Exodus 8:32

32 And Pharaoh made his heart {insensitive} also this time, and he did not release the people.

Exodus 8:32 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 8:32

And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also
As he did before, when he found the plague was removed, and the flies were gone: neither would he let the people go;
through pride and covetousness, being loath to have the number of those under his dominion so much diminished, and to lose so large a branch of his revenues arising from the labour of these people.

Exodus 8:32 In-Context

30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to Yahweh.

31 And Yahweh did according to the word of Moses and removed the flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; not one was left.

32 And Pharaoh made his heart {insensitive} also this time, and he did not release the people.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "heavy"