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Exodus 10:1 open_in_new
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
the LORD said. Jehovah said. See note on Exodus 3:7 and compare note on Exodus 6:10.
hardened. See note on Exodus 4:2.
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Exodus 10:3 open_in_new
Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews. Occurs only here and Exodus 9:1; Exodus 9:13.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
humble. depression of spirit rather than softening of heart. "To cry out" as conscious of suffering.. man may be humbled without humbling himself.
let My People go. Jehovah's fourth demand. See note on Exodus 5:1.
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Exodus 10:4 open_in_new
locusts. Compare Joel 2:1-10, and Revelation 9:3.
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Exodus 10:5 open_in_new
face of the earth. Hebrew "eye of the earth". Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), eye put for what is seen by it. App-6.
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Exodus 10:7 open_in_new
this man. Hebrew this one. No word for man here in Hebrew text.
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Exodus 10:8 open_in_new
who are they? Pharaoh's answer to Jehovah's fourth demand in Exodus 10:3. See note on Exodus 5:1.
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Exodus 10:9 open_in_new
We will go with our young, &c. Moses knew nothing of forsaking Egypt and leaving the little ones behind. Note the spiritual lesson; and compare Ephesians 6:4 and Genesis 7.
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Exodus 10:10 open_in_new
evil. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), App-6, evil put for death, threatened in Exodus 10:28.
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Exodus 10:11 open_in_new
men. Hebrew, plural of 'ish, or 'enosh (App-14.) This was Pharaoh's first objection to Jehovah's fifth demand in Exodus 5:1.
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Exodus 10:13 open_in_new
wind. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
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Exodus 10:15 open_in_new
earth. land.
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Exodus 10:16 open_in_new
sinned. Hebrew. chat'a. App-44.
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Exodus 10:17 open_in_new
death. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), App-6, death put for the plague which caused it.
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Exodus 10:18 open_in_new
And he. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "So Moses".
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Exodus 10:19 open_in_new
mighty strong. Figure of speech Synonymia. App-6. Locusts are always brought by east wind and carried away by west wind.
coasts. bounds, or borders.
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Exodus 10:20 open_in_new
the LORD hardened. Again this is stated. Compare Exodus 4:21.
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Exodus 10:21 open_in_new
the LORD (Hebrew. Jehovah. said. See note on Exodus 3:7, and compare note on Exodus 6:10.
darkness. First of four instances of darkness in judgment. Exodus 10:22.Matthew 27:45.Jude 1:13.Revelation 16:10.
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Exodus 10:24 open_in_new
let your flocks and your herds be stayed. Pharaoh's second objection to Jehovah's fifth and final demand in Exodus 10:9.
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Exodus 10:25 open_in_new
sacrifices. Hebrew. zebach. See App-43. sacrifice. Hebrew. 'asah. See App-43.
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Exodus 10:26 open_in_new
hoof. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6, "hoof" put for whole animal.
we know not. Note the contrast between the " thou " of Exodus 10:25 and the "we" of Exodus 10:26.
until we come thither. Note the spiritual lesson. Not until we leave the world can we have. true conception of Jehovah's requirements: "if any man do His will he shall know of the doctrine" (John 7:17).
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Exodus 10:27 open_in_new
hardened. See on Exodus 4:21.
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Exodus 10:28 open_in_new
Get thee from me. Eleven kings and rulers thus offended. Exodus 10:28. Num 24:1. 1 Kings 13:22 :27. 2 Kings 5:12. 2Ch 16:10. 2 Chronicles 24:21; 2 Chronicles 26:19; Jeremiah 26:21; Jeremiah 32:3.Matthew 14:3.
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Exodus 10:29 open_in_new
no more. Moses did not leave Pharaoh's presence till Exodus 11:8. So this is the Figure of speech Prolepsis (App-6).