Êxodo 9:23

23 E Moisés estendeu a sua vara para o céu, e o Senhor enviou trovões e saraiva, e fogo desceu � terra; e o Senhor fez chover saraiva sobre a terra do Egito.

Êxodo 9:23 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 9:23

And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven
The same which Aaron had made use of before, but was now in the hand of Moses, and whose rod it properly was: and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the
ground,
hot thunderbolts, which struck their flocks, ( Psalms 78:48 ) and hail which fell so thick and weighty as to destroy both men and cattle, and break trees in pieces, and spoil the corn, the grass, and the tender herb; and fire, that is lightning, which descended so low, and in such quantities, as ran along the ground, and consumed all it met with. Artapanus ^F7, an Heathen writer, who speaks of this storm of hail, says, that Moses, besides the hail, caused earthquakes by night, so that those that escaped the earthquakes were taken away by the hail, and those that escaped the hail perished by the earthquakes, which he says overthrew all the houses, and most of the temples: and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt;
upon Egypt, where rain was not common, and on all the land of Egypt, when in some parts of it it was scarce known, and hail as thick as rain; ice, snow, and hail, are most rarely if ever seen there, the air not being cold enough for the production of them ^F8. This was the Lord's immediate doing, when there was no likelihood of it, nor any appearance of second causes concurring to produce it, and came at the exact time he had foretold it should; all which were very extraordinary.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 27. p. 435, 436.
F8 Vid. Scheuchzer. Physica Sacra, vol. 1. p. 139.

Êxodo 9:23 In-Context

21 mas aquele que não se importava com a palavra do Senhor, deixou os seus servos e o seu gado no campo.

22 Então disse o Senhor a Moisés: Estende a tua mão para o céu, para que caia saraiva em toda a terra do Egito, sobre os homens e sobre os animais, e sobre toda a erva do campo na terra do Egito.

23 E Moisés estendeu a sua vara para o céu, e o Senhor enviou trovões e saraiva, e fogo desceu � terra; e o Senhor fez chover saraiva sobre a terra do Egito.

24 Havia, pois, saraiva misturada com fogo, saraiva tão grave qual nunca houvera em toda a terra do Egito, desde que veio a ser uma nação.

25 E a saraiva feriu, em toda a terra do Egito, tudo quanto havia no campo, tanto homens como animais; feriu também toda erva do campo, e quebrou todas as árvores do campo.