Exodus 9:5

And the time was fixed by the Lord, and he said, Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land.

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In The King James Version

And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.

In Context

4And the Lord will make a division between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; there will be no loss of any of the cattle of Israel.

6And on the day after, the Lord did as he had said, causing the death of all the cattle of Egypt, but there was no loss of any of the cattle of Israel.

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Cross References

Exodus 9:18Truly, tomorrow about this time I will send down an ice-storm, such as never was in Egypt from its earliest days till now.

Numbers 16:5And he said to Korah and his band, In the morning the Lord will make clear who are his, and who is holy, and who may come near him: the man of his selection will be caused to come near him.

Ecclesiastes 3:1For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.

Matthew 27:63Saying, Sir, we have in mind how that false man said, while he was still living, After three days I will come again from the dead.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 9:2-8

The Plagues of Egypt. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 Then the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, 3 Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain. 4 And the Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle… Read the whole commentary →

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