He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, without number,
KJV
He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
Commentary
Commentary
He spake, and the locusts came,.... A great army of them, and covered the land, that it was even darkened by them; and were such as had never been seen before, or ever were since; this is the eighth plague,
Exo 10:12
, with these compare the locusts in
Rev 9:3
.
And caterpillars, and that without number; of these no mention is made in Exodus; they seem to be one of the kinds of locusts, or a different word is here used for the same, and so Kimchi interprets it; some render it the white locust; it has its name from licking up the herbs and grass of the field; as the other name for the locust seems to be taken from its great abundance and increase.
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