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Preserved for a Purpose
Commentators explain that the phrase "have I made thee to stand" (or "raised you up") means God deliberately kept Pharaoh alive and in power. Instead of destroying him with an earlier plague, God preserved him for a specific purpose, using his continued defiance as a stage for a greater demonstration of divine power.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 9:13–34
18th Century
Theologian
With the plague of hail begins the last series of plagues, which differ from the former both in their severity and their effects. Each produced a t…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 9:16
19th Century
Bishop
Indeed, for this purpose have I raised you up. —Rather, but truly on this account have I made you stand…
John Calvin
On Exodus 9:16
16th Century
Theologian
And indeed for this reason I have raised you up. The word, העמדתי, hagnemadthi, is variously explained; it properly signifies “to…
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John Gill
On Exodus 9:16
17th Century
Pastor
And in very deed, for this cause have I raised you up
Or but truly or verily F3 ; instead of smiting you …
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 9:13–21
17th Century
Minister
Moses is here ordered to deliver a dreadful message to Pharaoh. Providence ordained that Moses should have a man of such a fierce and stubborn spir…