Exodus 9:5

5 The LORD set a time and said, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.”

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Exodus 9:5 in Other Translations

KJV

5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.

ESV

5 And the LORD set a time, saying, "Tomorrow the LORD will do this thing in the land."

NLT

5 The LORD has already set the time for the plague to begin. He has declared that he will strike the land tomorrow.’”

MSG

5 Then God set the time: "Tomorrow God will do this thing."

CSB

5 And the Lord set a time, saying, "Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land."

Exodus 9:5 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 9:5

And the Lord appointed a set time
For the coming of this plague, that it might plainly appear it came from him, and was not owing to any natural cause: saying, tomorrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land;
thus giving him time and space, as he had often done before, to consider the matter well, repent of his obstinacy, and dismiss the people of Israel, and so prevent the plague coming upon the cattle, as threatened.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Exodus 9:5 In-Context

3 the hand of the LORD will bring a terrible plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys and camels and on your cattle, sheep and goats.

4 But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and that of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’ ”

5 The LORD set a time and said, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.”

6 And the next day the LORD did it: All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.

7 Pharaoh investigated and found that not even one of the animals of the Israelites had died. Yet his heart was unyielding and he would not let the people go.

Exodus 9:5

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