Exodus 7:25

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

Here is the first of the ten plagues, the turning of the water into blood, which was, 1. A dreadful plague, and very grievous. The very sight of such vast rolling streams of blood, pure blood no doubt, florid and high-colored, could not but strike a horror upon people: much more afflictive were the consequences of it. Nothing more common than water: so wisely has Providence ordered it, and so kindly, that that which is so needful and serviceable to the comfort of human life should be cheap,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 7:25

And seven days were fulfilled ,.... Or there were full seven days, a whole week: after that the Lord had smitten the river , and turned it into blood; here the miracle is ascribed to him; Moses and Aaron, and the rod they used, were only instruments, nothing short of almighty power could do such a miracle; it seems this lasted seven days at least. It began, as Bishop Usher F15 Annal. Vet. Test. p. 20. computes it, on the eighteen day of the sixth month, or Adar, part of February... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:25

And seven days were fulfilled - So we learn that this plague continued at least a whole week. The contention between Moses and Aaron and the magicians of Egypt has become famous throughout the world. Tradition in various countries has preserved not only the account, but also the names of the chief persons concerned in the opposition made by the Egyptians to these messengers of God. Though their names are not mentioned in the sacred text, yet tradition had preserved them in the Jewish... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

The Nile turned into blood. The first of the series of plagues which fell on Egypt was of a truly terrific character. At the stretching out of the red of Aaron, the broad, swift-flowing current of. the rising Nile suddenly assumed the hue and qualities of blood. The stroke fell also on the reservoirs, canals, and ponds. Whatever connection may be traced between this plague and natural phenomena (see Hengstenberg) it is plain that it stood on an entirely different footing from changes... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

The first plague: the water turned to blood. I. THE PLACE WHERE MOSES WAS TO MEET PHARAOH . Moses was not always to be put to it to find his entrance into the palace. God can arrange things so that Pharaoh shall come to meet him. The instructions given to Moses at once call to our minds how Pharaoh's daughter, eighty years before, had come down to the river to find and protect a helpless babe, and how that same babe—having passed through many chequered years, and many... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

The water turned into blood. I. THE PUNISHMENT . There were two elements in it. 1. The deprivation: water, one of the most essential of all God's gifts, was suddenly made useless. 2 . The horror. Had all the water of Egypt suddenly disappeared, the punishment had been infinitely less. Instead of water, there was blood and corruption. 3 . It was a judgment on Egypt's idolatry. The things we set in God's stead will be made an abomination and a horror to us. 4 . It was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:24-25

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:25

And seven days were fulfilled . This note of time has been regarded as merely fixing the interval between the first plague and the second. But it is more natural to regard it as marking the duration of the first plague. The intervals between one plague and another are nowhere estimated. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 7:25

Seven days - This marks the duration of the plague. The natural discoloration of the Nile water lasts generally much longer, about 20 days. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 7:25

Exodus 7:25. Seven days were fulfilled Before the plague was removed. read more

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