Exodus 11:1
in Exodus 11Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.
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ASV
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Yet one plague more will I bring upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
KJV
And the Lord said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
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This verse in Exodus 11
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The Lord said - Or “the Lord had said.” The first three verses of this chapter are parenthetical. Before Moses relates the last warning given to Pharaoh, he feels it right to recall to his readers’ minds the revelation and command which had been previously given to him by the Lord. When he shall let you go ... - When at last he lets you depart with children, flocks, herds, and all your possessions, he will compel you to depart in haste.
This site's exposition
one more plague
God tells Moses the count before the last stroke, so the sequence ends on an announcement. The promise that he will drive you out completely is kept at 12:33, where the Egyptians urged the people on.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Pharaoh shall be forced to own himself conquered, and to give up the cause." After all the rest of the plagues, God says, I will bring one more. Thus, after all the judgments executed upon sinners in this world, still there is one more reserved to be brought on them in the other world, which will completely humble those whom nothing else would humble.
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And the Lord said unto Moses,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Speak now in the ears of the people--These verses, describing the communication which had been made in private to Moses, are inserted here as a parenthesis, and will be considered (Ex 12:35).
The Lord said unto Moses - Calmet contends that this should be read in the preterpluperfect tense, for the Lord Had said to Moses, as the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth verses appear to have been spoken when Moses had the interview with Pharaoh mentioned in the preceding chapter; see Clarke’s note on Exo 10:29. If therefore this chapter be connected with the preceding, as it should be, and the first three verses not only read in the past tense but also in a parenthesis, the sense will be much more distinct and clear than it now appears.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
YET ONE PLAGUE MORE WILL I BRING UPON PHARAOH. “This [prophecy] was spoken to him while he was still standing before Pharaoh, for after he left him he did not see his face again.” Thus the language of Rashi. Our Rabbis have similarly said: 75 Shemoth Rabbah:1.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
23 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֜ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֗ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| ע֣וֹד | od | yet | H5750 → | 490 times |
| נֶ֤גַע | nega' | a plague | H5061 → | |
| אֶחָד֙ | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| אָבִ֤יא | ʾavi' | I will bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פַּרְעֹה֙ | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מִצְרַ֔יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| אַֽחֲרֵי־ | ʾacharei- | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| כֵ֕ן | khen | thus | H3651 → | 771 times |
| יְשַׁלַּ֥ח | yeshalach | he will let go | H7971 → | 845 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֖ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִזֶּ֑ה | mizeh | from here | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| כְּשַׁ֨לְּח֔וֹ | keshalecho | when lets [you] go he | H7971 → | 845 times |
| כָּלָ֕ה | kalah | completely | H3617 → | |
| גָּרֵ֛שׁ | garesh | completely <drive out> | H1644 → | 46 times |
| יְגָרֵ֥שׁ | yegaresh | he will drive out | H1644 → | 46 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֖ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִזֶּֽה׃ | mizeh | from here | H2088 → | 1180 times |
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֜הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מֹשֶׁ֗הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
ע֣וֹדyet
odH5750 →490 times
נֶ֤גַעa plague
nega'H5061 →
אֶחָד֙one
ʾechadH259 →971 times
אָבִ֤יאI will bring
ʾavi'H935 →2568 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פַּרְעֹה֙Pharaoh
parohH6547 →274 times
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
מִצְרַ֔יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
אַֽחֲרֵי־after
ʾacharei-H310 →715 times
כֵ֕ןthus
khenH3651 →771 times
יְשַׁלַּ֥חhe will let go
yeshalachH7971 →845 times
אֶתְכֶ֖ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
מִזֶּ֑הfrom here
mizehH2088 →1180 times
כְּשַׁ֨לְּח֔וֹwhen lets [you] go he
keshalechoH7971 →845 times
כָּלָ֕הcompletely
kalahH3617 →
גָּרֵ֛שׁcompletely <drive out>
gareshH1644 →46 times
יְגָרֵ֥שׁhe will drive out
yegareshH1644 →46 times
אֶתְכֶ֖ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
מִזֶּֽה׃from here
mizehH2088 →1180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 4:34Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the…
it leads to
- Exodus 6:6
Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 26:8
Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.
- Deuteronomy 5:15
Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the…
- Deuteronomy 7:19
the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same…
- Deuteronomy 7:8–9
But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand…
- Exodus 6:6
Through
Genesis 15:14But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 9:9–11
You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.
- Exodus 6:5–6
Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant.
- Exodus 12:32–38
Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.”
- Nehemiah 9:9–11
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.