출애굽기 Chapter 8

Translation: ESV

1

Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, Thus says the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.'

Key Message

Even in judgment God gives opportunities for repentance; the repeated demand is an expression of God's patience and grace.

▸This is before the second plague—the plague of frogs.

This is before the second plague—the plague of frogs. The demand 'Let my people go' repeats with each plague. This repetition is also God's patience and grace giving Pharaoh opportunities to repent. God does not judge all at once but gives opportunities for repentance through plagues that intensify in stages.

Related Verses

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
8

Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, 'Plead with the LORD to take away the frogs from me and from my people, and I will let the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.'

Key Message

Whether religious devotion in crisis is genuine repentance or temporary compromise to escape the situation is revealed by subsequent behavior.

▸Before the frog plague, Pharaoh attempts negotiation for the first time.

15

But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the LORD had said.

Key Message

Forgetting God when relief comes is a dangerous tendency of human nature; genuine faith serves God in both suffering and ease.

▸'When Pharaoh saw that there was a respite'—that is, as soon as the plague stopped, Pharaoh reversed his promise.

22

But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people dwell, so that no swarms of flies shall be there, that you may know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.

Key Message

God protects and distinguishes His people even in judgment, and this distinction is a sign revealing who God is to the world.

▸From the fourth plague (flies), God distinguishes between the land of Goshen (where Israel lives) and the land of Egypt.

32

But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and did not let the people go.

Key Message

Hardness of heart caused by sin progressively deepens; repeated hardness ultimately leads to irreversible calcification toward God's judgment.

▸After the fly plague ends, Pharaoh again breaks his promise.