And Moses stretched 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 east wind brought the locusts.
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Gill's Exposition
And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt,.... His hand, with his rod in it:
and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land, all that day and all that night; all that day after he…
Barnes' Notes
An east wind - See Exo 10:4. Moses is careful to record the natural and usual cause of the evil, portentous as it was both in extent and in connection with its denouncement.
Adam Clarke
The Lord brought an east wind - As locusts abounded in those countries, and particularly in Ethiopia, and more especially at this time of the year, God had no need to create new swarms for this…
Here is, I. The invasion of the land by the locusts - God's great army, Joe 2:11. God bids Moses stretch out his hand (Exo 10:12), to beckon them, as it wee (for they came at a call), and he stretched…
12, 13a (E). The locusts are brought at the signal given by Moses with his rod. Cf. Exo 9:22-23 a, with the note.
12. (even) all that, &c. LXX. Sam. read, and all the fruit of the trees that, &c.,…
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