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A Just and Fitting Judgment
Commentators emphasize that this plague was a form of divine justice. The Egyptians had idolized the Nile river, and God turned their object of worship into a source of horror. Furthermore, they had stained the river with the blood of Hebrew infants, and God justly made the entire river blood, a direct and fitting retribution for their cruelty.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 7:18
18th Century
Theologian
Shall lothe - The water of the Nile has always been regarded by the Egyptians as a blessing unique to their land. It is the only pu…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 7:14–21
19th Century
Bishop
THE FIRST PLAGUE.
The water turned to blood. —Moses had already been empowered to turn water into…
John Gill
On Exodus 7:18
17th Century
Pastor
And the fish that is in the river shall die
Their element being changed, and they not able to live in any other but …
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Matthew Henry
On Exodus 7:14–25
17th Century
Minister
Here is the first of the ten plagues: the turning of the water into blood. It was a dreadful plague. The sight of such vast, rolling streams of blo…