Exodus 8:23 KJV — MannaFest

Exodus 8:23

And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.

KJV

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ASV

And I will put a division between my people and thy people: by to-morrow shall this sign be.

WEB

I will make a distinction between My people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.’”

YLT

and I have put a division between My people and thy people: to-morrow is this sign.'

DBT

And I will put a separation between my people and thy people; to-morrow shall this sign be.

About this book

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Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.

Author: Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
Date: 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus

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3 verses on the floor

2 Kings 7:1
Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
Exodus 9:5
And the Lord appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land.
Exodus 10:4
Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:

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The worship of flies, particularly of the beetle, was a prominent part of the religion of the ancient Egyptians. The employment of these winged deities to chastise them must have been painful and humiliating to the Egyptians while it must at the same time have strengthened the faith of the Israelites in the God of their fathers as the only object of worship.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

It is probable that this distinction had not been so manifest and observable in any of the foregoing plagues as it was to be in this. Thus, as the plague of lice was made more convincing than any before it, by its running the magicians aground, so was this, by the distinction made between the Egyptians and the Hebrews.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Note, The Lord knows those that are his, and will make it appear, perhaps in this world, certainly in the other, that he has set them apart for himself. A day will come when you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked ( Mal. iii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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