6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow. and *all c the cattle of Egypt died, but of the cattle of the children of Iſrael died not one.
c Either of all ſorts ; or a very great number of them, as the word al is frequently uſed ; or rather, all that were 1n the Field, as it 1s expreſly limited, wer. 3- but not all abſolutely, as appears from werſ. 9, 19, 25. and Chap. 14. 23.
7 And Pharaoh ſent, and behold, there was not
heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go. | 8 And the LORD ſaid unto Moſes, and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of aſhes of the furnace 4, and let Moſes e ſprinkle it cowards the heaven, in the ſight of Pharaoh.
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them up, but Moſes only to fprinkle them, as at ether times Aaron only did the work, to ſhew that they were bur Irſtruments, which God could uſe as he pleaſed, and God was the principal Author of it. |
9 And it ſball become ſmall duſt in all the land of
LSyPt. i, | f A burning Scab, which quickly raiſed Blains and Bliſters ; whereby they were both vehemently inclined ro ſcratch themſelves, and yet utterly diſenabled from it by 1ts great ſoreneſs.
Io And they took aſhes of the furnace and ftood before Pharaoh, and Moſes ſprinkled it up toward
blains, upon man, and upon bealt. £ God multiplying that Duſt, and heating it, and then diſperſing it over all the Land, and cauſing it to fall and reſt upon the Bodies »Ff the Egyptians. i: And the Magicians could not ſtand before Moſes þ becauſe of the boils : for the boil was upon
che Magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
h As they hitherto had done, both as Spies, and as Adverſaries ; for though their Underſtandings were convinced of God's Hand, ind infinite Power, yet' their hearts were not changed, but for their worldly Intereft they perſiſted to rebell againſt their lighr,aad raerefore are juſtly plagued. It was no favour to Pharavh, that the Plague was nor upon him, but only a reſervation to a greater miſchief, as it follows.
12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh,
: * And the LORD faid unto Moſes, Riſe up early in the morning, and ſtand before Pharaoh, and ſay unto him, Thus ſaith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go that they may ſerve me»
14 For 1 will at this time ſend all my plagues upon thine heart z, and upon thy ſervants, and upon thy people : that thou mayſt know that there & none like
me in all the earth,
; Or, into thy heart : Thou haſt hitherto not felt my Plagues upon thy own Perſon, or thy Body, bur I ſhall ſhortly reach and wound it, and thatnot only in the skin, as the Magicians and others are now ſmitten, but even to thy hearr, ſuch as ſhall make thy heart fick, Micah 6. 13. ſuch as ſhall give thee a mortal and irrecoverable wound. Some underſtand it of inward and ſpiritual judgments upon Pharaoh's heart, ſuch as hardneſs of heart ; bur that plague had been inflicted upon him, and is recorded before this rime. And Pharaoh's heart being here oppoſed to his ſervants and
put Syaecdochically for the whole man-
I5 For now I will ſtretch out mine hand, that I may {mite thee and thy people with peſtilence &,
2nd thou ſhalr be cut off from the earth.
k ( i.e. ) Not properly fo called, but largely, as the word is uſed, Hoſ. 13. 14. meaning, with an utter and irrecoverable deſtruQion. | This relates partly ro the killing of the Firſt-born, which plague did more immediatly and nearly concern bothhim and his People, and prinCipally ro their deſtruQtion 1n the Red Sea.
my Names may be declared throughout all the earth.
I So the Hebrew'word is tranſlated, Rom. 9- 17. I have raiſed thee up out of thy firſt nothing, into thy being, and life, and Kingdom ; and upheld thy being, and reign, evenin the midſt of thy Tyranny.
Heb. 7 have made thee to ſtand, i.e. to remain alive and untouched, when thy Magicians could not ſtand, Yerſ. 11. I havepreſerved thee in life, not for want of power to deſtroy thee, as thou mayſt fancy, nor for want of provocation from thee, but for my own glory. » In thoſe mighty works which have been occaſioned by thy rebellion and obſtiaacy. #» My Being and Providence, and my manifold Perfe&ions ; my patience 1n bearing thee ſo long, my ſuſtice in puniſhing thee, my Power in conquering thee,my Wiſdom n over-ruling thy Pride, and Tyranny, and Cruelty, to thy own leſtruion, and the redemption of my, oppreſſed People, and my Faithfulneſs in making good my Promutes to them, and my T hreatnings to thee.
17 As yer exalteſt thou thy ſelfagainſt my people o, that thou wilt not let themgo ?
0 (i.e. ) Againſt me afting for my People. The gracious God rakes what is done to, or againſt his People, as done to, or againſt himſelf. See Zech. 2.8. Matth. 25: 40, 45. As 9.4, 5.
18 Behold, to morrow about this time I will cauſe it to rain a very grievous hail, ſuch as hath not been in Egypt ſince the foundation thereof p, even until now.
p Since they were a Kingdom, or a Nation.
19 Send therefore now, and gather thy cattel q, and all that thou haſt inthe field : for #pozevery man and beaft which ſhall be found in the field, and ſhall not be brought home, the hail ſhall come down upon them, and they ſhall die.
9 This forewarning God gives, partly to mitigate the ſeverity of
d To mind them of their cruel uſage of the 7ſ-aelites in their Furnace, ofwhichics Deut. 4« 20. Jer. I, 4+ & Both wers 6g take
the judgment ; partly that a conſiderable number of Horſes might
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