Exodus 10:24

And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Pharaoh	פַרְעֹ֜ה far.'Oh	H6547	Paroh · noun, masculine singular absolute
called	וַיִּקְרָ֨א vai.yik.Ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Moses	מֹשֶׁ֗ה mo.Sheh	H4872	Mosheh · proper noun, a man's name
said	וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Go	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
serve	עִבְד֣וּ 'iv.Du	H5647	to work (in any sense) · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
flocks	צֹאנְכֶ֥ם tzon.Khem	H6629	a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats) · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
herds	וּבְקַרְכֶ֖ם u.ve.kar.Khem	H1241	beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gen… · conjunction + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
stayed	יֻצָּ֑ג yu.Tzag	H3322	to place permanently · verb, hophal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
ones	טַפְּכֶ֖ם ta.pe.Khem	H2945	a family (mostly used collectively in the singular) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
go	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)

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Cross-references

Exodus 8:28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intre…
Exodus 10:8-10 And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go?
Genesis 34:23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
Exodus 9:28 Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 10:21–end

Here is, I. The plague of darkness brought upon Egypt, and a most dreadful plague it was, and therefore is put first of the ten in Psa 105:28, though it was one of the last; and in the destruction of the spiritual Egypt it is produced by the fifth vial, which is poured out upon the seat of the beast, Rev 16:10. His kingdom was full of darkness. Observe particularly concerning this plague, 1. That it was a total darkness. We have reason to think, not only that the lights of heaven were clouded, but that all their fires and candles were put out by the damps or clammy vapours which were the cause of this darkness; for it is said (Exo 10:23), They saw not one another. It is threatened to the wic…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 10:24

Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the Lord--Terrified by the preternatural darkness, the stubborn king relents, and proposes another compromise--the flocks and herds to be left as hostages for their return. But the crisis is approaching, and Moses insists on every iota of his demand. The cattle would be needed for sacrifice--how many or how few could not be known till their arrival at the scene of religious observance. But the emancipation of Israel from Egyptian bondage was to be complete.

Adam Clarke on Exodus 10:24

Only let your flocks and your herds be stayed - Pharaoh cannot get all he wishes; and as he sees it impossible to contend with Jehovah, he now consents to give up the Israelites, their wives and their children, provided he may keep their flocks and their herds. The cruelty of this demand is not more evident than its avarice. Had six hundred thousand men, besides women and children, gone three days' journey into the wilderness without their cattle, they must have inevitably perished, being without milk for their little ones, and animal food for their own sustenance, in a place where little as a substitute could possibly be found. It is evident from this that Pharaoh intended the total destruc…

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Dictionary and topics

Plague — A “stroke” of affliction, or disease. Sent as a divine chastisement (Num. 11:33; 14:37; 16:46-49; 2 Sam. 24:21). Painful afflictions or diseases, (Lev. 13:3, 5, 30; 1 Kings 8:37), or severe calamity…
Plagues, The Ten — The occasion on which the plagues were sent is described in Exod 3-12.

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Exodus 10:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 10:21–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 10:24

Adam Clarke on Exodus 10:24

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 10:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 10:21–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 10:24

Adam Clarke on Exodus 10:24

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Exodus 10:24

John Calvin on Exodus 10:12–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 10:21-26

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 10:24

Rashi on Exodus 10:24