12And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.
Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-20)Here is, I. The invasion of the land by the locusts— God’s great army , Joel 2:11. God bids Moses stretch out his hand (Exod. 10:12), to beckon them, as it wee (for they came at a call), and he stretched forth his rod , Exod. 10:13. Compare Exod. 9:22 , 23 . Moses ascribes it to the stretching out, not of his own hand, but the rod of God , the instituted sign of God’s presence with him. The locust…
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