“But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.”
But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any person or animal. Then you will know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel. Not a dog will bark. The image of total silence in Goshen while Egypt wails is one of the most powerful contrasts in the Bible. The dogs that bark at movement, at visitors, at danger — they will be silent. Israel will be so completely at peace on the night of the tenth plague that even the animals will be undisturbed. The distinction between Egypt and Israel is now carried by the contrast between the loudest wailing and the deepest silence. John 10:3–4 says the shepherd calls his own sheep by name, and they follow him — the distinction the shepherd makes is the same distinction God makes at Passover: those who belong to Him are safe.
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