Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
Parallel translations
- WEB Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no hail.
- BSB The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.
- NKJV Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no hail.
- NASB Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, was there no hail.
- NLT The only place without hail was the region of Goshen, where the people of Israel lived.
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Only Goshen, where Israel lived, was spared the hail. God again clearly distinguishes and protects his people.
Overview
The sparing of Goshen continues the pattern of divine distinction between Israel and Egypt. It testifies that the plagues are precisely targeted acts of the covenant God, not natural disasters. Israel's preservation in the midst of judgment foreshadows the protection of God's people at Passover. It pictures the security of those who belong to the Lord even as judgment falls around them.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Exod 11:7But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
- Exod 10:23They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
- Exod 9:4And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children’s of Israel.
- Exod 12:13And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
- Exod 9:6And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
- Exod 8:22–32And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.
- Isa 32:18–19And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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