33And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.
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Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 29-36)Here we have, I. The Egyptians’ sons, even their first-born, slain, Exod. 12:29 , 30 . If Pharaoh would have taken the warning which was given him of this plague, and would thereupon have released Israel, what a great many dear and valuable lives might have been preserved! But see what obstinate infidelity brings upon men. Observe, 1. The time when this blow was given: It was at midnight , which a…
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