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Yahweh will make a distinction between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that belongs to the children of Israel."`"
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God's Miraculous Distinction
Commentators emphasize the miraculous nature of God's distinction. In Goshen, Israelite and Egyptian cattle breathed the same air and drank the same water, yet only the Egyptian animals were afflicted. This 'severing' was a marvelous display of God's precise power to protect His people in the midst of judgment.
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19th Century
Anglican
The Lord shall sever. — Compare Exodus 8:22. Apparently Israel had been subjected to the first, second, and third plagues, which caused an…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt
Make such a difference and distincti…
Presbyterian
God wills for Israel to be released, but Pharaoh opposes it, and the test is whose word will stand. Immediately, the hand of the Lord is upon the c…
