CONTENTS
The Lord having now by his grace over-ruled all the objections of Moses, the man of God with Aaron his brother proceeds without further delay in the execution of their commission. This Chapter relates to us the event of Moses' second embassy unto Pharaoh. Moses demands, in the Lord's name, the freedom of Israel for the purpose of divine worship. Pharaoh again refuses. Moses, at the command of God, works a miracle by way of confirmation of the authority by which he acted. This proving ineffectual to subdue the heart of Pharaoh, Moses at God's command begins to chasten Egypt with plagues. He turns the waters of the river into blood, which is the first of the ten plagues with which the Lord visited Egypt, before the Israelites: deliverance is accomplished.
Concerning this expression, I have made thee a god; consult Psalms 82:6-7. A plain proof this, in what a subordinate sense to that of the one true God this expression is intended. See John 10:34-36. The sense therefore is, I have endued thee with power as a magistrate, a prince, etc. Jeremiah 1:10.