“ For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, ”
Exodus 9:1-7 J. 5°. Murrain upon Cattle. The word cattle is a wide term, and includes all domestic animals. The camels must have been those of visiting Bedouins, as they were not naturalised in...
2. But if thou refuse. God again urges him to obedience through fear of punishment, as He usually deals with the froward. Yet he permits him a short space of time for repentance, (as before,...
For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. No JFB commentary on these verses.
The Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Plagues 1-7. The Fifth Plague:—Murrain, i.e. cattle plague. Visitations of cattle plague are not uncommon in Egypt. An outbreak in 1842 carried off 40,000 oxen. The...
IX. THE FIFTH PLAGUE. (1-3) The nature of the fifth plague is manifest, and admits of no dispute. It was a rinderpest, or murrain upon cattle; which, however, unlike most similar disorders, atta...
CHAPTER IX. THE FIFTH PLAGUE. Exodus 9:1-7 . Our Lord when on earth came not to destroy men's lives. And yet it was necessary, for our highest instruction, that we should not think of Him as...
the Murrain of Cattle and the Plague of Boils Exodus 9:1-12 The plague on the cattle reminds us that the whole creation groans and travails from the effects of human sin. See Romans 8:20 . But...
The patient method of God is manifest in that, notwithstanding the fact that Pharaoh had again broken faith, God again warned him. There being no evidence of repentance, the fifth plague fell upon th...
Pray Reader spiritualize this whole history, and consider that what God saith to Pharaoh for the temporal deliverance of Israel; he doth in effect say to all the enemies of his people for their etern...
For if thou refuse to let them go ,.... Continue to refuse, as he had done: and wilt hold them still ; in the land, and under his dominion and oppression.
For if thou refuse to let [them] go, and wilt hold them still, Ver. 2. And wilt hold them still. ] Being wedded to thy will, which will prove thy hell. a a Voluntas tua infernus tuus. - Ber...
PLAGUE NO.5 -- LIVESTOCK DISEASED (vs.1-7) Again the Lord requires Moses to repeat his demand to Pharaoh to let the people go. This time He warns that if Pharaoh refuses, He will send a very seve...
The Plagues of Egypt. B. C. 1491. 1 Then the L ORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh,...
No text from Poole on this verse.
The Fifth Plague - The Plague of a Deadly Cattle Sickness ( Exodus 9:1-7 ). Up to this point the inflictions had mainly been to do with people. Now the wealth of the Egyptians was to be attacked....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 9:3 . Murrain.] Lit. destruction. MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 9:1-7 THE MURRAIN OF BEASTS; OR, THE SUFFERING THAT COMES UPON THE BRUTE CREATION IN CON...
Exodus 9:6 . All the cattle of Egypt died; that is, all were smitten with the murrain, whose unbelieving owners did not take care to house them: so we read in the twentieth verse concerning the ha...
The hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle. The suffering that comes upon the brute creation in consequence of the sin of man I. That wicked men often act in reference to the claim’s of God in suc...
EXPOSITION THE FIFTH PLAGUE . Hitherto the plagues had been directed rather against the persons of the Egyptians than against their property. Property had perhaps suffered somewhat in the...
The Plague of the Pestilence of Beasts
Exodus 4:23 Exodus 8:2 Exodus 10:4 Leviticus 26:14-16 Leviticus 26:23 Leviticus 26:24 Leviticus 26:27 Leviticus 26:28 Psalms 7:11 Psalms 7:12 Psalms 68:21 Isaiah 1:20 Romans...