e Heb» Right, not morally, for ſoit was very il! ſaid; but Logi- cally, that which ag-ees, though not with thy Duty, yet with the Event and Trurh of the thing : for as thou haſt warned me to ſee thee no more,ſfo ] in the name of God aſſure thee, that thou ſhalt ſec me no more,to beg my P-ayers,or to be helped out of thy Troubles 'y my means. And therefore thar Diſcourſe of Moſes to Pharaoh, which follows chap. 11. 4, ©'c. though it be put there out of its order an4 proper place, as many other paſſages are, yet was deli- vered at this time, and upon occaſion of theſe words.
CHAP, XL | God commanaeth the Iſraelites to borrow jewels of the Egyptians, 2. God giveth them favour among the Ezyptians, 3. Moſes denounceth the laſt 5 plague, 4. A great cry, 6. The Iſraelites ſafety, 7. The Egyptians rhruſting themout, $8. God foretels Pharaohs hardneſs, g. |
A ND the LORD faid unto Moſes «, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharach, and up - on Egypt,afterwards he will let you go hence : * when he ſhall let you go, he ſhall ſurely thruſt you out hence
altogether b, : 7 8s Either rn. Whilſt Moſes was not yet gone out of Pharaoh's pre. ſence ; ſo God might ſuggeſt this to his Mind, as he did other things to Michaiah, when he was before 4hab and Jehoſophat, 1 Kings: 22. Or rather 2. Before his laſt coming to Pharaoh ; and the words may be rendred thus. Now the Lord had ſaid unto Moſes. And this is here added, ay the reaſon why Moſer ſpake ſo boldly to mw, ecauſe
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becauſe God hath aſſured him'of a good iſſue, b Men,and Women and Children, and Cattel, and all that they had, which he would never do before. ; 2 Speak now in the cars of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour c, and every Woman ot * Chap.3: her neighbour, * jewels d of ſilver, and jewels of gold. 22. & 12: The Iſraelites, who at firſt lived diſtinly by themſelves, when 35: they were greatly multiplyed, and Pharaoh began to caſt a jealous eye upon them, and to take cruel Counſels againſt them, were more mixed with the Egyprians, as appears from chap. 12. 12, 13- and many other places, either by their own choice,that they might receive ProteCtion and Suſtenance from them ; or rather by Pha- ya0b's deſign, who planted many of his own People among them, to watch and chaſtiſe them, Exod: 1. 11. and, it may be, removed ſome of them from Goſhen to the parts adjoyning toit, which were inhabited by his People. 4 Or, Yeſſels, as the Hebrew word pro- pecly ſignifies ; for they might more plauſibly ask, and the Egyprians would with leſs ſuſpicion lend them Veſſels, which might be pro- per and uſeful both for their Sacrifices and F eaſts, than Jewels for which they had no preſent need or ule. : 3 And the LORD gave the people favour in the ſight of the Egyptians; Moreover, the man * Moſes was very great in the land of Egypt, in the fight of
Pharaohs fervants, and in the ſight of the people e.
| e Therefore they complied with their requeſt, nor only out of love 'to the people, but out of fear of Moſes, leſt he ſhould puniſh them ſeverely in caſe of refuſal.
And Moſes ſaid f, Thus ſaith the LORD, About midnight will I go out g into the midſt of Egypt.
f To Pharavh, before his departure, as appears by comparing werle 8. with chap. 10.29. And therefore the three firſt verſes of this chapter come in by way of Parentheſis; and now he returns to the Story, and lets down the laſt words which Moſes ſpake to Pha- raoh for a final parting. g God is ſaid ro go out, or go forth, or come down, &c. by way of condeſcenſion to the cuſtom and capacity of men, when he doth any eminent a& of Power either in way of Ju- ſtice, or Mercy.
And all the firft-born of the land of Egypt ſhall die, from the firſt-born of Pharaoh that ſitteth upon his throne þ, even unto the firſt-born of the maid-ſervant that is behind the mill 5. and all the firſt-born of beaſts.
þ Either now a&tually, ruling with his Father, as Solomon did e- ven whilſt David lived, 1 Kings 1. 34. or more probably, he that is roſit, the preſent time for the furure, he whoſe right this is by the Cuſtom of Egypr, and by the Law of Nations. i The poor cap- tive Slave that was in the priſon, as it is chap. 12: 29. 'and there did grind at the Milln. In thoſe times and places they had divers Millns, which were not turned about by Wind or Water, as ours are, but by the Hands of their Servants, who for that purpoſe ſtood behind the Milln, and ſo with hard labour turned it about, Sce Judg. 16. 21.1ſa. 47. 1, 2. Lam: 5. 13.
6 And there ſhall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, ſuch as there was none like it, nor (hall be like it any more.
-7 * But againſt any of the children of Iſrael ſhall not a dog move his tongue &, againſt man or beaſt: that ye may know hew that the LORD doth put a difference
between the Egyptians and Iſrael. k In ſtead of thoſe loud cryes of the Egyptian Families, there ſhall be ſo great a tranquillity among the 1/r2elites, that even the Dogs,
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8 And * all theſe thy ſervants / ſhall come down un- to me +, and bow down themſelves unto me, ſaying, Getthee out, and all the people that + follow thee m; and after that I will go out : and he went out from
tHeb:h:a: Pharaoh in Þ a great anger », | of anger. I Thy Courtiers and great Officers, who now are ſo inſolent and obſtinate. + Both by their own inclination, and neceffity, and in thy name, and by thy command. m Thar are under thy condu& and command ; as this or the like expreſſion is uſed Judg. 4. 10. I.Kings 20. 10.1. 2Kings3: 9. Iſa: 41. 2. Not ſo much for the Affront offered to himſelf, as for his incurable Rebellion againſt God. Com- pare Mark 3. 5.
9 And * the LORD faid unto Moſes, Pharaoh ſhall
not hearken unto you,that * my wonders may be mul- tiplied in the land of Egypt.
io And Moſes and Aaron did all' theſe wonders be-- fore Pharaohe and the LORD hardenedPharaohs heart, ſo that he would not let the children of Ifſracl go out of
his land. CHAP, XII.