Egypt Struck With the Same Rod It Used on Israel

"Has He struck him as He struck those who struck him? Or has he been slain as those slain by Him were slain?" (Isaiah 27:7). Rabbi Judah and Rabbi Nehemiah differed. Rabbi Judah said: With the very staff with which the Egyptians struck Israel, they themselves were struck. And Rabbi Nehemiah said: With the very legion-weapon with which the Egyptians struck Israel, they themselves were struck. "In full measure" (ibid. 8) — measure for measure [reading the doubled word as a seah for a seah]. It was taught in the name of Rabbi Meir: By the measure with which a man measures, it is measured back to him. "By driving them out You contend with them" (ibid.) — He smote, and afterward sent away. Therefore it is said, "And it came to pass when Pharaoh let the people go" (Exodus 13:17).