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5 and aall the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the animals.  
6 aThen there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, bsuch as was not like it before, nor shall be like it again.  
7 aBut against none of the children of Israel bshall a dog move its tongue, against man or beast, that you may know that the Lord does make a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.’  
8 And aall these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me, saying, ‘Get out, and all the people who follow you!’ After that I will go out.” bThen he went out from Pharaoh in great anger.  
9 But the Lord said to Moses, a“Pharaoh will not heed you, so that bMy wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”  
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No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Exodus 11:7.

Exodus 11:7

So there is also a solemn aspect to all of this, because of what had been wrought in Egypt—what had been necessary to redeem them, to free them, and to bring them out. But it is God's actions on this particular night that I want to highlight. Early in our conversion, we are very aware (in our first love) of God watching. That is what it basically says here. We observe this night because God observed His people going out of Egypt. You see—God was there. He was involved. He was so involved that it says (back in Exodus 11:7), when He was telling Moses what was going to happen, He said, "Not even a dog will wag his tongue against you." (Meaning, not even a dog will bark as you leave Egypt.) That is how closely God supervised their leaving.

Excerpted from Escape From Box Canyon

Exodus 11:7

But God was watching so closely that, on the night of the Passover (and I'm sure it carried over into The Night To Be Much Observed) not even a dog barked as Israel left Egypt. Can you imagine the din of a couple million people going along the road in their wagons (or whatever it was that they had) or walking, pans jingling, their animals going by—and the dogs don't even bark! I mean, the Egyptians' dogs. Did you notice what the rest of the verse said?

Was God watching, or what? Is anyone going to deny that God was watching them as they walked out that night of the 15th—in the very sight of the Egyptians, who were burying their dead?

Excerpted from The Night to be Much Observed

Exodus 11:4-8

Pharaoh's servants came and delivered the message from Pharaoh, "Get out!" Moses did not go to Pharaoh on that night. When the servants of Pharaoh came, we do not know exactly what time that was. We do know this: it was after midnight. But, it was still night when Pharaoh's servants arrived at Moses' house—and that is from the Bible's own record.

Excerpted from Passover (Part 4)

Exodus 11:4-7

It is the Lord doing these things. Those three sections of verses I read specifically because I want you to see not only did the Lord do these things, but He also emphasizes the fact that He put a distinct difference between what happened to one group of people and what happened to another group of people.

Excerpted from Why We Observe Passover and the Days of Unleavened Bread



Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Exodus 11:7:

Exodus 12:40-42
Exodus 12:40-42
Exodus 12:40-42
Ezekiel 9:4


 
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