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The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:27
It is the sacrifice. It has been denied that the Paschal lamb was, in the true sense of the word, a sacrifice (Carpzov and others). But this passage alone is decisive on the question, and proves that it was. Moreover, i…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:28
So did they. The long series of miracles wrought by Moses and Aaron had so impressed the people, that they yielded an undoubting and ready obedience. HOMILETICS
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:29
At midnight. As prophesied by Moses (Exodus 11:4). The day had not been fixed, and this uncertainty must have added to the horror of the situation. The first-born of Pharaoh. We have no proof that the eldest son of Mene…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:29-31
The death of the first-born, On this see Exodus 11:4-7. Observe here— I. THIS JUDGMENT IS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF REPRESENTATION. Hitherto, the plagues had fallen on the Egyptians indiscriminately. Now, a change is ma…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:29-42
March at midnight. "This is that night of Jehovah" (Exodus 12:42). Observe the striking words of the text! "The night of Jehovah," a night in which he specially appeared and acted on behalf of Israel. For a description…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:29-30
EXPOSITION Exodus 12:29, Exodus 12:30 THE TENTH PLAGUE. At last the time had come for the dealing of the final blow. Nine plagues had been sent, nine inflictions endured, and no serious effect had been produced. Once or…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:29-42
Egypt's sorrow: Israel's joy. I. THE JUDGMENT OF EGYPT EMBLEM AND PROMISE OF THE WORLD'S JUDGMENT. 1. The time of visitation; midnight, when all were wrapt in deepest slumber and, notwithstanding the warning which had b…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:30
And Pharaoh rose up in the night, and all his servants. This general disturbance differentiates the present visitations from that which came upon the host of Sennacherib (2 Kings 19:35). Then, the calamity came with suc…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:31-36
EXPOSITION THE DISMISSAL The first action seems to have been taken by Pharaoh. The "cry" of the people had no doubt been heard in the palace, and he was aware that the blow had not fallen on himself alone, and may have…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:31-36
Israel's going forth from Egypt a pattern to oppressed Churches. Churches are sometimes enslaved and oppressed by the civil power. In unsuspecting confidence they have accepted the State's protection, and entered into c…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:31-37
The dismissal. The blow had been so measured by infinite wisdom as to produce precisely the desired effect. Pharaoh "called for Moses and Aaron by night," etc. Observe— I. PHARAOH IS NOW AS ANXIOUS TO GET RID OF THE ISR…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:31
And he called for Moses and Aaron. Kalisch understands this as a summons to the King's presence, and even supposes that the two brothers complied, notwithstanding what Moses had said (Exodus 10:29). But perhaps no more…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:32
Pharaoh's prayer. It has come then to this, that Pharaoh is glad to beg a blessing from the man whom at first he had so contemptuously spurned. "And bless me also." I. THE WICKED MAN IS OFTEN MADE PAINFULLY AWARE OF THE…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:32
Also take your flocks and your herds. Pharaoh thus retracted the prohibition of Exodus 10:24, and "gave the sacrifices and burnt-offerings" which Moses had required (Exodus 10:25). Bless me also. Pharaoh was probably ac…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:33
The Egyptians were urgent upon the people. The Egyptians feared that, if any further delay took place, the God of the Hebrews might not be content with slaying all the first-born, but might punish with death the whole n…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:34
The people took their dough. They probably regarded dough as more convenient for a journey than flour, and so made their flour into dough before starting; but they had no time to add leaven. Their kneading-troughs. This…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:35
The children of Israel did according to the word of Moses. See above, Exodus 11:2. They borrowed. On this mistranslation, see the comment upon Exodus 3:22. It is plain that the gold and silver articles and the raiment,…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:36
So that they lent unto them such things as they required. Rather, "So that they granted them what they asked." They spoiled the Egyptians. See the comment on Exodus 3:22, ad fin. The result was that the Israelites went…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:37-38
In the departure of the Israelites from Egypt, after they had received permission to set out, two things are principally remarkable: 1. All were of one mind—none hung back; 2. A mixed multitude cast in their lot with th…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:37-40
The exodus as a fact in history. The exodus from Egypt lay at the foundation of the national life of Israel. It appears in the history as a supernatural work of God. The subsequent legislation assumes it to have possess…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:37
From Rameses. It has been doubted whether this "Rameses" is the same place as the "Raamses" of Exodus 1:11. But the doubt scarcely seems to be reasonable. The two words differ only in the pointing. Brugsch has clearly s…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:37-39
EXPOSITION THE DEPARTURE. There are, no doubts, great difficulties in conceiving the departure on one day, from one place, of "six hundred thousand that were men, beside children." The difficulty is increased when we fi…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:38
A mixed multitude went up also with them. Kalisch supposes that these strangers were native Egyptians, anxious to escape the tyranny of the kings. Canon Cook suggests that they were "remains of the old Semitic populatio…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:38
The mixed multitude. The mass of this mixed multitude which left Egypt with Moses, would consist of foreign settlers in the Delta, victims, like the Hebrews, of the tyranny of the Pharaohs, and, like them, glad to take…