The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 8:12

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Moses cried unto the Lord. The expression used is a strong one, and seems to imply special earnestness in the prayer. Moses had ventured to fix a definite time for the removal of the plague, without (so far as appears) any special command of God.

Hence earnest prayer (as Kalisch notes) was doubly necessary. (Compare 1 Kings 18:36, 1 Kings 18:37.

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