Exodus 10:7 meaning and explanation

Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is in ruins?”

Exodus 10:7, Berean Standard Bible

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These are Pharaoh's own court officials, speaking after seven plagues have struck Egypt and Moses has warned of locusts to come. Their question is addressed to Pharaoh, and it marks a shift: the men who serve him now see Moses as a snare, a trap (Hebrew moqesh) that keeps catching Egypt.

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