Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 9

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Exodus 9 . 1 , The murrain of beasts; Exodus 9 . 8 , The plague of boils and blains; Exodus 9 . 13 , The message of Moses about the hail; Exodus 9 . 22 , The plague of hail; Exodus 9 . 27 , Pharaoh sues to Moses , but yet is hardened.

Exodus 9:1

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

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Exodus 9:2

But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,

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Exodus 9:3

then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.

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We may observe a particular scope and meaning in this calamity , if we consider it in regard to the Egyptians , which would not have existed in respect to any other people. They held in idolatrous reverence almost every animal , but some they held in particular veneration; as the ox , cow , and ram. Among these , Apis and Mnevis are well known; the former being a sacred bull , worshipped at Memphis , as the latter was at Heliopolis. A cow or heifer had the like honours at Momemphis; and the same practice seems to have been adopted in most of the Egyptian nomes. By the infliction of this judgment , the Egyptian deities sank before the God of the Hebrews. See Bryant , pp. 87-93

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Exodus 9:4

But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”

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Exodus 9:5

The LORD set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.”

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Exodus 9:6

And the next day the LORD did just that. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.

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Exodus 9:7

Pharaoh sent officials and found that none of the livestock of the Israelites had died. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the people go.

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Exodus 9:8

Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from the furnace; in the sight of Pharaoh, Moses is to toss it into the air.

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This was a significant command; not only referring to the fiery furnace , which was a type of the slavery of the Israelites , but to a cruel rite common among the Egyptians. They had several cities styled Typhonian , in which at particular seasons they sacrificed men , who were burnt alive; and the ashes of the victim were scattered upwards in the air , with the view , probably , that where any atom of dust was carried , a blessing was entailed. The like , therefore , was done by Moses , though with a different intention , and more certain effect. See Bryant , pp. 93-106

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Exodus 9:9

It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on man and beast throughout the land.”

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Exodus 9:10

So they took soot from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on man and beast.

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Exodus 9:11

The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.

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Exodus 9:12

But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said to Moses.

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Exodus 9:13

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

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Exodus 9:14

Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.

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Exodus 9:15

For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the earth.

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Exodus 9:16

But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

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raised thee up Heb. made thee stand

Exodus 9:17

Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.

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Exodus 9:18

Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.

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This must have been a circumstance of all others the most incredible to an Egyptian; for in Egypt there fell no rain , the want of which was supplied by dews , and the overflowing of the Nile. The Egyptians must , therefore , have perceived themselves particularly aimed at in these fearful events , especially as they were very superstitious. There seems likewise a propriety in their being punished by fire and water , as they were guilty of the grossest idolatry towards these elements. Scarcely anything could have distressed the Egyptians more than the destruction of the flax , as the whole nation wore linen garments. The ruin of their barley was equally fatal , both to their trade and to their private advantage. See Bryant , pp. 108-117

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Exodus 9:19

So give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man or beast that remains in the field and is not brought inside will die when the hail comes down upon them.'"

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Exodus 9:20

Those among Pharaoh's officials who feared the word of the LORD hurried to bring their servants and livestock to shelter,

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Exodus 9:21

but those who disregarded the word of the LORD left their servants and livestock in the field.

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Heb. set not his heart unto

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Exodus 9:22

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”

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Exodus 9:23

So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.

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Exodus 9:24

The hail fell and the lightning continued flashing through it. The hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation.

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Exodus 9:25

Throughout the land of Egypt, the hail struck down everything in the field, both man and beast; it beat down every plant of the field and stripped every tree.

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Exodus 9:26

The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.

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Exodus 9:27

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

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Exodus 9:28

Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”

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Heb. voices of God

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Exodus 9:29

Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.

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Exodus 9:30

But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear the LORD our God.”

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Exodus 9:31

(Now the flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom;

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The Hebrew seorah , barley , in Arabic shair , and shairat , is so called from its rough , bristly beard , with which the ears are covered and defended; from saâr , to stand on end as the hair of the head. Hence seâr , the hair of the head. Dr. Pococke has observed that there is a double seed time and harvest in Egypt; rice , India wheat , and a grain called the corn of Damascus , are sown and reaped at a very different time from wheat , barley , and flax. The first are sown in March , before the overflowing of the Nile , and reaped about October; whereas the wheat and barley are sown in November and December , as soon as the Nile has gone off , and reaped before May

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flax The word pishteh , flax , Mr. Parkhurst thinks may be derived from pashat , to strip , because the substance which we call flax is properly the filaments of the bark or rind of the vegetable , stripped off the stalks. From time immemorial , Egypt was celebrated for the production and manufacture of flax; and hence the linen and fine linen of Egypt , so often spoken of in scripture and ancient authors.

Exodus 9:32

but the wheat and spelt were not destroyed, because they are late crops.)

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Heb. hidden , or dark

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Exodus 9:33

Then Moses departed from Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. The thunder and hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.

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Exodus 9:34

When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart—he and his officials.

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Exodus 9:35

So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web4 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Romans 9:17 → Exodus 9:16
Echoes Acts 11:21 → Exodus 9:3
Trajectories
Plagues of Egypt (Judgment on False Gods)
Chiasms
Shaped Exodus 9:33–34
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