Exodus 9:13-35

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send .... plagues <07971 04046> [send all.]

know <03045> [that thou.]

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stretched out <07971> [stretch.]

struck <05221> [that.]

destroyed <03582> [cut off.]

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for ... purpose <05668> [deed.]

stand <05975> [raised thee up. Heb. made thee stand. for to.]

name <08034> [that my.]

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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.

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gather <05756> [and gather.]

hail <01259> [the hail.]

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take ... word ..... seriously <07760 01697> [regarded not. Heb. set not his heart unto.]

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Lord sent ............. Lord <05414 03068> [the Lord sent.]

hail ............ hail <01259> [and hail.]

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not ......... land <03808 0776> [none like.]

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struck ................... struck .... grows <05221 06212> [smote every.]

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sinned <02398> [I have.]

Lord <03068> [the Lord.]

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Pray <06279> [Intreat.]

mighty thunderings <06963 0430> [mighty thunderings. Heb. voices of God.]

stay <05975> [ye shall.]

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spread <06566> [spread.]

earth <0776> [that the earth.]

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flax ................. flax <06594> [flax.]

The word {pishteh,} flax, Mr. Parkhurst thinks may be derived from {pashat,} to strip, because the substance which we call flax is properly the filaments of the bark or rind of the vegetable, stripped off the stalks. From time immemorial, Egypt was celebrated for the production and manufacture of flax; and hence the linen and fine linen of Egypt, so often spoken of in scripture and ancient authors.

barley ......... barley <08184> [the barley.]

The Hebrew {se¢rah,} barley, in Arabic {shair,} and {shairat,} is so called from its rough, bristly beard, with which the ears are covered and defended; from {saƒr,} to stand on end as the hair of the head: hence {seƒr,} the hair of the head. So its Latin name {hordeum} is from {horreo,} to stand on end as the hair. Dr. Pococke has observed that there is a double seed time and harvest in Egypt; rice, India wheat, and a grain called the corn of Damascus, are sown and reaped at a very different time from wheat, barley, and flax. The first are sown in March, before the overflowing of the Nile, and reaped about October; whereas the wheat and barley are sown in November and December, as soon as the Nile has gone off, and reaped before May.

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later crops <0648> [not grown up. Heb. hidden, or dark.]

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spread out <06566> [spread.]

the <06963> [and the thunders.]

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saw <07200> [saw.]

hardened <03513> [and hardened.]