For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.
| Word | Hebrew | Strong’s | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egyptians | מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim | H4714 | Mitsrajim |
| buried | מְקַבְּרִ֗ים me.ka.be.Rim | H6912 | to inter · verb, piel active participle, masculine plural absolute |
| firstborn | בְּכ֑וֹר be.Khor | H1060 | firstborn · noun, common masculine singular absolute |
| LORD | יְהוָ֛ה Yah.weh | H3068 | Jehovah · proper noun, a title |
| smitten | הִכָּ֧ה hi.Kah | H5221 | to strike (lightly or severely · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular |
| gods | וּבֵאלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם u.ve.Lo.hei.Hem | H430 | gods in the ordinary sense · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural |
| LORD | יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh | H3068 | Jehovah · proper noun, a title |
| executed | עָשָׂ֥ה 'a.Sah | H6213 | to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular |
| judgments | שְׁפָטִֽים she.fa.Tim | H8201 | a sentence · noun, common masculine plural absolute |
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upon their gods--used either according to Scripture phraseology to denote their rulers (the first-born of the king and his princes) or the idolatrous objects of Egyptian worship.
For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the Lord had smitten among them,.... Which contributed much to the more easy and safe deliverance of the children of Israel; for their hearts were heavy with sorrow, and their hands were full, and they had other work to do, namely, to bury their dead, than to molest Israel; and besides, they knew it was for detaining them this stroke came upon them: upon their gods also the Lord executed judgments; they were moved at the presence, and by the power of God, and fell and were dashed to pieces, as the idols of the same land were in later times, see Isaiah 19:1 and this still the more intimidated and frightened the Egyptians, that they dared no…
Read the whole note in the consoleNumbers 33:1-56 1. These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies, under the hand of Moses and Aaron. 1. Istae sunt profectiones filiorum Israel, qui egressi sunt e terra Egypti, per exercitus suos, per manum Mosis et Aharon. 2. And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the Lord: and these are their journeys according to their goings out. 2. Scripsit autem Moses egressus eorum per profectiones eorum juxta sermonem Jehovae: istae, inquam, sunt profectiones eorum per egressus eorum. 3. And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the mo…
Read the whole note in the consoleAs the Israelites had ended their wanderings through the desert, when they arrived in the steppes of Moab by the Jordan opposite to Jericho (Num 22:1), and as they began to take possession when the conquered land beyond Jordan was portioned out (ch. 32), the history of the desert wandering closes with a list of the stations which they had left behind them. This list was written out by Moses "at the command of Jehovah" (Num 33:2), as a permanent memorial for after ages, as every station which Israel left behind on the journey from Egypt to Canaan "through the great and terrible desert," was a memorial of the grace and faithfulness with which the Lord led His people safely "in the desert land…
"And the Egyptians," it says, "were burying their dead"; the dead were burying their dead, but the living were following the Lord their God. After this it is said that: "and upon their gods the Lord took vengeance." But in Exodus too it says thus: "and upon all the gods of the Egyptians the Lord shall take vengeance." Here, however, it says that the Lord took vengeance upon them. There are certain beings which are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, the Apostle says. But in the Psalms too it is said: "all the gods of the nations are demons." Therefore it is not the images, but the demons who preside over the images, that he calls gods, upon whom the Lord took vengeance. But I should like to inquire how God takes vengeance upon the demons, since assuredly the day of vengeance and of judgment has not yet come. But I think that this vengeance is wrought upon the demons when he who had been deceived by them into worshipping idols, being converted through the word of the Lord, worships the Lord; and from the very work of conversion vengeance is dealt upon him who had deceived. Likewise also, if he who had been deceived by the demons into fornicating is converted to chastity, loves purity, and weeps that he had gone astray, the demon is burned and set aflame by the tears of his repentance, and thus vengeance is dealt upon the author of the deception. Likewise too, if anyone returns from pride to humility, from luxury to frugality, through each of these things he scourges and torments the demons who had deceived him into them. With how great torments do you suppose they are driven, if they see someone, according to the word of the Lord, sell all his goods that he possesses and give to the poor, and take up his cross and follow Christ? But above all things this is the kind of torments and beyond all penalties for them, if they see someone give his labor to the word of God, searching out with intent zeal the knowledge of the divine law and the mysteries of the Scriptures; in this is all their flame, in these they are burned with the whole conflagration, since indeed they had darkened human minds with the darkness of ignorance and through these had obtained that God should be unknown, while the zeal of divine worship should be transferred to themselves. What vengeance do you think is dealt upon them, what flame of penalties is inflicted upon them, when they…
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defeated the gods of Egypt: See Exod 6:6; 12:12. This historical review draws attention to those special events that forced Pharaoh to allow the Israelite exodus from Egypt.
ומצרים מקברים AND THIS EGYPTIANS WERE BURYING [ALL THEIR FIRSTBORN] — they were busily occupied in their mourning.
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