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cattel:

19. Send therefore now, and gather thy cattel, and all that then Which caped the baft in the field: for upon every Murrain, v. 6. man and beast which shall be found in the field, and fhall not be brought home, the hail fhall come down upon them, and they hall die

20. He that feared the word of the LORD among ft. the fervants of Pharaoh, made his fervants and his cat tel flee into the houses.

21. And he that regardeth not the word of the LORD, left bis fervants and his cattel in the field.

22. And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt; upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.

23. And Mofes ftretched forth his rod toward heaven, and the LORD fent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

24. So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, fuch as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt, fince it became a nation.

25. And the bail fmote throughout all the land of Egypt, all that was in the field, both man and beaft: and the hail fmote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.

26. Onely in the land of Goshen, where the children of Ifrael were, was there no hail.

26. Was there no

bail: See Notes on v. 4 and 5. and Ifa, 32. 18, 19.

27. And Pharaoh fent, and called for Mofes and Aaron, and faid unto them, I have finned this timed: the LORD, is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

28. Mighty thundrings: Heb. Voices of God, Pfal. 29.4,5.

28. Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thundrings and bail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

29. And

29. And Mofes faid unto him, Affoon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD: and the thunder fhall cease, neither shall there be any more bail; that thou mayeft know, how that the earth is the LORD's.

29. I will spread abroad my hands: I will extend my hands Chaldee. See v. 28. in Prayer; fays the and 1 Tim. 2.8. The Earth: Pfal. 24. 1.

30. But as for thee and thy fervants, I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God.

31. And the flax, and the barley was fmitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.

32. But the wheat and the rie were not fmitten: for they were not grown up.

32. Not grown up:

Heb. Hidden,or dark; i.e. They were not so forward as the Bar-.

ley.

33. And Mofes went out of the city from Pharaoh, and fpread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.

34. And when Pharaoh faw, that the rain, and the bail, and the thunders were ceased, he finned yet more, and bardned his heart, he and his fervants.

35. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardned, neither would he let the children of Ifrael go; as the LORD had spoken by Mofes.

35. As the LORD had spoken: As the Lord had commanded, fays the Vulgar, re ferring it to the words

immediately going before, By Mofes: Heb. By the hand

of Mofes,

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The ARGUMENT:

Pharaoh is threatned with a moft grievous Plague of Lo cufts: Upon this, and his Servants request, he inclines to terms: But they being refufed, God fends the Plague of Locusts, and removes them at his request. After which he refufeth to let the people go. After this fucceeded the Plague of Darkness. Pharaoh is hardned, and warneth Mofes to come no more into his prefence.

1. AND the LORD faid 1. FOR, &c. Or,

Mofes, Go in unto Though: Ch. Pharaoh: for I have hardened his 4. 21.

heart, and the heart of his fervants; that I might fhew thefe my figns before him:

2. And that thou mayeft tell in the ears of thy Son, and of thy fons Jon, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my figns which I have done amongst them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD.

2. Mayeft tell, &c. See ch. 9. 16. Deut. 6. 20, 22. Pfal. 78. 5, 6, 7.

3. And Mofes and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and faid unto him, Thus faith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thy felf before me? Let my people go, that they may ferve me.

4. Elfe if thou refuse to let my people go, bebold, to morrow will I bring the locufts into thy coaft.

5. And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to fee the earth and they shall eat the refidue of that which is efcaped, which remaineth unto you

4. Locusts: Wild 16.9.

5. The face: Heb. The eye; i. e. the fuperficies of the Earth. The Jewish Writers by the Eye of the

Earth,

from the bail, and shall eat every Earth,understand the tree which groweth for you out of Sun, and that the the field.

multitude of Locufts did intercept the light

of the Suri, and hinder the Egyptians from feeing the Earth, which agrees very well with what follows in this Verfe, and with verf. 15. [vid. Abravenel, and the Chaldee on the place.] The refidue: Ch. 9:32. Every tree: Though the Trees were broken by the Hail, yet it does not thence follow that they were altogether rendred unfruitfull.

6. And they shall fill thy houses, 6. Have feen: Vid and the boufes of all thy fervants, Verf. 14.

and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fa thers, nor thy father's fathers have feen, fince the day that they were upon the earth, unto this day. And be turned bimfelf, and went out from Pharaoh.

7. And Pharaoh's fervants faid unto him, How long shall this man be a fnare unto us? Let the men

7. A fnare: i. e An occafion of our

ruine.

go, that they may ferve the LORD their God: Know eft thou not yet, that Egypt is deftroyed?

8. And Mofes and Aaron were

brought again unto Pharaoh

8. Who: Heb. Whe

and and who, &c. he faid unto them, Go, ferve the LORD your God; but who are they that shall go?

9. And Mofes faid, we will go with our young, and with our old, with our fons, and with our daughters; with our

flocks, and with our herds will we go: for we must hold

a feaft unto the LORD.

す 10. And he faid unto them, Let

the LORD be fo with you, as

will let you go, and your little ones look to it, for evil is before

you.

10. Let the LORD,

&c.These words feem

to be spoken fcoffingly: q.d. You may alfoon expect I fhould with you all manner

of good, as that I should let your little ones go.

II. Not

11. Not fo, go now ye that are men, and ferve the LORD, for that you did defire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's pre fence.

11. For that you did defire: Or, if you defire that. As be rendred: q. d. If the words may well you fincerely perfift in that defire.

12. And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt, for the locufts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.

13. And Mofes ftretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night: and when it was morning, the eaft-wind brought the locufts.

14 And the locufts went up over all the land of Egypt, and refted in all the coafts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no fuch locufts as they, neither after them fhall be fuch.

a

13. An east-wind: The Greek render it South-wind: And it might poffibly be See Numb. 11. 31. a South-Eaft Wind. with Pfal. 78. 26.

14. Before them there were no fuch,&c. and the hurt which For their multitude, not been the like,nor they did, there had fhould there be in the Land of Egypt: What we read (Joel 1.2. ch. 2. 2.) is not repugnant to what is affirmed here.

15. For they covered the face of the whole earth, fo that the land was darkned, and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees, which the bail' had left and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.

16. Then Pharaoh called for 16. Called: Heb. Mofes and Aaron in hafte; and be Haftned to call. faid, I have finned against the LORD your God, and as gainst you.

17. Now