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Matthew Henry · Citado em PreceptAustin
Êxodo 8
Henry - Frogs were to make such an inroad upon them as should make them uneasy in their houses, in their beds, and at their tables; they should not be able to eat, nor drink, nor sleep in quietness, but, wherever they were, should be infested by them, Ex 8:3, 4. God’s curse upon a man will pursue him wherever he goes, and lie heavily upon him whatever he does. See Deut 28:16, etc. There is no avoiding divine judgments when they invade with commission. Exodus 8:4 So the frogs will come up on you and your people and all your servants. Ps 107:40 Isa 19:11,22 23:9 Da 4:37 Ac 12:22,23 Heket with Head of Frog So the frogs will come up on you and your people and all your servants - Frogs literally on Pharaoh! Here a frog, there a frog, everywhere a frog, frog! Frog legs on Pharaoh's legs! That probably set him to hopping! God has definitely got a sense of humor!
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Henry - Aaron is ordered to draw out the forces, and with his outstretched arm and rod to give the signal of battle. Dictum factum—No sooner said then done; the host is mustered, and, under the direction and command of an invisible power, shoals of frogs invade the land, and the Egyptians, with all their art and all their might, cannot check their progress, nor so much as give them a diversion.... Frogs came up, at the divine call, and covered the land. Note, God has many ways of disquieting those that live at ease. Exodus 8:6 So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. and the frogs - Lev 11:12 Ps 78:45 Ps 105:30 Rev 16:13 Parallel Passages: Psalms 78:45 He sent among them swarms of flies which devoured them, And frogs which destroyed them. Psalms 105:30 Their land swarmed with frogs Even in the chambers of their kings. Revelation 16:13 (see comments below) And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs; So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt - Covered the land means you could not take a step without stepping on a gooey frog! Cassuto - Gradually, village after village, city after city, street by street, house by house, room by room, everything became filled with frogs in the course of a few days. Then Pharaoh began to fear and called the magicians to take action. They did do something; but their action was not a cure for the plague. As we see later frogs (no fins or scales) are considered unclean Leviticus 11:9-12+ ‘These you may eat, whatever is in the water: all that have fins and scales, those in the water, in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat. 10 ‘But whatever is in the seas and in the rivers that does not have fins and scales among all the teeming life of the water, and among all the living creatures that are in the water, they are detestable things to you, 11 and they shall be abhorrent to you; you may not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses you shall detest. 12‘Whatever in the water does not have fins and scales is abhorrent to you.
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Henry - Those that would bring great things to pass for God and their generation must rise early, and redeem time in the morning. Pharaoh was early up at his superstitious devotions to the river; and shall we be for more sleep and more slumber when any service is to be done which would pass well in our account in the great day? In the morning - Moses had three morning meetings with Pharaoh - (1) Ex 7:15+ to warn of first plague against the Nile River, (2) Ex 8:20+ to warn of fourth plague of swarms of insects and (3) Ex 9:13+ apparently in the palace where Moses gives a long warning to Pharaoh and announces the sixth plague, heavy hail (Ex 9:18+). And present yourself before Pharaoh, as he comes out to the water, and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, "Let My people go, that they may serve Me - KJV = "Stand before" which more vividly gives us the sense of holding one’s ground and maintaining a position, clearly depicting a direct confrontation of light and darkness "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places." (cf Eph 6:12+). This is a face to face, mano on mano! Once again God's messengers fling down the gauntlet to let Israel go! Currid - The imperative (present yourself) is followed by the particle ‘behold’ (ED: AGAIN TRANSLATION OF hinneh IS OMITTED FROM THE NAS FOR REASONS UNCLEAR TO ME!) in the clause, ‘Behold he is going to the water.’ It is employed for the purpose of vividness and clarity (WHICH NAS, NET, ESV ALL MISS - ANOTHER REASON WE SHOULD ALL BECOME SOMEWHAT FACILE WITH THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGES!): Pharaoh is returning to the water in the morning. Earlier (in the comment on 7:15) the suggestion was made that he may have been there to worship the Nile god Hapi. If that is true, it reflects Pharaoh’s hardened heart. Even after that god has been humiliated and defeated, the King of Egypt returns to it. Henry - Those that would approve themselves God’s faithful servants must not be afraid of the face of man. Moses must stand before Pharaoh, proud as he was, and tell him that which was in the highest degree humbling, must challenge him Let My people go, that they may serve Me - This command is repeated some 9 times (Ex 5:1+; Ex 7:16+; Ex 8:1+; Ex 8:20+; Ex 8:21+; Ex 9:1+; Ex 9:13+; Ex 10:3+; Ex 10:4+) Play Louis Armstrong - Go Down Moses - Let My People Go or another version Moses Go Down (Let My People Go) Exodus 8:21 "For if you do not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of insects on you and on your servants and on your people and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of insects, and also the ground on which they dwell. swarms - Ps 78:45 Ps 105:31 Isa 7:18 Stable Fly PLAGUE #4 SWARMS OF INSECTS Parallel Passages: Ps 78:45 He sent among them swarms of flies which devoured (ate) them, And frogs which destroyed them. For if you do not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of insects - The exact insect is uncertain. Some suggest the dog fly (see word study below) or stable fly. Behold (hinneh) is again to get Pharaoh's attention to make sure he listens to this warning! He cannot blame God and say "You never warned me!" "The announcement of the fourth plague includes a play on words: ‘If you do not send out my people, behold, I will send out swarms of insects on you …’" (Currid) The psalmist comments that "He (Jehovah) sent among them swarms of flies which devoured them, And frogs which destroyed them." (Ps 78:45). Currid on insects - It may be directed against the Egyptian self-generated god of resurrection, Kheprer, who is symbolized by the flying beetle. A scarab is defined ‘an ancient Egyptian gem cut in the form of a beetle and engraved with symbols on its flat side, used as a signet etc.’ On you and on your servants and on your people and into your houses - Note the the repeated phrase "on..." indicating these insects are not going to be restricted to the kitchen table but are going to literally be all over the bodies of the people. And the houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of insects, and also the ground on which they dwell - Not only are they covering the people but covering the ground! Whoa! This will be maddening! Woe! Do you not see the incredible irony here? Almighty God would utilize tiny insects to show His power over mighty Pharaoh and his so-called gods (possibly Shu, Isis or Kheprer)! Pharaoh and his magicians could hardly just say "Shoo fly, shoo!" Pharaoh was forewarned this time just as he was with the frogs, before it was inflicted. In this case being forewarned would not allow neither Pharaoh or the people to be "forearmed." There were not enough "flyswatters" in Egypt to kill these swarms. There was no "OFF" bug spray, unless you were a Hebrew and had the "divine version" of "OFF BUG SPRAY!" (cf Ex 8:23). NET - The announcement of the fourth plague parallels that of the first plague. Now there will be flies, likely dogflies. Egypt has always suffered from flies, more so in the summer than in the winter. But the flies the plague describes involve something greater than any normal season for flies. The main point that can be stressed in this plague comes by tracing the development of the plagues in their sequence. Now, with the flies, it becomes clear that God can inflict suffering on some people and preserve others—a preview of the coming judgment that will punish Egypt but set Israel free. God is fully able to keep the dog-fly in the land of the Egyptians and save his people from these judgments. Swarms (of insects) (06157)(arob) describes a noxious, winged insect which swarms, exact identification is not currently known. Gilbrant writes "Possibly derived from the Syriac noun 'arruba, referring to a swarm of vermin and insects, ʿārōv refers to unidentifiable noxious and destructive insects that could include stinging flies, dog flies, mosquitoes or gnats." The Septuagint translates every use of arob with the Greek noun kunomuia (the first word "kuno" is Greek for dog) which Liddell-Scott translates as "dog fly" adding that figuratively in secular Greek it was a "shameless fly," an abusive epithet of impudent women! Arob - Exod. 8:21; Exod. 8:22; Exod. 8:24; Exod. 8:29; Exod. 8:31; Ps. 78:45; Ps. 105:31 Exodus 8:22 "But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where My people are living, so that no swarms of insects will be there, in order that you may know that I, the LORD, am in the midst of the land. I will set apart the land of Goshen- Ex 9:4,6,26 10:23 11:6,7 12:13 Mal 3:18 know - Ex 8:10 7:17 Eze 30:19 I, the LORD, am in the midst of the land - Ps 74:12 110:2 A DIVISION BETWEEN EGYPTIANS AND ISRAELITES But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where My people are living, so that no swarms of insects will be there - Goshen where the Israelites lived, was exempt from the plague. God placed a giant, invisible "screen door" around Goshen! The land of Goshen was the eastern section of the Nile delta. It was a fertile area, the main valley of it extending about 40 miles. Now what effect should this have had on Israel? Would this not authenticate Moses' words from God that He had come down to deliver them? Would it not increase their faith in Jehovah? One might even think it would produce worship, for only a promise produced worship in Ex 4:31, but here we see divine deeds backing up God's words! Set apart (06395)(palah) to be distinct, separate, set apart, to be different, to be selected, to be distinguished. To mark something as different from something else and to deal differently with it. It can take on the sense of being wonderful or amazingly constructed (Ps 139:14). This verb is used in Ex. 8:22; Ex 9:4 and Ex 11:7 meaning to make distinct, to distinguish or to separate and in all three passages the Septuagint (Lxx) translates palah with the verb paradoxazo (para = beside + doxazo = to glorify) which means to treat with distinction, to mark off, to make extraordinary. In the only other Scriptural use in Dt 28:59 paradoxazo translates "extraordinary" (pala). Thompson - “swarms of insects” describe an incalculable number. The word “swarm” in these verses is different from the word in verse 3. The emphasis of this word is on the fact that everything will be filled to a fullness level with flies (Ibid., p. 474). So we are not talking here about having a few flies at a picnic; we are talking here about everything filled with flies. The actual Hebrew word “insects” (arob) was used as a word referring to “flies.” In fact, in Psalm 78:45 it is translated “swarms of flies.”