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CHAP. IX.

THEN (e) the (g) LORD said unto Moses, "Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, "Thus saith the LORD God of the He"brews, "Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2. For if thou refuse "to let them go, and wilt hold them still, "3. Behold, the hand of the LORD is CC upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon "the camels, upon the oxen, and upon "the sheep: there shall be a very griev

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ous murrain. 4. And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel, "and the cattle of Egypt: and there "shall nothing die of all that is the "childrens of Israel.” 5. And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, "To-mor

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row the LORD shall do this thing in "the land." 6. And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one. 7. And Pharaoh sent, and behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go. 8. And the LORD said unto Moses, and unto Aaron, "Take to you hand"fuls of ashes of the furnace, and let "Moses sprinkle it towards the heaven "in the sight of Pharaoh. 9. And it "shall become small dust in all the "land of Egypt, and shall be a boil "breaking forth with blains, upon man,

(e) v.1. "Then." This was after the plagues of frogs, lice, and flies. B.C. 1491.

(g) v. 1. 3, 4, 5, 6. 8. 12, 13. 20, 21, 22, 23. 27, 28, 29, 30. 33. 35. "The Lord," Hebr. "Jehovah," Greek (Except in v. 3. 4. 5.) Κύριος.

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(h) v. 12. "The Lord hardened." In this instance the hardening Pharaoh's heart is stated as God's act. In five former instances, upon other plagues, the statement is, either that "his heart was hardened," or "that Pharaoh hardened his heart." Exod. vii. 22.-Exod. viii. 15. 19.32-and supra, .7. And after he had wilfully, and of his own act, so often withstood God's warnings, God might well, as a punishment, lead him on to further resistance, that he might even here still further feel the power he had so often disregarded. See 2. Hales, 184, note 191

"and upon beast, throughout all the "land of Egypt." 10. And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven: and it became a boil breaking forth with blains, upon man, and upon beast. 11. And the magicians could not stand before Moses, because of the boil for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. 12. And (h) the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses. 13. And the LORD said unto Moses, "Rise up early in the "morning, and stand before Pharaoh, "and say unto him, Thus saith the "LORD God of the Hebrews, "Let my "people go, that they may serve me. "14. For I will at this time send all "my plagues upon thine heart, and "upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that "there is none like me in all the earth. "15. For now I (i) will stretch out "my hand, that I may smite thee and "thy people with pestilence; and thou "shalt be cut off from the earth. 16. And "in very deed for this cause have I "raised thee up, for to shew in thee my

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power; and that my name may be "declared throughout all the earth. "17. As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go? 18. Behold, to-morrow, about

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(i) v. 15. "For now, &c." or "For now "could I stretch out my hand, to smite "thee and thy people with pestilence, and “thou shouldest be cut off from the earth; "But in very deed for this cause have I "preserved thee, (i. e. forborn to destroy "thee,) to shew in thee my power, and "that my name might be declared, &c." No pestilence was sent, it is not likely therefore that any was threatened: the object of these verses probably was to intimate that God could at once destroy, but that it better suited his purpose, to reserve for further trial, and further punishment. "He knoweth how to reserve the unjust to "the day of judgment, to be punished, "2 Pet. ii. 9." See Pole and Patrick in loco. Hamm. note on Rom. ix. 17, 18. Kennic. Rem. 48. 2. Hales, 192.

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thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land "of Egypt, even darkness which may "be felt." 22. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven: and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. 23. They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. 24. And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, "Go ye, serve the "LORD; only let your flocks and your "herds be stayed: let your little ones "also go with you." 25. And Moses said, "Thou must give us also sacrifices, "and burnt-offerings, that we may "sacrifice unto the LORD our God. "26. Our cattle also shall go with us; "there shall not an hoof be left behind: "for thereof must we take to serve the "LORD our God; and we know not "with what we must serve the Lord, un"til we come thither." 27. But the (p) LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go. 28. And

And they were Pharaoh's presence. ORD said unto Moses, at thine hand over the land pt for the locusts, that they come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even "all that the hail hath left." 13. And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an (o) east wind upon the land all that day and all that night: and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 14. And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. 15. For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was

(o) v. 13. "East wind," and v. 19. "west "wind." Both preternatural; for the winds there blow six months from the north, and six from the south. 2 Hales, 195.

(p) v. 20. 27. "The Lord hardened." See note on Exod. ix. 12.

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"this time, I will cause it to rain a very "grievous hail, such as hath not been "in Egypt, since the foundation thereof,

even until now." 19. Send therefore "now, and gather thy cattle, and all "that thou hast in the field: for upon 66 every man and beast which shall be "found in the field, and shall not be "brought home, the hail shall come "down upon them, and they shall die." 20. He that feared the word of the LORD amongst the servants of Pharaoh, made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses. 21. And he that regarded not the word of the LORD, left his servants and his cattle in the field. 22. And the LORD said unto Moses, "Stretch "forth thine hand toward heaven, that "there may be hail in all the land of "Egypt; upon man, and upon beast, "and upon every herb of the field, "throughout the land of Egypt." 23. And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 24. So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt, since it became a nation. 25. And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast: and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. 26. Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail. 27. And Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, "I have "sinned this time: the LORD is right❝eous, and I and my people are wicked. "28. Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) "that there be no more mighty thunder

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servants, I know that ye will not yet "fear the LORD God." 31. And the flax, and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was (k) bolled. 32. But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up. 33. And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth, 34. And when Pharaoh saw that the rain, and the hail, and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. 35. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses. (1)

CHAP. X.

AND (m) the LORD said unto Moses, "Go in unto Pharaoh : for I (n) have "hardened his heart, and the heart of "his servants; that I might shew these "my signs before him: 2. And that "thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, "and of thy son's son, what things I "have wrought in Egypt, and my signs "which I have done amongst them: "that ye may know how that I am the "LORD." 3. And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, "Thus saith the LORD God of the "Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse "to humble thyself before me? Let my "people go, that they may serve me. "4. Else if thou refuse to let my peo

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ple go, behold, to-morrow will I bring "the locusts into thy coast. 5. And "they shall cover the face of the earth, "that one cannot be able to see the "earth: and they shall eat the residue "of that which is escaped, which re"maineth unto you from the hail, and

(m) v. 1. "The Lord." In this and the other instances in which "the Lord" occurs in this chapter, the Hebr. is "Jehovah."

(n) "I have hardened." See the preceding page, note on Exod. ix. 12.

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"shall cat every tree which groweth for "you out of the field. 6. And they shall "fill thy houses, and the houses of all "thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, "nor thy fathers fathers have seen, "since the day that they were upon the "earth, unto this day." And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh. 7. And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, "How long shall this man be a 66 snare unto us? Let the men go, that "they may serve the LORD their God: "Knowest thou not yet that Egypt is "destroyed?" 8. And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, "Go, serve the Lord your God: but who are they that shall go?" 9. And Moses said, "We will go with our young and with our old, "with our sons and with our daughters; with our flocks and with our "herds will we go: for we must hold "feast unto the LORD." 10. And he said unto them, "Let the LORD be so "with you, as I will let you go, and your

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little ones: Look to it, for evil "is before you. 11. Not so: go now ye "that are men, and serve the LORD, for "that did desire." And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. 12. And the LORD said unto Moses, "Stretch out thine hand over the land "of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, "and eat every herb of the land, even "all that the hail hath left." 13. And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an (o) east wind upon the land all that day and all that night: and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 14. And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. 15. For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was

(o) v. 13. "East wind," and v. 19. "west "wind." Both preternatural; for the winds there blow six months from the north, and six from the south. 2 Hales, 195.

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darkened, and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt. 16. Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, "I have sinned against the "LORD your God, and against you.

17. Now therefore forgive, I pray "thee, my sin only this once, and in"treat the LORD your God, that he

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may take away from me this death "only." 18. And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the Lord. 19. And the LORD turned a mighty strong west (0) wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea: there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt. 20. But (p) the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go. 21. And the LORD said unto Moses, "Stretch "out thine hand toward heaven, that "there may be darkness over the land "of Egypt, even darkness which may "be felt." 22. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven: and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. 23. They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. lings. 24. And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, "Go ye, serve the "LORD; only let your flocks and your "herds be stayed: let your little ones "also go with you." 25. And Moses said, "Thou must give us also sacrifices, "and burnt-offerings, that we may "sacrifice unto the LORD our God. "26. Our cattle also shall with us; go "there shall not an hoof be left behind: "for thereof must we take to serve the "LORD our God; and we know not "with what we must serve the Lord, un"til we come thither." 27. But the (p) LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go. 28. And

(p) v. 20. 27. "The Lord hardened." See note on Exod. ix. 12.

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