Exodus 11:1-2

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 11:1-3

Here is, I. The high favour Moses and Israel were in with God. 1. Moses was a favourite of Heaven, for God will not hide from him the thing he will do. God not only makes him his messenger to deliver his errands, but communicates to him his purpose (as the man of his counsel) that he would bring one plague more, and but one, upon Pharaoh, by which he would complete the deliverance of Israel, Exod. 11:1. Moses longed to see an end of this dreadful work, to see Egypt no more plagued and Israel... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 11:1

And the Lord said unto Moses ,.... While in the presence of Pharaoh, by a secret impulse upon his mind; or he had said F13 ויאמר "dixerat", some in Vatablus, Ainsworth, Cartwright; so Aben Ezra. , which some refer as far back as to his appearance to him in Midian, Exodus 4:23 , which is too remote; rather it refers to the last time he went to Pharaoh, being sent for by him; and the words may be rendered, "for the Lord had said" F14 "Dixerat enim", Junius & Tremellius,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 11:2

Speak now in the ears of the people ,.... This cannot be understood of the whole body of the people being gathered together, but of some of the principal ones, who should communicate it to others, and so from one to another, until all the heads and masters of families became acquainted with it: and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold ; to ornament themselves with at the feast they were going to keep: the Samaritan... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 11:1

The Lord said unto Moses - Calmet contends that this should be read in the preterpluperfect tense, for the Lord Had said to Moses, as the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth verses appear to have been spoken when Moses had the interview with Pharaoh mentioned in the preceding chapter; see Clarke's note on Exodus 10:29 . If therefore this chapter be connected with the preceding, as it should be, and the first three verses not only read in the past tense but also in a parenthesis, the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 11:2

Let every man borrow - For a proper correction of the strange mistranslation of the word שאל shaal in this verse, see Clarke's note on Exodus 3:22 . read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 11:1

Verse 1 1.And the Lord said unto Moses. (131) He now relates that it was not with self-conceived confidence that he was lately so elated, as we have seen him; (132) but because he had been forewarned by divine revelation that the end of the contests was now near, and that nothing now remained but. that Pharaoh should fall by his mortal wound. This verse, then, is connected with the preceding, and explains its cause; because Moses would not have been at liberty to interrupt the course of his... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 11:2

Verse 2 2.Speak now in the ears of the people. He repeats His command as to spoiling the Egyptians, of which mention was made in the third chapter, for it was not enough for God to rescue His people from that cruel tyranny under which their wretched lives were scarcely protracted in great poverty and distress, unless He also enriched them with large possessions, as if they were carrying away the prizes of victory from conquered enemies. This, therefore, was the consummation of His otherwise... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 11:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses . Rather, "Now the Lord had said unto Moses." The Hebrew has no form for the pluperfect tease, and is consequently obliged to make up for the grammatical deficiency by using the simple preterite in a pluperfect sense. We cannot definitely fix the time when Moses had received this revelation; but the expression, one plague more , shows that it was after the commencement of the " plague of darkness ." When he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 11:1-3

1 . That one more plague, and one only, was impending; 2 . That this infliction would be effectual, and be followed by the departure of the Israelites; and, 3 . That instead of reluctantly allowing them to withdraw from his kingdom, the monarch would be eager for their departure and would actually hasten it. He had also been told that the time was now come when the promise made to him in Mount Horeb, that his people should "spoil the Egyptians" ( Exodus 3:22 ), would receive... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 11:1-3

Crises bring out men's characters, and cause them to be properly appreciated. It is evident that, as the crisis approached, Pharaoh sank in the estimation of his subjects, while Moses rose. Pharaoh showed himself changeable, faithless, careless of his subjects' good, rude, violent. He was about to show himself ready to rush from one extreme into the other ( Exodus 11:1 ), and to "thrust out" the people whom he had so long detained. The conduct of Moses had been consistent, dignified,... read more

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