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Exodus 10:5 Explained in Context
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Verse 5. 5And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:
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Quick Meaning
The wording “And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat…” at 10:5 supplies evidence for the unit's movement and its effect on the people named there.
Read It With
- Exodus 10:1–20
Read Exodus 10:5 with 10:1–20. The wording “And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat…” at 10:5 supplies evidence for the unit's movement and its effect on the people named there. The whole unit shows: Hardening is framed as signs told across generations; Pharaoh's servants urge release, negotiations exclude dependents, locusts finish the crops, and an urgent confession again dissolves after relief.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Exodus 9:13–35 establishes the preceding movement: The hail speech explains preserved life and proclaimed name, permits Egyptians who fear the warning to shelter servants and animals, devastates exposed life and crops, and ends with Pharaoh's temporary confession and renewed sin. This unit escalates that movement: Hardening is framed as signs told across generations; Pharaoh's servants urge release, negotiations exclude dependents, locusts finish the crops, and an urgent confession again dissolves after relief. At 10:5, the wording “And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat…” makes this verse's contribution precise. The wording “And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat…” at 10:5 supplies evidence for the unit's movement and its effect on the people named there.
What Remains True
Because Exodus 10:5 contributes “And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat…” to “Locusts Consume What Hail Left,” its proportionate enduring truth is: The narrative contests imperial refusal and displays divine power, while its escalating harm and hardening language require moral seriousness rather than triumphalism.
How It Can Shape Life
- At Exodus 10:5, the line “And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat…” serves this contextual meaning: Hardening is framed as signs told across generations; Pharaoh's servants urge release, negotiations exclude dependents, locusts finish the crops, and an urgent confession again dissolves after relief. The bounded action is: A proportionate application of “Locusts Consume What Hail Left” is this: When opposing abusive power, protect noncombatants, refuse collective blame, and measure success by liberation without hiding collateral suffering.
Continue in Context
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Read Exodus 10:1–20 — Locusts Consume What Hail LeftSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Exodus 10:1–20, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Exodus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, names, speech, law, ritual vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Exod.xml, words and morphology for 10:1–20
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Exodus with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
eBible.org distribution of the NET Bible, PDF generated 2026-08-12
Supports: Unit-bounded Hebrew, syntax, lexical, textual, name, measure, legal, ritual, and older-English notes; silence is not evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Exodus PDF, complete 127-page PDF, translation and verse-attached translator notes for 10:1–20
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