Exodus 11:7 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 11:7

But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

BSB

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ASV

But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that Jehovah doth make a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel.

KJV

But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Not a dog move his tongue - This passage has been generally understood as a proverbial expression, intimating that the Israelites should not only be free from this death, but that they should depart without any kind of molestation. For though there must be much bustle and comparative confusion in the sudden removal of six hundred thousand persons with their wives, children, goods, cattle, etc., yet this should produce so little alarm that even the dogs should not bark at them, which it would be natural to expect, as the principal stir was to be about midnight.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The New Park Street Pulpit, Sermon No. 305: “Separating the Precious From the Vile” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1860)

THE DIFFERENCE between the Egyptians and Israel was exceedingly manifest. At first sight it seemed to be very greatly to the advantage of Egypt. They had the whip in their hand, and poor Israel smarted under the lash. Egypt possessed the toil of the Israelites. the sons of Jacob made bricks, and the subjects of Pharaoh inhabited the houses which the sons of Jacob builded. How soon, however, were the tables turned! God wrought plagues in Egypt. but Goshen was spared.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּלְכֹ֣ל׀	u.le.Khol	and to all	H3605 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
לֹ֤א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יֶֽחֱרַץ־	ye.che.ratz-	it will sharpen	H2782 →
כֶּ֙לֶב֙	ke.lev	a dog	H3611 →
לְשֹׁנ֔וֹ	le.sho.No	tongue its	H3956 →
לְמֵאִ֖ישׁ	le.me.'Ish	to from a human	H376 →
וְעַד־	ve.'ad-	and unto	H5704 →
בְּהֵמָ֑ה	be.he.Mah	livestock	H929 →
לְמַ֙עַן֙	le.Ma.'an	so that	H4616 →
תֵּֽדְע֔וּן	te.de.'Un	you may know !	H3045 →
אֲשֶׁר֙	'a.Sher	that	H834 →
יַפְלֶ֣ה	yaf.Leh	he separates	H6395 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
בֵּ֥ין	bein	between	H996 →
מִצְרַ֖יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
וּבֵ֥ין	u.Vein	and between	H996 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 8:22
But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I,…
leads to
- Exodus 9:4
  But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Malachi 3:18
  So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 10:23
  No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Malachi 3:18
So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
leads to
- Matthew 25:46
  And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- Genesis 18:25
  Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the…
- Psalms 58:10–11
  The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
- Joshua 24:15
  But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods…
Through
Exodus 9:4
But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”
leads to
- Exodus 8:22
  But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I,…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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06About Exodus

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

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About Exodus