This marks a distinct advance and change in the character of the visitations. Until now, the Egyptians had not been attacked directly in their pers…

Ashes of the furnace.—Furnaces in Egypt were for either melting metal, preparing lime, or baking bricks. It was probably from a fu…

And the Lord said to Moses. God does not now postpone the time of the punishment, but redoubles the plagues in a continuous series. Nor do…

And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron
This very probably was the day following, on the third day of the month Abib…

When the Egyptians were not moved by the death of their cattle, God sent a plague that seized their own bodies. If lesser judgments do not work, Go…