Charles Ellicott Commentary Exodus 10:11

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Exodus 10:11

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Exodus 10:11

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve Jehovah; for that is what ye desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh`s presence." — Exodus 10:11 (ASV)

Ye that are men. —Hebrew, haggëbarim — that is, the full-grown males.

That ye did desire. —There was no ground for this reproach. Moses and Aaron had always demanded the release of the entire nation (“let my people go”); and nations are composed of women and children as much and as essentially as they are of adult males.