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Exodus 8:23

Exodus 8:23
And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the Lord did so,.... And this he did immediately of himself without any means; not by the rod of Aaron, to let the Egyptians see that there was nothing in that rod, that it had no magic virtue in…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

And I will put a division - פדת peduth, a redemption, between my people and thy people; God hereby showing that he had redeemed them from those plagues to which he had abandoned the others.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Exodus 8:20-32

Here is the story of the plague of flies, in which we are told,

I. How it was threatened, like that of frogs, before it was inflicted. Moses is directed (Exo 8:20) to rise early in the morning, to…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

set redemption (RVm.) between, &c. A singular expression, interpreted to mean make a distinction by redeeming(-redemption," as Isa 50:2; Psa 111:9; Psa 130:7 †). There is probably some error in the…