CONCLUSION: God's terms of reconcilliation are fixed and cannot be For this the text not only gives no ground but furnishes its unequivocal disproof. The force of this is made still more manifest by what follows. Consequently it is the standing witness of this solemn truth. The time was coming when they should no longer be a family but a nation; and if God was about to reveal Himself after a special sort, He at the same time particularly brings before them His association with their fathers. But, however this may be judged by others, it would appear that, although not specifically a serpent, it was meant here to embrace a creature with such qualities. ; and consequently the period of doubling at this rate would be less than sixteen years. But the resource was at hand. He did indeed accomplish it, but at all cost to Himself. 'every soul.'. Their proud will was broken, although their hearts were by no means with God. I arrant you that to the Christian both these truths are made good. But that he may sink down into the character of a minister, he does not say that the locusts came up at his command, but assigns the glory of the operation to the Lord alone. Part of Exodus 16:1-36 is Elohistic; Numbers 11:1-35 is Jehovistic.". There could be nothing more thorough. 3. Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. It also seems fairly clear that God used the physical characteristics of the Nile valley to produce them.When the first plague struck, it polluted all the water in the Nile and in the irrigation canals and reservoirs connected with it, resulting in all the fish dying. Is it not probable then that the writer in Exodus puts two different facts together which were separate in time; viz., the sending of quails and manna? These two truths combine in the Christian; but there is this difference between them that the world also is "bought," and every man in it; whereas it would be false to say that every man in the world is "redeemed." Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. Smiting was as wrong now as it was right before, and so consequently was the application of Moses' judicial rod. If He chooses a man that is slow of speech, who can say Nay? I highly recommend and suggest this Bible pocket handbook as the first book you get after your Bible, the first book of your library, and it should be Haley's Bible pocket handbook for all of the rich information that it has stored up. We might have put in that Jehovah saved Israel on the night of the paschal lamb; but nowhere then is such an expression heard. Pharaoh's renewed confession and refusal (Exodus 10:16) signs before him: And that thou mayest tell in the ears of th stretch Exodus 7:19 eat every Exodus 10:4 Exodus 10:5 Exodus 10:12 - Annotated Bible by A.C. 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So it is with all other truths; and amongst the rest with this, that God, instead of waiting to have us in heaven, and taking up His abode in our midst there, makes us to be His habitation while we are here a proof of His love and of the perfectness of Christ's redemption incomparably greater than waiting till we are actually changed and taken to heaven, because here He deigns to dwell with us spite of all we are. Accordingly the tale is told with all simplicity. Jehovah shows from the very first how all the consequences of His raising and sending Moses to Pharaoh were before His own mind. The consequence was that his wife had to take a sharp stone and execute the work herself. It was impossible for the Spirit, on the one hand, to blame the love that prompted the hand of Moses; it was impossible, on the other, to vindicate the act. 13.. The book of Numbers does not contain the least hint that quails had been previously sent to the people; but the narrative leaves the impression that this was their first and only bestowal, a year after the time specified inExodus 16:1-36; Exodus 16:1-36 at Kibroth-hattaavah, after the people had become tired of the manna. Moses ascribes it to the stretching out, not of his own hand, but the rod of God, the instituted sign of God's presence with him. Torah Portion: Exodus 10:1-13:16 Bo ("Come") recounts the last three plagues that God inflicts on the Egyptians: locusts, darkness, and death of firstborns. It was the unworthy dealing of his brethren which broke up all hope for the present. God bids Moses stretch out his hand (Exodus 10:12; Exodus 10:12), to beckon them, as it wee (for they came at a call), and he stretched forth his rod,Exodus 10:13; Exodus 10:13. 19 And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt. What a state! It was a test of sovereignty. What lessons are to be gained from mythology? And he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you." It was meant to be an image of that which was then presented to the spirit of Moses a bush in a desert burning but unconsumed. Mr. Malthus, who had no bias in favour of the Bible, will be allowed to speak on this subject. to him, replies, "Who is Jehovah, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? The job involved quite a bit of speaking, often in the presence of people in authority, like Pharaoh and the elders of Israel. * It is a matter, perhaps, too well known to need many words, that every woman was simply to ask of her neighbour, etc., vessels of silver and of gold, with raiment, which were to be put on Israel's sons and daughters. The bearing of this on the Christian is most evident. At first they may have been involved in a general way, but gradually a separation is made more and more plain. I. [ Continue Reading ] Exodus 12:21. The object of the law was threefold-- (1) to test obedience; (2) to give an advantage to the poor and needy, to whom the crop of the seventh year belonged ( Exodus 23:11 ); and (3) to allow an opportunity, once in seven years, for prolonged communion with God and increased religious observances. The Israelites who were not circumcised in the wilderness could not have found work for Aaron and his sons; for that rite was the basis for all the rest, and yet it was certainly neglected there and then. This then is brought before Moses and Aaron, and soon after we find the message given, "Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land." How long are you gonna let them wipe us out? The point of this wonder was the change of power (which a "rod" means in scripture) into something Satanic. 3. ix.) Pharaoh's admission, hereupon, Exodus 10:16; Exodus 10:17. The plague of locusts is threatened. *The Authorised Version does not distinguish as it evidently ought between or on the one hand, and on the other, meaning "I buy," and "I redeem." That God now takes this name as the revealed character according to which He was going publicly to act on behalf of the children of Israel. Next, the seventh plague (Exodus 9:13-35), hail with thunder and consuming fire, drew from Pharaoh the confession of his sin and a promise to let the people go, broken by him as soon as Jehovah heard the intercession of Moses. It is sweet to see these analogies; because in one respect there can scarcely be two volumes more different than the Old Testament and the New Testament; but just as clearly there is everywhere the same mind, and the same source God Himself dealing with a different subject, but the same God no matter what He deals with. show His signs before them, 12-20 God bids Moses stretch out his hand; locusts came at the call. The tamarix manifera or tarafa shrub yields the substance in question by the puncture of an insect, the coccus maniparus, Exodus 16:9-26; Exodus 16:9-26 is Elohistic; Numbers 11:1-35 is Jehovistic. I will only add, that in Exodus 13:1-22 we find another thing a character stamped on the firstborn brought into connection with the Passover. Another plague might, if not must, be the destruction of the nation. Besides there may have been notice given long before the tenth of Abib. 65,) that "according toExodus 12:16; Exodus 12:16, etc., the feast of unleavened bread was introduced before the exodus; but from Exodus 13:3, etc., we learn that it was instituted after that event at Succoth." Some students of Exodus have mistakenly called it the Sea of Reeds. Undoubtedly hardening there is. Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, "This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you. III. CRISES BRING OUT THE CHARACTERS OF THE BAD, INTENSIFYING THEIR DEFECTS, Under the pressure of circumstances obstinacy becomes infatuation, indifference to human suffering develops into active cruelty, self-conceit into overbearing presumption, ill-temper into violence. Proud member Pharaohs permission for the male Israelites to leave Egypt to worship God brought on by the urging of his counselors was arbitrary. 256-57. Undoubtedly it must have been a far greater trial to his spirit than the relinquishment of any personal advantages. None but God could have drawn the picture. Some stubbornly supported Pharaoh but others tried to persuade him to release the Israelites. Third, he gave permission for the males to leave, but their children had to remain in Egypt (Exodus 10:8-11). Exodus 10 /. They never were in greater alarm than after they had partaken of the paschal feast; but that alarm was used of God to show the total inability of Israel to cope with the difficulty. But there is more than this; for God takes care to utter another word: "Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, Jehovah the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you." One may wonder if these facts were discerned by Pharaoh. After this is proved, abundant refreshment is given. Exodus 10:12-20 New International Version 12 And the Lord said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over Egypt so that locusts swarm over the land and devour everything growing in the fields, everything left by the hail." 13 So Moses stretched out his staff over Egypt, and the Lord made an east wind blow across the land all that day and all that night. Every one knows the habit in Hebrew, and indeed other languages, for the speaker to throw himself forward into the chief event in question, even if there had been no express preliminaries which evince the futility of the statement. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. Through that the new relationship between the people and Jehovah were fixed: God was now dwelling amidst His people Israel was able to approach God and to worship Him (by means of the offerings) 1. Moses was told by Jehovah to put his hand in his bosom. The Sovereign Master made them His property: they are a part of that which He purchased to Himself by blood. He said, in effect, You can be who you are, but live as a part of your larger culture; do not be distinctive. This seems to be conveyed in these three signs. 2. Thus they failed in faith to sanctify Jehovah before Israel. How this was arrested is a most instructive lesson, but it will be found later on in this book. "The king who . God makes both true in Christ of the believer; but purchase is unlimited, as an examination of the Greek Testament will convince any soul who reads the word of God with a subject spirit; while redemption has its defined objects. They are made to feel the necessity of dependence on the one who is not in the fight, but outside it, and above it all. He entreats Moses and Aaron to pray for him. Moses then bends to the blast. This is some heavy-duty darkness; it was so dark that the Egyptians could not even move outside. In the latter part of the chapter there is another topic. It is Christ the hidden manna, Christ in His humiliation never to be forgotten by our hearts. can discuss each week's commentary and lesson at the . "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.". Exodus 7 Images and Notes Brief Summary: Moses is appointed to give the Word of the LORD to Pharaoh, The LORD will multiply His signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, Aaron's rod becomes a serpent, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, The river is turned into blood, The magicians of Egypt imitate the miracles of Moses and Aaron. In Exodus 17:1-16 we have not Christ given from above, the bread of God for us while we are in the world, but the rock smitten with Moses' rod when the waters flow abundantly. It is of course as simple as necessary for those who know God, but none the less delightful to find it stated clearly. (Exodus 10:21-29) The sovereign who derived his name from the sun availed nothing for all the land of Egypt, while the darkness which might be felt was made visible in its source by the light which all the children of Israel had in their habitations.