Exodus 9:29

“And Moses said unto him, as soon as I am gone out of the city, etc.] Zoan or Tanis, for it was in the field of Zoan where these wonders were wrought, (<197812>Psalm 78:12,43), the reason why he went out of the city to pray, Jarchi says, was because it was full of idols; but the truer reason was, that he might be private and alone while he was praying to God; and perhaps he went out also to show that he was not frightened at the storm, or afraid of being destroyed by it, and was confident of preservation in the midst of it, in the open field, by the power of God, whom he served: I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord; which was a prayer gesture directed to by the light of nature, and was…”

“With the plague of hail begins the last series of plagues, which differ from the former both in their severity and their effects. Each produced a temporary, but real, change in Pharaoh’s feelings. Exodus 9:14 All my plagues - This applies to all the plagues which follow; the effect of each was foreseen and foretold. The words “at this time” point to a rapid and continuous succession of blows. The plagues which precede appear to have been spread over a considerable time; the first message of Moses was delivered after the early harvest of the year before, when the Israelites could gather stubble, i. e. in May and April: the second mission, when the plagues began, was probably toward the end of…”

“The earth - The world, the heaven and the earth. Exodus 9:30”

“9:29 There is no one like the Lord in all the earth (9:14), and all the earth belongs to the Lord. This was the inescapable message of the plagues, though the Egyptians had difficulty accepting it.”

“spread: Exo 9:33; Kg1 8:22, Kg1 8:38; Ch2 6:12, Ch2 6:13; Ezr 9:5; Job 11:13; Psa 143:6; Isa 1:15 that the earth: Deu 10:14; Psa 24:1, Psa 24:2, Psa 50:12, Psa 95:4, Psa 95:5, Psa 135:6; Co1 10:26, Co1 10:28 Exodus 9:30”

“Moses promised that his request should be granted, that he might know "that the land belonged to Jehovah," i.e., that Jehovah ruled as Lord over Egypt (cf. Exo 8:18); at the same time he told him that the fear manifested by himself and his servants was no true fear of God. יי מפּני ירא denotes the true fear of God, which includes a voluntary subjection to the divine will. Observe the expression, Jehovah, Elohim: Jehovah, who is Elohim, the Being to be honoured as supreme, the true God. Exodus 9:31”