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It was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said, "What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?"
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Forgetting the Pain
Commentators explain that Pharaoh's change of heart was driven by greed. Once the terror of the plagues subsided, he and his officials immediately regretted the massive economic loss of their slave labor force. They forgot the pain of divine judgment and only remembered the profit of oppression.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The people fled - This was a natural inference from the change of direction, which indicated a determination to escape from Egypt. …
19th Century
Anglican
The heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people. —No doubt the change began as soon as Israel began its march. The …
Baptist
Nothing but the grace of God will truly humble people. These Egyptians had been crushed by terrible plagues into a false kind of humility, but they…
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16th Century
Protestant
And it was told the king.
Moses does not simply mean that the king then first heard of the flight of the people, which had been any…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it was told the king of Egypt By some of the Egyptians, or mixed multitude that went out with Israel, but return…
Pharaoh would think that all Israel was entangled in the wilderness and so would become easy prey. But God says, I will be honoured upon Pharao…
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