Exodus 8:23

23 Thus I will put a division between my people and your people. By tomorrow shall this sign be."'"

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 Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and your servants and your people, and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled with swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand.

22 But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people dwell, so that no swarms of flies shall be there; that you may know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.

23 Thus I will put a division between my people and your people. By tomorrow shall this sign be."'"

24 And the LORD did so; there came great swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh and into his servants' houses, and in all the land of Egypt the land was ruined by reason of the flies.

25 Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God within the land."