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align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/11-9.htm" title="Exodus 11:9">◄</a> Exodus 11:10 <a href="../exodus/12-1.htm" title="Exodus 12:1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.</div><div id="jump">Jump to: <a href="/commentaries/barnes/exodus/11.htm" title="Barnes' Notes">Barnes</a> • <a href="/commentaries/benson/exodus/11.htm" title="Benson Commentary">Benson</a> • <a href="/commentaries/illustrator/exodus/11.htm" title="Biblical Illustrator">BI</a> • <a href="/commentaries/calvin/exodus/11.htm" title="Calvin's Commentaries">Calvin</a> • <a href="/commentaries/cambridge/exodus/11.htm" title="Cambridge Bible">Cambridge</a> • <a 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See how slow God is to wrath. The plague is foretold, the time is fixed; all their first-born should sleep the sleep of death, not silently, but so as to rouse the families at midnight. The prince was not too high to be reached by it, nor the slaves at the mill too low to be noticed. While angels slew the Egyptians, not so much as a dog should bark at any of the children of Israel. It is an earnest of the difference there shall be in the great day, between God's people and his enemies. Did men know what a difference God puts, and will put to eternity, between those that serve him and those that serve him not, religion would not seem to them an indifferent thing; nor would they act in it with so much carelessness as they do. When Moses had thus delivered his message, he went out from Pharaoh in great anger at his obstinacy; though he was the meekest of the men of the earth. The Scripture has foretold the unbelief of many who hear the gospel, that it might not be a surprise or stumbling-block to us, Ro 10:16. Let us never think the worse of the gospel of Christ for the slights men put upon it. Pharaoh was hardened, yet he was compelled to abate his stern and haughty demands, till the Israelites got full freedom. In like manner the people of God will find that every struggle against their spiritual adversary, made in the might of Jesus Christ, every attempt to overcome him by the blood of the Lamb, and every desire to attain increasing likeness and love to that Lamb, will be rewarded by increasing freedom from the enemy of souls.<a name="bar" id="bar"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/barnes/exodus/11.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a></div>Shall not a dog move his tongue - A proverb expressive of freedom from alarm and immunity front assault. <a name="jfb" id="jfb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/jfb/exodus/11.htm">Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary</a></div>8. all these thy servants shall … bow down themselves unto me—This would be the effect of the universal terror; the hearts of the proudest would be humbled and do reverential homage to God, in the person of His representative.<p>went out … in a great anger—Holy and righteous indignation at the duplicity, repeated falsehood, and hardened impenitence of the king; and this strong emotion was stirred in the bosom of Moses, not at the ill reception given to himself, but the dishonor done to God (Mt 19:8; Eph 4:26). <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/poole/exodus/11.htm">Matthew Poole's Commentary</a></div> No text from Poole on this verse. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="gil" id="gil"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gill/exodus/11.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a></div>And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, Which are related in the preceding chapters: <p>and the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart: one time after another, and yet more and more: <p>so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land; until the last plague, the slaying of the firstborn, was brought upon him and his people, related in the following chapter. <a name="gsb" id="gsb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gsb/exodus/11.htm">Geneva Study Bible</a></div><span class="cverse2">And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.</span></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="comtype">EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)</div><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/cambridge/exodus/11.htm">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a></div><span class="bld">10</span>. <span class="ital">these</span> <span class="bld">portents</span>] The ‘portents’ described before in P (<a href="/context/exodus/7-8.htm" title="And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,...">Exodus 7:8-13</a>, and the ‘plagues’ narrated by P), not those referred to in <span class="ital">v.</span> 9. ‘It is only in P that Moses <span class="ital">and Aaron</span> do the signs, and that <span class="ital">before Pharaoh</span>, <a href="/exodus/7-9.htm" title="When Pharaoh shall speak to you, saying, Show a miracle for you: then you shall say to Aaron, Take your rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.">Exodus 7:9</a>, <a href="/exodus/9-8.htm" title="And the LORD said to Moses and to Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.">Exodus 9:8</a>’ (Di.).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="bld">but Jehovah</span> <span class="ital">hardened</span>, &c., emphasizing the fact that the portents had had no effect upon the Pharaoh. Cf. p. 53 f.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="ital">hardened</span>] lit. <span class="ital">made strong</span>: P’s expression (see on <a href="/exodus/7-13.htm" title="And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he listened not to them; as the LORD had said.">Exodus 7:13</a>).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="ital">did not let</span>, &c.] cf. <a href="/exodus/6-11.htm" title="Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.">Exodus 6:11</a> b, <a href="/exodus/7-2.htm" title="You shall speak all that I command you: and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.">Exodus 7:2</a> b (both P).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="pul" id="pul"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Moses and Aaron did all these plagues before Pharaoh</span>. Aaron's agency is not always mentioned, and seems to have been less marked in the later than in the earlier miracles, Moses gradually gaining self-reliance. In passing from the subject of the plagues wrought by the two brothers, it may be useful to give a synopsis of them, distinguishing those which came without warning from those which were announced beforehand, and noting, where possible, their actual worker, their duration, their physical source, and the hurt which they did. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span> Exodus 11:10<a name="kad" id="kad"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/kad/exodus/11.htm">Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament</a></div>In <a href="/exodus/11-9.htm">Exodus 11:9</a> and <a href="/exodus/11-10.htm">Exodus 11:10</a> the account of Moses' negotiations with Pharaoh, which commenced at <a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/7-8.htm">Exodus 7:8</a>, is brought to a close. What God predicted to His messengers immediately before sending them to Pharaoh (<a href="/exodus/7-3.htm">Exodus 7:3</a>), and to Moses before his call (<a href="/exodus/4-21.htm">Exodus 4:21</a>), had now come to pass. And this was the pledge that the still further announcement of Jehovah in <a href="/exodus/7-4.htm">Exodus 7:4</a> and <a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/4-23.htm">Exodus 4:23</a>, which had already been made known to the hardened king (<a href="/exodus/11-4.htm">Exodus 11:4</a>.), would be carried out. As these verses have a terminal character, the vav consecutive in ויּאמר denotes the order of thought and not of time, and the two verses are to be rendered thus: "As Jehovah had said to Moses, Pharaoh will not hearken unto you, that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt, Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh; and Jehovah hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land." <div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/exodus/11-10.htm">Exodus 11:10 Interlinear</a><br /><a href="/texts/exodus/11-10.htm">Exodus 11:10 Parallel Texts</a><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/niv/exodus/11-10.htm">Exodus 11:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/11-10.htm">Exodus 11:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/11-10.htm">Exodus 11:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/11-10.htm">Exodus 11:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/11-10.htm">Exodus 11:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://bibleapps.com/exodus/11-10.htm">Exodus 11:10 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="/exodus/11-10.htm">Exodus 11:10 Parallel</a><br /><a href="http://bibliaparalela.com/exodus/11-10.htm">Exodus 11:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="http://holybible.com.cn/exodus/11-10.htm">Exodus 11:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="http://saintebible.com/exodus/11-10.htm">Exodus 11:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="http://bibeltext.com/exodus/11-10.htm">Exodus 11:10 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="../exodus/11-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Exodus 11:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Exodus 11:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../exodus/12-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Exodus 12:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Exodus 12:1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>