Exo 12:29-42 | TSK | e4.org | at midnight , , ; ; the Lord smote The infliction of this judgment on the Egyptians was most equitable; because, after their nation had been preserved by one of the Israelitish family, they had, contrary to all right, and in defiance of original stipulation, enslaved the people to whom they had been so much indebted, had murdered their offspring, and made their bondage intolerable. See Bryant, p. 160. , , ; , , , ; ; the firstborn of Pharaoh , dungeon Heb. house of the pit, , ; , ;

‏ Exodus 12:29-42

at midnight Exod 12:12, Exod 11:4, Exod 13:15; Job 34:20; 1Thess 5:2-3

the Lord smote The infliction of this judgment on the Egyptians was most equitable; because, after their nation had been preserved by one of the Israelitish family, they had, contrary to all right, and in defiance of original stipulation, enslaved the people to whom they had been so much indebted, had murdered their offspring, and made their bondage intolerable. See Bryant, p. 160. Num 3:13, Num 8:17, Num 33:4; Ps 78:51, Ps 105:36, Ps 135:8, Ps 136:10; Heb 11:28; Heb 12:23

the firstborn of Pharaoh Exod 4:23, Exod 11:5

dungeon Heb. house of the pit, Isa 24:22, Isa 51:14; Jer 38:6, Jer 38:13; Zech 9:11

and there was a great cry No people were more remarkable and frantic in their mournings than the Egyptians. When a relative died, every one left the house, and the women, with their hair loose, and their bosoms bare, ran wild about the street. The men also, with their apparel equally disordered, kept them company; all shrieking, howling, and beating themselves. What a scene of horror and distress must now have presented itself, when there was not a family in Egypt where there was not one dead! Exod 11:6; Prov 21:13; Amos 5:17; Matt 25:6; Jas 2:13

called Exod 10:29

Rise up Exod 3:19-20, Exod 6:1, Exod 11:1, Exod 11:8; Ps 105:38

the children Exod 10:9

your flocks Exod 10:26

bless me Exod 8:28, Exod 9:28; Gen 27:34, Gen 27:38

urgent Exod 11:1; Ps 105:38

We be all Gen 20:3; Num 17:12-13

kneading troughs, or, dough, Exod 8:3; Probably like the kneading-troughs of the Arabs; comparatively small wooden bowls, which also serve them for dishes. Their being bound up in their clothes may mean no more than their being wrapped up in their hykes, or long, loose, garments. See Shaw's Travels, p. 224, 4to. edit.

Exod 3:21-22, Exod 11:2-3; Gen 15:14; Ps 105:37

the Lord Exod 3:21, Exod 11:3; Gen 39:21; Prov 16:7; Dan 1:9; Acts 2:47, Acts 7:10

they spoiled Exod 3:22; Gen 15:14; Ps 105:37

the children Num 33:3, Num 33:5

Rameses Exod 1:11; Gen 47:11

six hundred Exod 38:26; Gen 12:2, Gen 15:5, Gen 46:3; Num 1:46, Num 11:21

And a mixed multitude Heb. a great mixture, Num 11:4; Zech 8:23

thrust Exod 12:33, Exod 6:1, Exod 11:1

The Samaritan Pentateuch reads, "Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, and of their fathers in the land of Canaan and in the land of Egypt, was 430 years." The Alexandrine copy of the LXX has the same reading; and the same statement is made by the apostle Paul, in Gal 3:17, who reckons from the promise made to Abraham to the giving of the law. That these three witnesses have the truth, the chronology itself proves; for it is evident that the descendants of Israel did not dwell 430 years in Egypt; while it is equally evident, that the period from Abraham's entry into Canaan to the Exodus, is exactly that number. Thus, from Abraham's entrance into the promised land to the birth of Isaac, was 25 years; Isaac was 60 at the birth of Jacob; Jacob was 130 at his going into Egypt; where he and his children continued 215 years more; making in the whole 430 years. See Kennicott's Dissertation on the Hebrew Text.

sojourning Acts 13:17; Heb 11:9

four hundred Gen 12:1-3, Gen 15:13; Acts 7:6; Gal 3:16-17

selfsame Ps 102:13; Dan 9:24; Hab 2:3; John 7:8; Acts 1:7

hosts Exod 12:51, Exod 7:4; Josh 5:14

a night to be much observed Heb. a night of observations, observed. Exod 12:14; Deut 16:1-6