ND the LORD fſpake unto Moſes, Go unto |
4 Pharaoh, and ſay unto him, Thus faith the | LORD, let my people go, that they may ſerve me.
2 And if thou refuſe to let them go, behold, I will {mite all thy borders a with * frogs,
a Allthy Land, which is within thy borders. A Synecdoche ; ſo that word 1s uſed alſo, Exod: ro: 14, 19. 1 Kings 1: 3. Pſal: 147. 14. Jer 15: 13. So the gate and the wa/ are put for the City to which they belong, Ge: 22: 17. Amos 1: 7, 10, 14. | |
And the river 6 jhall bring forth frogs abundant- ly, which ſhall-go up and come into thine houſe, and into thy bed-chamber c, and upon thy bed, and into che houſe of thy ſervants, and upon thy people, and
into thine ovens, and” into thy + kneading-troughs.
b Under which are comprehended all other Rivers,Streams and Ponds, as appears from werſe 5. But the River Nilus is mentioned becauſe God would make that an inſtrument of their Miſery, in which they moſt gloricd, Ezek: 29: 3. and to which they gave di- vine Honours, and which was the inſtrument of their Cruelty againſt the Iſraelites, chap: 1: 22. c Either becauſe God made the ioors and Windows to fly open, which it is eaſy to believe con- cerning God, ſeing that this hath been many times done by evil Angels; or becauſe whenſoever men entered into any Houſe,or any
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to do, the Frogs, being always at their Heels in great numbers, would go in with them. This plague was worſe than the former, becauſe it was more conſtant and more general ; for the former was only in the Waters, and did only moleſt them when they went to drink or uſe the Water ; bur rhis infe&ed all Liquors,and all Pla- ces,and ar all Times, and annoyed all their Senſes with their filthy Subſtance, and Shape, and Noiſe, and Stink, and mingled them- ſelves with their Meats, and Sauces, and Drinks, and crawling into their Beds made them reſtl-ſs. And many of them probably were of a more ugly Shape and infe&ious Nature than ordinary.
4 And the frogs ſhall come up both on thee, and
upon thy people 4, and upon all thy ſervants. d Not upon the. Jraelites, whom he hereby.exempts from the number of Pharaoh's People and SubjeRs,. and owns them forhig :
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7, 4 And the LORD fſpake unto Moſes e, Say
nnto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the ſtreams, over the rivers,” and over the ponds,
and cauſe frogs to come up.upon the land of Egypt. e By inward in{ti:& or ſuggeſtion to his Mind ; for he was now
in the King's prel=nce. G And Aaron ſtretched out his hand over the waters
ſpp? of Egypt, and * the frogs came up, and covered the > GHJIC
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f Nor was it hard ſor the Devil to produce them out of their own ſpawn, and the ſlime of the River.
8 © Then Pharaoh called for Moſes and Aaron, and faid; Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people ; and I will let the peopie go, - that they may do ſacrifice unto the LOR D. |
9 And Moſes ſaid unto Pharaoh, + Glory over me g:
# Or, have * When ſhall I intreat for thee 4, and for thy ſervants, Hs honor 1nd for thy people, to Þ deltroy the frogs from thee
Urea me » 4 : . * Or, and thy houſes, that they may remain in the river abninſt only F" ;
when. Z A: T have gloried over thee in laying firſt my Commands, and
7 Heh: to then my Plagues upon thee, fo now lay thy Commands upon me ent off, for the time of my Praying. and 1f I do not what thou requireſt, I am content tho': ſhouldeſt 1.:tult over me, and puniſh me. Or Glory or boaſt thy ſelf of, or concerning me, as one that by God's Power can do thai for rhee wiiich all rby Migicians cannor, of whom taerefore thou now ſeeſt rhuu canſt not glory nor boaſt, as thou hait hitherto done. h Appvint me what rime thou pleateſt. Hereby he knew that the hand and g'ory of God would be more conſpicuous in it. And this was no p:elumprion in Moſes, becauſe he had a large Com- miflion, chap. 7. 1 and allo had particular diegtion from God in a'l thar he ſaid or cid 1n theſe matters.
19 And he ſaid, + To morr:wi. And he ſaid, Be
{Or, #t accordirg tothy word, that thou mayeſt know that
agoinſt 0. there is none like unto the LORD our God. Becauſe he hoped ere that