Albert Barnes Commentary Exodus 10:7

Albert Barnes Commentary

Exodus 10:7

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Exodus 10:7

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"And Pharaoh`s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve Jehovah their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?" — Exodus 10:7 (ASV)

For the first time, the officers of Pharaoh intervene before the scourge is inflicted, showing at once their belief in the threat, and their special terror of the infliction. Also, for the first time, Pharaoh takes measures to prevent the evil; he does not indeed send for Moses and Aaron, but he permits them to be brought into his presence.

Let the men go — that is, the men only, not all the people. See Exodus 10:8.