Êxodo 8

Êxodo 8

Morris - The remaining miracles not only were utterly beyond the abilities of either men or demons to perform or imitate, but also further demonstrated by this divinely ordained selectivity the true God behind the miracles. Each judgment, in fact, in some way "mocked" the impotent gods of Egypt. Division (0634)(peduth from padah) means to achieve the transfer of ownership from one to another through payment of a price or an equivalent substitute and thus it means redemption or ransom. The significance of this term in Exodus 8:19 is difficult to understand, as the Septuagint word diastole also means division and not redemption. Here are the other 3 uses, all meaning redemption... Psalm 111:9 He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; Holy and awesome is His name. Psalm 130:7 O Israel, hope in the LORD; For with the LORD there is lovingkindness, And with Him is abundant redemption. Isaiah 50:2 “Why was there no man when I came? When I called, why was there none to answer? Is My hand so short that it cannot ransom? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, I dry up the sea with My rebuke, I make the rivers a wilderness; Their fish stink for lack of water And die of thirst. Exodus 8:24 Then the LORD did so. And there came great swarms of insects into the house of Pharaoh and the houses of his servants and the land was laid waste because of the swarms of insects in all the land of Egypt. there - Ex 8:21 Ps 78:45 105:31 PROMISE KEPT... A PLETHORA OF PESTS Then the LORD did so - God always fulfills His promises. And there came great swarms of insects into the house of Pharaoh and the houses of his servants - Nowhere is excluded except Goshen. The word great (kabed - Ex 4:10; Ex 7:14; Ex 8:24; Ex 9:3; Ex 9:18; Ex 9:24; Ex 10:14; Ex 12:38; Ex 17:12; Ex 18:18; Ex 19:16;) means a "heavy" swarm (arob) and reads literally "and the insects came heavily." There is a fascinating play on words because the word kabed in Ex 7:14 describes Pharaoh’s heart as stubborn! and the land was laid waste because of the swarms of insects in all the land of Egypt - "One of the results of the fourth plague is that the land was ‘ruined’ because of the flies. The verb form is a Niphal imperfect. The imperfect tense here probably serves as a habitual non-perfective expressing continuous action. In other words, the land was in the process of being destroyed." (Currid) The Septuagint translates laid waste with a strong Greek verb exolothreuo which can mean utterly destroyed. Laid waste (07843)(shachath) means to decay, to go to ruin, to corrupt, to destroy (Sodom and Gomorrah = Ge 13:10, Ge 18:28, 31-32), to lay waste (Ex 8:24). Shachath is used of Israelites who worshiped the golden calf (Ex 32:7; Dt 9:12; 32:5, Hos 9:9). God warned He would destroy Israel if they were turned away from following Him (Nu 32:15). Shachath describes Israel's behavior as more corrupt after a judge died (Jdg 2:19). NET Note adds that "This is the verb that is used in Ge 13:10 (also Ge 18:28, 31, 32, Ge 19:13, 14) to describe how Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Swarms of flies would disrupt life, contaminate everything, and bring disease."