Exodus 10:26

26 En ons vee zal ook met ons gaan, er zal niet een klauw achterblijven; want van hetzelve zullen wij nemen, om den HEERE, onzen God, te dienen; want wij weten niet, waarmede wij den HEERE, onzen God, dienen zullen, totdat wij daar komen.

Exodus 10:26 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 10:26

Our cattle also shall go with us
Of every kind, of the flocks and of the herds: there shall not an hoof be left behind;
not a single creature that has an hoof: it is a proverbial expression, signifying that they should carry all that belonged to them with them: for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God;
something of every kind and sort, all they had being devoted to his service, and to be yielded to him upon demand: and we know not with what we must serve the Lord, until we come
thither;
into the wilderness; they knew not exactly and precisely what kind of creatures or how many of them, as Aben Ezra observes, they were to offer at a time; for though before this there was a known distinction between clean and unclean creatures, and the various offerings and sacrifices of the patriarchs might in a good measure direct them in the use of them; yet the special and peculiar laws about sacrifices were not given until after their deliverance, and they were got into the wilderness; so that this was not a bare pretence to get their cattle along with them, but was the true case and real matter of fact.

Exodus 10:26 In-Context

24 Toen riep Farao Mozes, en zeide: Gaat heen, dient den HEERE! alleen uw schapen en uw runderen zullen vast blijven; ook zullen uw kinderkens met u gaan.

25 Doch Mozes zeide: Ook zult gij slachtofferen en brandofferen in onze handen geven, die wij den HEERE, onzen God, doen mogen;

26 En ons vee zal ook met ons gaan, er zal niet een klauw achterblijven; want van hetzelve zullen wij nemen, om den HEERE, onzen God, te dienen; want wij weten niet, waarmede wij den HEERE, onzen God, dienen zullen, totdat wij daar komen.

27 Doch de HEERE verhardde Farao's hart; en hij wilde hen niet laten trekken.

28 Maar Farao zeide tot hem: Ga van mij! wacht u, dat gij niet meer mijn aangezicht ziet; want op welken dag gij mijn aangezicht zult zien, zult gij sterven!