--- title: "Bullinger" description: "the LORD (Hebrew. Jehovah. said. See note on Exodus 3:7 , and compare note on Exodus 6:10 . made = given (as in Ephesians 4:11 ) as such. god . i.e. i" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/exodus/7" --- **the LORD** (Hebrew. *Jehovah.* said. See note on [Exodus 3:7](../../../kjv/exodus/3/7) , and compare note on [Exodus 6:10](../../../kjv/exodus/6/10) . **made** = given (as in [Ephesians 4:11](../../../kjv/ephesians/4/11) ) as such. **god** . i.e. in God's stead. *Elohim = one* appointed by oath. *Elohim* is thus used of those so given and appointed. [Psalms 82:1](../../../kjv/psalms/82/1) , [Psalms 82:6](../../../kjv/psalms/82/6) . [John 10:34](../../../kjv/john/10/34) , [John 10:35](../../../kjv/john/10/35) . **prophet** . See on [Exodus 4:16](../../../kjv/exodus/4/16) . **children** = sons. **harden** . See note on [Exodus 4:2](../../../kjv/exodus/4/2) . **armies** = hosts. **and** . No "and" required. **shall know** : i.e. by a great experience. That was the great object of all these ten plagues; as it will be in the coming day of the judgments described in the Apocalypse. [Revelation 16:5-7](../../../kjv/revelation/16/5-7) . **as** = according as. **Pharaoh** . See App-37 . **the LORD** (Hebrew. *Jehovah.* spake. See note on [Exodus 6:10](../../../kjv/exodus/6/10) , and compare note on [Exodus 3:7](../../../kjv/exodus/3/7) . **Shew a miracle for you** = show us a sign. **serpent** . Hebrew. *thaunin = a* crocodile. **as** = according as. **Pharaoh** . Hebrew "the face of Pharaoh". Figure of speech *Pleonasm.* App-6 . **wise men** , &c. Two sets of men mentioned. Pharaoh "called for the wise men, and for the magi cians-and these also (the sacred scribes of Egypt) did in like manner with their secret arts". Two of these named by the Holy Spirit in [2 Timothy 3:8](../../../kjv/2-timothy/3/8) , "Jannes and Jambres". **man** . Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 . **rod** . Figure of speech *Ampliatio* ( App-6 ). The rod still called a rod, though it had become a serpent. **swallowed up** : and thus inflicted the first blow on the gods of Egypt. See note on [Exodus 7:20](../../../kjv/exodus/7/20) . **He hardened.** The Hebrew here is "Pharaoh's heart was hardened". See on [Exodus 4:21](../../../kjv/exodus/4/21) . **as** = according as. **It will be noticed** that the number *nine is* connected with judgment (see App-10 ), and that the third plague of each three is without warning. To make the sym metry complete, Aaron was used in the infliction of the first three, and Moses of the last three. **the LORD said.** See note on [Exodus 3:7](../../../kjv/exodus/3/7) with [Exodus 6:10](../../../kjv/exodus/6/10) . hardened. See note on [Exodus 4:2](../../../kjv/exodus/4/2) . **serpent** . Hebrew. *nachash.* See note on [Genesis 3:1](../../../kjv/genesis/3/1) , and App-19 . **God** . Hebrew. *Elohim* . App-6 . **Thus saith the LORD** . See note on [Exodus 4:22](../../../kjv/exodus/4/22) . **river** . Probably the Nile canals. **the LORD spake** . See note on [Exodus 6:10](../../../kjv/exodus/6/10) , and compare note on [Exodus 3:7](../../../kjv/exodus/3/7) . **streams** = canals. **rivers** = the seven streams of the Delta. **ponds** = lakes where reeds grew. **pools** = reservoirs. **vessels of wood** , &c. Genitive of material. Figure of speech *Metony my* (of Cause). App-6 . Hebrew "woods and stones", put for [channels] made of wood [and canals] made of stone. **river** . This first plague was directed against the Nile, an object of worship, which was thus polluted, and became a means of pollution to the people. Compare [Exodus 12:12](../../../kjv/exodus/12/12) . **and.** Note the Figure of speech *Polysyndeton* in verses: [Exodus 7:20](../../../kjv/exodus/7/20) , [Exodus 7:21](../../../kjv/exodus/7/21) . **magicians . . . did so** . Evidently from the water referred to in [Exodus 7:24](../../../kjv/exodus/7/24) . **hardened** . 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