Yahweh appointed a set time, saying, “Tomorrow Yahweh shall do this thing in the land.”
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Yahweh appointed a set time, saying, “Tomorrow Yahweh shall do this thing in the land.”
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And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.
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And the LORD appointed a set time, saying: 'Tomorrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.'
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Passages linked to Exodus 9:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 8:23 I will put a division between my people and your people. This sign shall happen by tomorrow.” ’ ”
- Exodus 9:18 Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now.
- Exodus 10:4 Or else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country,
- Numbers 16:5 He said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning, Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him. Even him whom he shall choose, he will cause to come near to him.
- Job 24:1 “Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days?
- Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. What profit has he who works in that in which he labors? I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.
- Jeremiah 28:16-17 Therefore Yahweh says, ‘Behold, I will send you away from off the surface of the earth. This year you will die, because you have spoken rebellion against Yahweh.’ ” So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
- Matthew 27:63-64 saying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’ Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people, ‘He is risen from the dead;’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the Lord appointed a set time,.... For the…
And the Lord appointed a set time,.... For the coming of this plague, that it might plainly appear it came from him, and was not owing to any natural cause:
saying, tomorrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land; thus giving him time and space, as he had often done before, to consider the matter well, repent of his obstinacy, and dismiss the people of Israel, and so prevent the plague coming upon the cattle, as threatened.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 5. To-morrow the Lord shall do this] By…
Verse 5. To-morrow the Lord shall do this] By thus foretelling the evil, he showed his prescience and power; and from this both the Egyptians and Hebrews must see that the mortality that ensued was no casualty, but the effect of a predetermined purpose in the Divine justice.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Exo 9:5. The Lord appointed a set time —…
Exo 9:5. The Lord appointed a set time — This appointing of a set or particular time, both for bringing on the plagues and removing them, and that at as short a distance as the nature of the appointment would admit, and the leaving it once, at least, to Pharaoh himself to fix it, seems to have been intended to prevent the Egyptians, who were possessed with highly superstitious notions of the influence of the heavenly bodies at particular times, from thinking that Moses took advantage of his knowledge of those times to work his miracles.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Land. Moses related all this to the king, according…
Land. Moses related all this to the king, according to the Samaritan copy.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. To-morrow] cf. Exo_8:23.
5. To-morrow] cf. Exo_8:23.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5) The Lord appointed a set time.—As murrain is…
(5) The Lord appointed a set time.—As murrain is not uncommon in Egypt, especially in the Delta, and the coming affliction might therefore be ascribed by the Egyptians to natural causes, God took care to mark its miraculous character (1) by appointing a time; (2) by exempting the cattle of Israel; (3) by making the disease fatal to all the cattle of the Egyptians that were left “in the field.”
Tomorrow.—The delay allowed any Egyptians who believed Moses to save their cattle by housing them.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain To-morrow. God may have interposed the interval in order…
To-morrow. God may have interposed the interval in order that such as believed the announcement might save their animals by bringing them in out of the fields. All the cattle diedi.e, all that were "in the field" (ver. 3).
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 fixed a time
fixed a time
"set a time" or "appointed a time"
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All the cattle of Egypt died
This is exaggerated to emphasize the seriousness of the event. There were still some animals alive that were afflicted by later plagues. However, it may be best to translate this with the word "All." (See: Hyperbole and Generalization)
cattle of Egypt
Here "Egypt" refers to the people of Egypt. AT: "the cattle belonging to the people of Egypt" (See: Metonymy)
Pharaoh investigated
Pharaoh collected facts about the situation.
behold
The word "behold" here shows that Pharaoh was surprised by what he saw.
his heart was stubborn
Here "heart" refers to Pharaoh. AT: "he refused to change his mind" (See: Synecdoche)
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Yahweh
Egypt
Israel
Pharaoh
people group
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 9:5-6 Prediction again played an important role. These events…
9:5-6 Prediction again played an important role. These events were being directed by the One who is sovereign over all that happens.
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