Exodus 7:14
Pharaoh's <06547> [Pharaoh's.]
refuses <03985> [he refuseth.]
Exodus 12:38
mixed multitude <06154 07227> [And a mixed multitude. Heb. a great mixture.]
Exodus 8:24
came <0935> [there.]
land ..... land <0776> [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 [apomuios, muiagros, muiochoros,] because he was supposed to expel flies, and especially clear his temples of these insects. See Bryant.
ruined <07843> [corrupted. or destroyed.]
Exodus 9:3
hand <03027> [the hand.]
plague <01698> [murrain.]
We may observe a particular scope and meaning in this calamity, if we consider it in regard to the Egyptians, which would not have existed in respect to any other people. They held in idolatrous reverence almost every animal, but some they held in particular veneration; as the ox, cow, and ram. Among these, {Apis} and {Mnevis} are well known; the former being a sacred bull, worshipped at Memphis, as the latter was at Heliopolis. A cow or heifer had the like honours at Momemphis; and the same practice seems to have been adopted in most of the Egyptian {nomes.} By the infliction of this judgment, the Egyptian deities sank before the God of the Hebrews. See Bryant, pp. 87-93.
Exodus 9:18
tomorrow <04279> [to-morrow.]
rain <04305> [I will cause.]
This must have been a circumstance of all others the most incredible to an Egyptian; for in Egypt there fell no rain, the want of which was supplied by dews, and the overflowing of the Nile. The Egyptians must, therefore, have perceived themselves particularly aimed at in these fearful events, especially as they were very superstitious. There seems likewise a propriety in their being punished by fire and water, as they were guilty of the grossest idolatry towards these elements. Scarcely any thing could have distressed the Egyptians more than the destruction of the flax, as the whole nation wore linen garments. The ruin of their barley was equally fatal, both to their trade and to their private advantage. See Bryant, pp. 108-117.
Exodus 9:24
not ......... land <03808 0776> [none like.]
Exodus 18:18
surely wear <05034> [Thou wilt surely wear away. Heb. Fading thou wilt fade.]
able <03201> [thou art.]
Exodus 20:12
Honor <03513> [Honour.]
time <03117> [that thy.]
Exodus 4:10
eloquent <01697> [eloquent. Heb. a man of words.]
past <08032> [heretofore. Heb since yesterday, nor since the third day. slow of speech.]
Exodus 10:14
locusts ........................... locusts <0697> [the locusts.]
was very severe <03966 03515> [very grievous.]
before <06440> [before.]
Exodus 19:16
thunder ............. sound <06963> [thunders.]
dense <03515> [thick.]
thunder ............. sound <06963> [voice.]
people <05971> [all the people.]
