Exodus 9:5

5 constituitque Dominus tempus dicens cras faciet Dominus verbum istud in terra

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.

Exodus 9:5 In-Context

3 ecce manus mea erit super agros tuos et super equos et asinos et camelos et boves et oves pestis valde gravis

4 et faciet Dominus mirabile inter possessiones Israhel et possessiones Aegyptiorum ut nihil omnino intereat ex his quae pertinent ad filios Israhel

5 constituitque Dominus tempus dicens cras faciet Dominus verbum istud in terra

6 fecit ergo Dominus verbum hoc altero die mortuaque sunt omnia animantia Aegyptiorum de animalibus vero filiorum Israhel nihil omnino periit

7 et misit Pharao ad videndum nec erat quicquam mortuum de his quae possidebat Israhel ingravatumque est cor Pharaonis et non dimisit populum