King James Version
Exodus 8:23 in the King James Version says “And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be. a division: Heb. a redemption ...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be. a division: Heb. a redemption to morrow: or, by to morrow”
Exodus 8:23 · KJV
Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. swarms: or, a mixture of noisome beasts, etc
And 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.
And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be. a division: Heb. a redemption to morrow: or, by to morrow
And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies. corrupted: or, destroyed
And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And I will put”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
“and thy people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
“and thy people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“to morrow”
H4279properly, deferred, i.e., the morrow; usually (adverbially) tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“shall this sign”
H226a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc
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