Tanak Foundations-Concepts in Exodus-Chapter 11

Exo 11.1-10 gives us Yehovah’s announcement about the tenth plague; certain preparations must be made by the Israelites.

v 1…Now the Lord said to Moses, “One more plague I will bring on Pharaoh and in Egypt; after that he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will surely drive you out from here completely.

v 2…Speak now in the hearing of the people that each man ask from his neighbor and each woman from her neighbor for articles of silver and articles of gold (so that they could leave Egypt without any bitter memories of the Egyptians; this answers the question about who is our neighbor).

v 3…And the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Furthermore, the man Moses was greatly esteemed in the land of Egypt (he was famous because of the plagues and miracles done and removed by him, etc), in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants and in the sight of the people.

v 4…And Moses said, “Thus says the Lord, ‘About midnight (middle of the night) I am going out into the midst of egypt;

v 5…and all the first-born (the “bekor”) in the land of Egypt shall die (this plague is different from all the other plagues because Israel will not be exempt unless they apply the blood; Israel was God’s first-born and he wanted to pass on his values to them so they could pass those values on to the nations-Matt 28.19-20; the coming Passover will be the first time Israel as a nation and God’s first-born will “serve” God; a change in status), from the first-born of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the first-born of the servant girl who is behind the mill stones (everyone); all the first-born of the cattle as well (Hebrew “behemah” or beast of the field; those that survived the hail and boils; this would aggravate their misery)

v 6…Moreover, there shall be a great cry (of loss) in all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been abd such as shall never be again.

v 7…But against any of the sons of Israel a dog shall not even bark (not suffer the slightest injury) whether against man or beast, that you may understand how the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel (God has completed the separation).’

v 8…And all these your servants will come down to me (Moses) and bow themselves before me, saying, ‘Go out, you and all the people who follow you,’ and after that I will go out.’ And he went out from Pharaoh in great anger (Exo 10.28).

v 9…Then the Lord said to Moses, Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that my wonders will be multiplied in the land of Egypt.

v 10…And Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh; yet the Lord hardened (chazek) Pharaoh’s heart (to keep going and not give up), and he did not let the sons of Israel go out of his land (what Yehovah predicted in Exo 4.21 and 7.3 had come to pass).

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