Éxodo 9:23

Listen to Éxodo 9:23
23 Y extendi贸 Mois茅s su vara hacia el cielo, y el SE脩OR envi贸 truenos y granizo, y cay贸 fuego sobre la tierra. Y el SE脩OR hizo llover granizo sobre la tierra de Egipto.

Éxodo 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.


FOOTNOTES:

F7 Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 27. p. 435, 436.
F8 Vid. Scheuchzer. Physica Sacra, vol. 1. p. 139.
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Éxodo 9:23 In-Context

21 pero el que no hizo caso a la palabra del SE脩OR, dej贸 a sus siervos y sus ganados en el campo.
22 Y el SE脩OR dijo a Mois茅s: Extiende tu mano hacia el cielo para que caiga granizo en toda la tierra de Egipto, sobre los hombres, sobre los animales y sobre toda planta del campo por toda la tierra de Egipto.
23 Y extendi贸 Mois茅s su vara hacia el cielo, y el SE脩OR envi贸 truenos y granizo, y cay贸 fuego sobre la tierra. Y el SE脩OR hizo llover granizo sobre la tierra de Egipto.
24 Y hubo granizo muy intenso, y fuego centellando continuamente en medio del granizo, muy pesado, tal como no hab铆a habido en toda la tierra de Egipto desde que lleg贸 a ser una naci贸n.
25 Y el granizo hiri贸 todo lo que hab铆a en el campo por toda la tierra de Egipto, tanto hombres como animales; el granizo hiri贸 tambi茅n toda planta del campo, y destroz贸 todos los 谩rboles del campo.
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