Exodus 8:23

23 And I will put a division between my people and your people; tomorrow this sign will be seen.

Exodus 8:23 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 8:23

And I will put a division between my people and thy people,
&c.] Or, a "redemption" ^F16; for by distinguishing them in his providence from the Egyptians, he might be said to redeem or deliver them; thus God makes a difference between his chosen people and the rest of the world, through his Son's redemption of them by his blood, out of every kindred, tongue, people, and nation:

tomorrow shall this sign be:
which, according to Bishop Usher, must be the twenty nineth day of Adar or February.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 (twdp) "redemptionem", Pagninus, Montanus

Exodus 8:23 In-Context

21 For if you do not let my people go, see, I will send clouds of flies on you and on your servants and on your people and into their houses; and the houses of the Egyptians and the land where they are will be full of flies.

22 And at that time I will make a division between your land and the land of Goshen where my people are, and no flies will be there; so that you may see that I am the Lord over all the earth.

23 And I will put a division between my people and your people; tomorrow this sign will be seen.

24 And the Lord did so; and great clouds of flies came into the house of Pharaoh and into his servants' houses, and all the land of Egypt was made waste because of the flies.

25 And Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron and said, Go and make your offering to your God here in the land.