23For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-28)I. Moses is here, as a faithful steward in God’s house, teaching the children of Israel to observe all things which God had commanded him ; and no doubt he gave the instructions as largely as he received them, though they are not so largely recorded. It is here added, 1. That this night, when the first-born were to be destroyed, no Israelite must stir out of doors till morning , that is, till towa…
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