Commentary on Harmony of the Law Volume 1 Complete John Calvin (continued)
JOHN CALVIN
24. And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.
24. Tunc accersivit Pharao Mosen, et dixit, Ite, servite Jehovae: tantum pecus vestrum et armentum vestrum remanebit: etiam parvuli vestri ibunt vobiscum.
25. And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burntofferings, that we may sacrifice unto the Lord our God.
25. Dixitque Moses, Tu quoque dabis in manu nostra sacrificia et holocausta, ut faciamus Jehovae Deo nostro.
26. Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind: for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God; and we know not with what we must serve the Lord until we come thither.
26. Insuper pecudes nostrae ibunt nobiscum, non remanebit ungula: quia ex eo accipiemus ad colendum Jehovam Deum nostrum: nos autem nescimus quo colemus Jehovam, donec pervenerimus illuc.
27. But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.
27. Et roboravit Jehova cor Pharaonis, neque voluit dimittere illos.
28. And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more: for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.
28. Et dixit Pharao, Recede a me, cave tibi ne amplius videas faciem meam, qua enim die videbis faciem meam, morieris.
29. And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well; I will see thy face again no more.
29. Respondit Moses, Rectum dixisti, non videbo ultra faciem tuam.
21. And the Lord said unto Moses. God here inflicts the punishment without denouncing it; because Pharaoh had deceitfully broken his promise of being obedient to His word. Since, therefore, he had so wickedly abused God's clemency, he must needs be suddenly overtaken by a new calamity, that he might in the darkness feel God's avenging hand, which he had despised. Nor, indeed, would he have been alarmed by menaces; as it will directly appear, that, when he was warned of the death of his first-born, and