Exodus 8:25-28 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 8:20-32

Here is the story of the plague of flies, in which we are told, I. How it was threatened, like that of frogs, before it was inflicted. Moses is directed (Exod. 8:20) to rise early in the morning, to meet Pharaoh when he came forth to the water, and there to repeat his demands. Note, 1. Those that would bring great things to pass for God and their generation must rise early, and redeem time in the morning. Pharaoh was early up at his superstitious devotions to the river; and shall we be for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 8:25

He and his people not being able to endure this plague of flies any longer; and we read in profane history of such creatures being so troublesome, that people have been obliged to quit their habitations, and seek for new ones; so Pausanias F20 Achaica, sive l. 7. p. 400. relates of the inhabitants of Myus, that such a number of flies rose out of the lake, that the men were obliged to leave the city, and go to Miletus; so Aelian F21 De Animal. l. 11. c. 28. reports, that the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 8:26

And Moses said, it is not meet so to do ,.... It being the command and will of God that they should go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice there; and besides it was dangerous, the Egyptians might be provoked by their sacrifices to fall upon them, and kill them: for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the Lord our God ; by which Moses is not to be understood as calling the idols of Egypt an abomination, as being so to God and to all good men, that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 8:27

We will go three days' journey into the wilderness ,.... As was first insisted on, and from which demand they should not depart: and sacrifice unto the Lord our God, as he shall command us ; both what sacrifices shall be offered, and the manner in which they shall be done, both which seemed for the present in a good measure undetermined and unknown; and therefore it was possible, and very probable, that in one or the other they should give offence to the Egyptians, should they sacrifice... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 8:28

And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness ,.... He does not say three days, though as he allowed them to go into the wilderness and sacrifice, they could not go and come again in less time; nor would Moses have accepted of the grant, as it seems by what follows he had, if he had obliged them to less time: only you shall not go very far away ; his meaning is, as Aben Ezra observes, that they should go no further than three days'... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 8:25

Sacrifice to your God in the land - That is, Ye shall not leave Egypt, but I shall cause your worship to be tolerated here. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 8:26

We shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians - That is, The animals which they hold sacred, and will not permit to be slain, are those which our customs require us to sacrifice to our God; and should we do this in Egypt the people would rise in a mass, and stone us to death. Perhaps few people were more superstitious than the Egyptians. Almost every production of nature was an object of their religious worship: the sun, moon, planets, stars, the river Nile, animals of all sorts, from... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 8:27

And sacrifice to the Lord - as he shall command us - It is very likely that neither Moses nor Aaron knew as yet in what manner God would be worshipped; and they expected to receive a direct revelation from him relative to this subject, when they should come into the wilderness. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 8:28

I will let you go only ye shall not go very far away - Pharaoh relented because the hand of God was heavy upon him; but he was not willing to give up his gain. The Israelites were very profitable to him; they were slaves of the state, and their hard labor was very productive: hence he professed a willingness, first to tolerate their religion in the land, ( Exodus 8:25 ;); or to permit them to go into the wilderness, so that they went not far away, and would soon return. How ready is... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 8:25

Verse 25 25.And Pharaoh called for Moses. Pharaoh imagines that he is granting a great thing, if the Israelites are permitted to offer sacrifice to God in Egypt. He and all his people should have humbly embraced the worship of God, and casting away their superstitions should have sought to Moses as their instructor in sincere piety. He departs from none of their common vices; he does not renounce his idols nor forsake his former errors; but only permits God to be worshipped in one part of his... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 8:20-32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 8:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 8:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 8:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 8:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 8:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 8:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 8:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 8:28

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 8:25

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