Exodus 3:1
<01961> [A.M. 2513. B.C. 1491. kept.]
father-in-law <02859> [his father.]
mountain <02022> [the mountain.]
Horeb <02722> [Horeb.]
Exodus 6:1-30
see <07200> [Now shalt.]
compelled ............. strong <02389> [with a strong.]
drive <01644> [drive them.]
Lord <03068> [I am the Lord. or, Jehovah.]
God Almighty <07706 0410> [God Almighty.]
{El shadday,} God Almighty; for {shadday} is evidently of affinity with the Arabic {shadid,} strong, mighty, and {shiddat,} strength, might; so the LXX. in Job render it [panto krator,] Vulgate, in Pentateuch, {Omnipotens,} and Syriac, in Job, {chasino.}
name <08034> [but by my name.]
If Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, did not know the name Jehovah, then Moses must have used it in Genesis by prolepsis, or anticipation. Mr. Locke and others read it interrogatively, for the negative particle, {lo,} not, has frequently this power in Hebrew: "I appeared unto Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, and by my name Jehovah was I not also made known unto them?"
Lord <03068> [JEHOVAH.]
[JAH.]
established <06965> [established.]
land ....... living <0776 04033> [the land of their.]
groaning <05009> [the groaning.]
remembered <02142> [I have remembered.]
Lord <03068> [I am the Lord.]
bring ... out <03318> [I will bring.]
redeem <01350> [redeem.]
take <03947> [will take.]
God ............ God <0430> [I will be.]
enslavement <05450> [from under.]
swore <05375> [swear. Heb. lift up my hand.]
The ancient mode of appealing to God was by lifting up the right hand, and was considered as a form of swearing. Hence {yamin,} in Hebrew the right hand, is in Arabic an oath, and as a verb, to take an oath. A similar custom prevailed among the heathens. See Virg. ’n. 1. xii. v. 196.
give ............ give <05414> [to give.]
Lord <03068> [I am.]
listen <08085> [hearkened.]
discouragement <07115> [anguish. Heb. shortness. or, straitness.]
Israelites <01121> [children.]
difficulty <06189> [am.]
The italics shew that this word has been supplied by our translators; hence it may be inferred by some that Moses was uncircumcised. The difficulty is in some measure cleared away, by using the word uncircumcised in the sense of unsuitable or incapacitated, see ver. 30, which agrees with ch. 4:10 where Moses complains of want of eloquence; but by substituting is for am in this place, the connection with the former part of the verse is preserved; "For if the chosen seed, the circumcised sons of Jacob, refuse to hear me," as though Moses had said, "how can I expect to make uncircumcised Pharaoh pay attention to me?"
heads <07218> [the heads.]
sons <01121> [The sons.]
heads ......................... clans <07218 04940> [these be.]
sons ............. son <01121> [sons.]
[Nemuel. Jarib. Zerah.]
sons <01121> [sons.]
Kohath <06955> [Kohath.]
137 <03967> [an hundred.]
[Shimei.]
[Laadan. Shimei.]
sons <01121> [sons.]
[Izehar.]
length ....... years <08141> [and the years.]
Amram ................. Amram's <06019> [Amram.]
length ....... years <08141> [and the years.]
The Samaritan, LXX., Syriac, and one Hebrew MS. add, "And Miriam their sister;" which some of the best critics suppose to have been originally in the text.
Korah <07141> [Korah.]
Elisheba <0472> [Elisheba.]
Amminadab <05992> [Amminadab.]
Nadab <05070> [Nadab.]
Korah <07141> [Korah.]
Elkanah <0511> [Elkanah.]
Phinehas <06372> [Phinehas.]
heads <07218> [the heads.]
Aaron <0175> [That Aaron.]
Bring <03318> [Bring.]
regiments <06635> [armies.]
speaking <01696> [spake.]
bring <03318> [to bring.]
Lord <03068> [I am the.]
said ........ Tell .......... telling <01696> [speak.]
difficulty <06189> [uncircumcised.]
Exodus 10:1-29
hardened <03513> [I have hardened.]
display <07896> [that I.]
tell how ......... about <05608> [And that.]
know <03045> [that ye.]
How <04970> [How long.]
humble <06031> [humble.]
[tomorrow.]
locusts <0697> [locusts.]
The word {arbeh,} Locust, is derived from {ravah,} to multiply, be numerous, etc., because they are more prolific than any other insect, and because of the immense swarms of them by which different countries, especially the East, are infested. The locust, in entomology, belongs to a genus of insects known among naturalists by the name of Grylli; which includes three species, crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts. The common great brown locust is about three inches in length; has two antenn‘ about an inch long, and two pair of wings. The head and horns are brown; the mouth and inside of the larger legs bluish; the upper side of the body and upper wings brown, the former spotted with black, and the latter with dusky spots. The back is defended by a shield of a greenish hue: the under wings are of a light brown, tinctured with green, and nearly transparent. It has a large open mouth, in the two jaws of which it has four teeth, which traverse each other like scissors, being calculated, from their mechanism, to gripe or cut. The general appearance of the insect is that of the grasshopper. The Egyptians had gods in whom they trusted to deliver them from these terrible invaders; but by this judgment they were taught that it was impossible to stand before Moses, the servant of Jehovah.
surface <05869> [face. Heb. eye.]
remainder <03499> [the residue.]
fill <04390> [fill.]
fathers .... grandfathers <01> [which.]
turned <06437> [And he.]
menace <04170> [How long.]
menace <04170> [snare.]
Egypt <04714> [that Egypt.]
So <07725> [brought.]
Go .......... going <01980> [who. Heb. who, and who, etc.]
<03212> [We will go.]
sheep <06629> [our flocks.]
feast <02282> [a feast.]
release <07971> [be so.]
Watch ... Trouble <07200 07451> [look to it.]
want <01245> [for that.]
driven out <01644> [And they.]
Extend <05186> [Stretch.]
eat .... grows <0398 06212> [eat every.]
east wind ................ east wind <07307 06921> [east wind.]
locusts ........................... locusts <0697> [the locusts.]
was very severe <03966 03515> [very grievous.]
before <06440> [before.]
covered <03680> [For they.]
ate <0398> [did eat.]
summoned Moses <07121 04872> [called for. Heb. hastened to call. I have.]
forgive <05375> [forgive.]
pray <06279> [and intreat.]
death <04194> [this death.]
out <03318> [went.]
prayed <06279> [and intreated.]
very <03966> [a mighty.]
blew <08628> [cast. Heb. fastened. the Red sea.]
Extend <05186> [Stretch.]
darkness ........ darkness <02822> [darkness.]
As the Egyptians not only worshipped the light and sun, but also paid the same veneration to night and darkness, nothing could be more terrible than this punishment of palpable and coercive darkness, such as their luminary Osiris could not dispel. See Bryant, pp. 141-160.
darkness ........ darkness ....... felt <02822 04959> [even darkness which may be felt. Heb. that one may feel darkness.]
absolute darkness <02822 0653> [thick darkness.]
Israelites <01121> [but all.]
flocks <06629> [flocks.]
families <02945> [little ones.]
<03027> [us. Heb. into our hands. sacrifices.]
livestock <04735> [cattle.]
know <03045> [and we.]
Watch <03212 08104> [Get thee.]
when <03117> [for in that.]
see <07200> [I will see.]
Exodus 13:1-22
apart <06942> [Sanctify.]
The word {kadash} is to consecrate, separate, and set apart a person or thing from all common or secular purposes to some religious use; and exactly answers to the Greek [hagiazo,] from [a,] privative, and [g‚,] the earth; because everything offered or consecrated to God was separated from all earthly uses.
Remember <02142> [Remember.]
place <01004> [out of the.]
enslaved <05650> [bondage. Heb. servants. strength.]
yeast <02557> [there.]
Abib <024> [Abib.]
brings <0935> [shall bring.]
swore <07650> [sware.]
land .................... land <0776> [a land.]
keep <05647> [thou shalt keep.]
sign <0226> [a sign.]
This expression, says Michaelis, alludes to the custom of the Orientals, of burning in their right hand all kinds of marks with the ashes of henna, which gives an indelible colour; and this is done even to this day. They were likewise accustomed to write all kinds of sayings, and frequently superstitious words, on slips or pieces of linen, which they wore as ornaments on their foreheads.
mouth <06310> [may be.]
hand ....................... mighty hand <03027 02389> [strong hand.]
swore <07650> [as he sware.]
over <05674> [thou shalt.]
over <05674> [set apart. Heb. cause to pass over. openeth.]
donkey <02543> [of an ass.]
lamb <07716> [lamb. or, kid.]
redeem .......... redeem ................ redeem <06299> [shalt thou.]
son <01121> [thy son.]
future <04279> [in time to come. Heb. tomorrow.]
mighty <02392> [By strength.]
Lord killed ............................ Lord <02026 03068> [the Lord slew.]
sacrificing <02076> [therefore I.]
sign <0226> [a token.]
frontlets <02903> [frontlets.]
mighty <02392> [for by.]
people ......................... people change <05162 05971> [the people repent.]
return <07725> [return.]
brought ... people around <05437 05971> [led the.]
prepared for battle <02571> [harnessed. or, by five in a rank.]
made .... solemnly <07650> [for he had.]
God <0430> [God.]
remove <04185> [He took.]
pillar ........ pillar ... fire <0784 05982> [pillar of fire.]
