Exodus 10

Exodus 10:1

For I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants.

For I have withdrawn my grace from him and his servants, that their heart should not relent at my judgment; yea I have punished their former sins with hardness of heart, and obstinacy in sinning.

And offered strange fire before the LORD.

And took up in their censers common and unsanctified fire, whereon they burnt the holy incense to the Lord.

Exodus 10:6

Uncover not your heads, neither rend your garments; lest you die.

Give no testimonies of a repining grief, and discontentment at this just judgment of God, lest, in his displeasure, he consume you also.

Exodus 10:7

How long shall this man be a snare unto us?

How long shall Moses be a means of punishment and destruction to us?

Exodus 10:9

When ye go into the tabernacle.

When ye are to go into the inner court of the tabernacle, here to do your service to the Lord.

Exodus 10:10

Let the LORD do so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: Look to it; for evil is before you.

I wish you might have no more favour of God, than you are like to have of me, in this suit of dismissing you and your children: look to it; go if you will, at your own peril.

Exodus 10:14

In a clean place.

In a place free from legal pollution; or within the compass of the camp of Israel, or that selected city, where God will have his worship to be fixed.

Exodus 10:17

That he may take away from me this death only.

That he would take away from me but this one deadly plague, wherewith we and our land are thus hurt and spoiled.

Exodus 10:19

Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such, &c.

Behold, the children of Israel have this day offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord; but as for me, you do well know what cause of just sorrow I have had this day, in that heavy judgment, which hath befallen my sons; and if, in this mourning and sad dejectedness, I had eaten of the sin offering, how could it have been well taken of that God, who requires cheerfulness in all that thus partake of his holy things? XI. 2, 3. These are the beasts, &c. Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. I would have your diet a figure of your conversation; beasts, to be figures of men: those men, which put just differences betwixt their actions, and that do meditate and chew upon the law of God continually, those are fit for you to converse with, and to be received of you into your entire fellowship; these are LÉVITICUS, CHAP. XVIII.—XVI. represented to you by beasts, that divide the hoof and chew the cud.