be saved, he will not be lost for want of the opportunity. God tells Moses his design in dealing with the monarch as he did, and gives him a new message to carry to the royal presence. I. GOD 'S DESIGN ( Exodus 10:1 , Exodus 10:2 ). He had hardened... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 10:1-11

God's Judgments on sin and their results for the righteous and the wicked. I. THE FRUITS FOR GOD 'S PEOPLE OF HIS JUDGMENTS UPON HIS ENEMIES . 1 . The plagues of Egypt were to be an example to all the generations of Israel ( Exodus 10:2 ). 2 . It was the prophecy of how God will sanctify his people in the latter days. 3 . How God sanctifies his people now. Their prolonged waiting and suffering is storing up power for the future. The night of trial... read more

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