This, however, did not dispose of the demand, which now confronts him again.Ģ. It had come to him, moreover, as the command of Jehovah, and proof had been given him that such was its character. It was a demand righteous and reasonable in itself - "Let my people go," etc. The demand was that which Pharaoh had hitherto resisted.
THE DEMAND RENEWED WITH THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF THREAT (vers. The contrast of judgment and mercy, of law and Gospel. Contrast Moses with Christ, the one beginning the series of wonders by turning the river into blood the other, in his first miracle, turning the water into wine ( John 2:1-12). 25).Īn event of this kind was palpably of supernatural origin. It descended on the river at the summons of Moses and Aaron.Ħ. The water was rendered wholly unfit for use.Ģ. Whatever connection may be traced between this plague and natural phenomena (see Hengstenberg) it is plain that it stood on an entirely different footing from changes produced under purely natural conditions.ġ. The stroke fell also on the reservoirs, canals, and ponds. the rising Nile suddenly assumed the hue and qualities of blood. At the stretching out of the red of Aaron, the broad, swift-flowing current of. Orr The first of the series of plagues which fell on Egypt was of a truly terrific character.
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