Exo 10:3 | KingComments | STEP | For the seventh time there is the call: “Let my people go, that they may serve Me” ( ). In case of refusal there will be locusts, in unprecedented numbers. A single locust is insignificant, makes no impression at all, and can be easily trampled to death. Ten of the twelve Israelite spies, in their unbelief, felt this way toward the giants in Canaan ( ). But in large numbers locusts are overwhelming and devastating (cf. ). After Moses has delivered his message, he turns around resolutely and leaves Pharaoh. He is not waiting for an answer.

‏ Exodus 10:3

Announcement of the Eighth Plague

For the seventh time there is the call: “Let my people go, that they may serve Me” (Exo 5:1 ; Exo 7:16 ; Exo 8:1 ; 20 ; Exo 9:1 ; Exo 10:3). In case of refusal there will be locusts, in unprecedented numbers. A single locust is insignificant, makes no impression at all, and can be easily trampled to death. Ten of the twelve Israelite spies, in their unbelief, felt this way toward the giants in Canaan (Num 13:33). But in large numbers locusts are overwhelming and devastating (cf. Jdg 6:5 ; Jdg 7:12).

After Moses has delivered his message, he turns around resolutely and leaves Pharaoh. He is not waiting for an answer.