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Exodus Chapter 8
Overview
Exo 8:1, Frogs are sent; Exo 8:8, Pharaoh sues to Moses, who by prayer removes them away; Exo 8:16, The dust is turned into lice, which the magicians could not do; Exo 8:20, The plague of flies; Exo 8:25, Pharaoh inclines to let the people go, but yet is hardened.
Go: Jer 1:17-19, Jer 15:19-21; Eze 2:6, Eze 2:7
Let my: Exo 3:12, Exo 3:18, Exo 5:1, Exo 7:16
frogs: The Hebrew tzephardêim is evidently the same with the Arabic zafda, Chaldaic oordeânaya, and Syriac oordeai, all of which denote frogs, as almost all interpreters, both ancient and modern, agree to render it; Bochart conceives, from tzifa, a bank, and rada, mud, because of delighting in muddy and marshy places. Psa 78:45, Psa 105:30; Rev 16:13, Rev 16:14
kneading troughs, or, dough, Exo 12:34
Psa 107:40; Isa 19:11, Isa 19:22, Isa 23:9; Dan 4:37; Act 12:22, Act 12:23
and the frogs: Whether the frog among the Egyptians was an object of reverence or abhorrence is uncertain. It might have been both at the same time, as many objects are known to have been among particular nations; for proof of which see the very learned Jacob Bryant, on the Plagues of Egypt, pp. 31-34. Lev 11:12; Psa 78:45, Psa 105:30; Rev 16:13
Exo 7:11, Exo 7:22; Deu 13:1-3; Mat 24:24; Th2 2:9-11; Ti2 3:8; Rev 13:14
Entreat: Exo 5:2, Exo 9:28, Exo 10:17; Num 21:7; Sa1 12:19; Kg1 13:6; Act 8:24
and I will: Exo 8:25-28, Exo 10:8-11, Exo 10:24-27, Exo 12:31, Exo 12:32, Exo 14:5; Psa 66:3 *marg. Psa 78:34-36; Jer 34:8-16
Glory over me: or, Have this honour over me, Jdg 7:2; Kg1 18:25; Isa 10:15
when: or, against when
to destroy: Heb. to cut of, Exo 8:13
To morrow: or, against to-morrow, Pro 27:1; Jam 4:14
there is none: Exo 9:14, Exo 9:29, Exo 15:11; Deu 32:31, Deu 33:26; Sa2 7:22; Ch1 17:20; Psa 9:16; Psa 83:18, Psa 86:8, Psa 89:6-8; Isa 40:25, Isa 46:9; Jer 10:6, Jer 10:7
Exo 8:8, Exo 8:30, Exo 9:33, Exo 10:18, Exo 32:11; Sa1 12:23; Eze 36:37; Jam 5:16-18
and the: Exo 8:24, Exo 7:21; Isa 34:2; Eze 39:11; Joe 2:20
saw: Exo 14:5; Ecc 8:11; Isa 26:10; Jer 34:7-11; Hos 6:4
he hardened: Exo 4:21, Exo 7:4, Exo 7:13, Exo 7:14; Pro 29:1; Zac 7:11, Zac 7:12; Heb 3:8, Heb 3:15; Rev 16:9
lice: The word kinnim is rendered by the LXX σκιφες, σκιπες, or σκνηφες, and by the Vulgate sciniphes, Gnats; and Mr. Harmer supposes he has found out the true meaning in the word tarrentes, a species of worm. Bochart, however, seems to have proved that lice, and not gnats, are meant; because:
1. They sprang from the dust, and not from the waters;
2. They were on both man and beast, which cannot be said of gnats;
3. Their name is derived from koon, to make firm, fix, establish, which cannot agree with gnats, flies, etc., which are ever changing place, and almost constantly on the wing;
4. The term kinnah is used by the Talmudists to express the louse.
This insect must have been a very dreadful and afflicting plague to the Egyptians, and especially to the priests, who were obliged to shave all their hair off, and to wear a single linen tunic, to prevent vermin harbouring about them.
lice in man: Psa 105:31; Isa 23:9; Act 12:23
the magicians: Exo 7:11
they could: Exo 9:11; Gen 41:8; Isa 19:12, Isa 47:12, Isa 47:13; Dan 2:10, Dan 2:11, Dan 4:7, Dan 5:8; Luk 10:18; Ti2 3:8, Ti2 3:9
This is: Sa1 6:3, Sa1 6:9; Psa 8:3; Dan 2:10, Dan 2:11, Dan 2:19; Mat 12:28; Luk 11:20; Joh 11:47; Act 4:16
and Pharaoh's: Exo 8:15
lo: Exo 7:15
Let my: Exo 8:1
swarms: or, a mixture of noisome beasts, etc. The word arov is rendered κυνομυια, kunomuia, the dog-fly, by the LXX (who are followed by the learned Bochart), which must have been particularly hateful to the Egyptians, because they held dogs in the highest veneration, under which form they worshipped Anubis. Psa 78:45, Psa 105:31; Isa 7:18
sever: Exo 9:4, Exo 9:6, Exo 9:26, Exo 10:23, Exo 11:6, Exo 11:7, Exo 12:13; Mal 3:18
know: Exo 8:10, Exo 7:17; Eze 30:19
a division: Heb. a redemption
to morrow: or, by to-morrow
there: Exo 8:21; Psa 78:45, Psa 105:31
the land: How intolerable a plague of flies can prove, is evident from the fact that whole districts have been laid waste by them. The inhabitants have been forced to quit their cities, not being able to stand against the flies and gnats with which they were pestered. Hence different people had deities whose office it was to defend them against flies. Among these may be reckoned Baalzebub, the fly-god of Ekron; Hercules, muscarum abactor, Hercules the expeller of flies; and hence Jupiter had the titles of απομυιος, μυιαγρος, μυιοχορος, because he was supposed to expel flies, and especially clear his temples of these insects. See Bryant. Exo 8:14
corrupted: or destroyed
Exo 8:8, Exo 9:27, Exo 10:16, Exo 12:31; Rev 3:9
It is not: Exo 3:18; Co2 6:14-17
we shall: Gen 43:32, Gen 46:34; Deu 7:25, Deu 7:26, Deu 12:30, Deu 12:31; Ezr 9:1; Isa 44:19
the abomination: i.e. The animals which they worshipped; for an account of which, see note on Exo 9:3. Kg1 11:5-7; Kg2 23:13
three days': Exo 3:18, Exo 5:1
as he shall: Exo 3:12, Exo 10:26, Exo 34:11; Lev 10:1; Mat 28:20
I will: Hos 10:2
entreat: Exo 8:8, Exo 8:29, Exo 9:28, Exo 10:17; Kg1 13:6; Ezr 6:10; Ecc 6:10; Act 8:24
to morrow: Exo 8:10
deal: Exo 8:8, Exo 8:15; Psa 66:3 *marg. Psa 78:34-37; Jer 42:20, Jer 42:21; Act 5:3, Act 5:4; Gal 6:7
entreated: Exo 8:12, Exo 9:33; Jam 5:16
Exo 8:15, Exo 4:21, Exo 7:13, Exo 7:14; Isa 63:17; Act 28:26, Act 28:27; Rom 2:5; Jam 1:13, Jam 1:14