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Pharaoh`s servants said to him, "How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh, their God. Don`t you yet know that Egypt is destroyed?
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Cracks in Pharaoh's Court
For the first time, Pharaoh’s own officials break ranks. Commentators note that these men, who had previously supported or flattered Pharaoh, are now overwhelmed by the plagues. Their plea shows that even the most hardened regimes can crumble under the weight of God's persistent judgment, as the fear of God's power spreads from the magicians to the people and now to the royal court.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For the first time, the officers of Pharaoh intervene before the scourge is inflicted, showing at once their belief in the threat, and their specia…
19th Century
Anglican
Let the men go. —Though the heart of Pharaoh remained hard, the plagues had a certain effect on the minds of the …
Baptist
The seven former heavy judgments had so effectively bruised Egypt that the people began to cry against their king for his obstinacy in continuing t…
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16th Century
Protestant
And Pharaoh’s servants said to him. We have seen a little earlier that they were obstinate along with their king. Indeed, it cannot be dou…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Pharaoh's servants said to him His courtiers and counsellors, such of them as were not so hardened as others, or…
The plagues of Egypt show the sinfulness of sin. They warn people not to strive with their Maker. Pharaoh had pretended to humble himself, but it w…
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