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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 9:10

ashes of the furnace : i.e. one of the altars on which human sacrifices were sometimes offered to propitiate their god Typhon (i.e. the Evil Principle). These were doubtless being offered to avert the plagues, and Moses, using the ashes in the same way, produced an- other plague instead of averting it. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 9:8-12

PLAGUE VI"And Jehovah said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. And it shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 9:10

10. Moses took ashes from the furnace—Hebrew, "brick-kiln." The magicians, being sufferers in their own persons, could do nothing, though they had been called; and as the brick-kiln was one of the principal instruments of oppression to the Israelites [Deuteronomy 4:20; 1 Kings 8:51; Jeremiah 11:4], it was now converted into a means of chastisement to the Egyptians, who were made to read their sin in their punishment. Jeremiah 11:4- :. PLAGUE OF HAIL. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 9:8-12

Boils (the sixth plague) 9:8-12The "soot from a kiln" (Exodus 9:8) was significant in two respects. First, the soot was black and symbolized the blackness of skin in the disease linking the cause with the effect. Second, the kiln was probably one of the furnaces in which the Israelites baked bricks for Pharaoh as his slaves. These furnaces became a symbol of Israel’s slavery (Exodus 1:14; Exodus 5:7-19). God turned the suffering of the Israelites in the furnace of Egypt so that they and what... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 9:1-35

The Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Plagues1-7. The Fifth Plague:—Murrain, i.e. cattle plague.Visitations of cattle plague are not uncommon in Egypt. An outbreak in 1842 carried off 40,000 oxen. The miraculous nature of the plague recorded here consisted in its occurring at a set time (Exodus 9:5), and in the exemption of the cattle of the Israelites, and of the cattle that were housed. This plague was, so far, the most destructive in its effects, entailing a much more serious loss of property than... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 9:8-10

THE SIXTH PLAGUE.(8-10) Here, again, there is little question of what the plague was. Doubts may be entertained as to its exact character, and its proper medical designation, but all agree, and cannot but agree, that it was a visitation of the bodies of men with a severe cutaneous disorder, accompanied by pustules or ulcers. It was not announced beforehand to the Egyptians, nor were they allowed the opportunity of escaping it. Like the third plague, it was altogether of the nature of a... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 9:10

(10) Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven.—Presenting it, as it were, to God, in evidence of His people’s wrongs.A boil breaking forth with blains.—Heb., an inflammation, producing pustules. Diseases of this character are not uncommon in Egypt (comp. Deuteronomy 28:27), but they are not often very severe; nor do they attack indifferently man and beast. The miraculous character of the plague was shown (1) by its being announced beforehand; (2) by its severity (Exodus 9:11); (3) by its... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Exodus 9:1-35

The Longsuffering of God (for Holy Week) Exodus 9:13 How solemn is the week the Holy Week upon which we have entered. The Church brings before our minds today some wonderful teaching concerning our own spiritual life. The record of God's dealings with Pharaoh will afford us sufficient material for our meditation. I. The Longsuffering of God towards Sinners. Pharaoh had been insolent and blasphemous, cruel and vindictive, pitiless and false. Yet God had spared him. So longsuffering was He,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 9:8-12

THE SIXTH PLAGUE.Exodus 9:8-12.At the close of the second triplet, as of the first, stands a plague without a warning, but not without the clearest connection between the blow and Him who deals it.To the Jews Egypt was a furnace in which they were being consumed--whether literally in human sacrifice, or metaphorically in the hard labour which wasted them (Deuteronomy 4:20). And now the brothers were commanded to fill both hands with ashes of the furnace and throw them upon the wind,[16] either... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Exodus 9:1-35

CHAPTER 9 The Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Plagues 1. The fifth plague: the grievous murrain (Exodus 9:1-7 ) 2. The sixth plague: boils (Exodus 9:8-12 ) 3. The warning given (Exodus 9:13-21 ) 4. The seventh plague: hail (Exodus 9:22-35 ) In the demand God calls Himself “the Lord God of the Hebrews” (see also Exodus 9:13 and Exodus 10:3 ). The fifth plague strikes animal creation. cattle, such as mentioned in the opening of this chapter, formed the most important part of the wealth of... read more

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