Exodus 9:1-10:29 NIV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 9:1

the LORD (Hebrew. Jehovah. said. See note on Exodus 3:7 , and compare note on Exodus 6:10 . Thus saith the LORD God (Hebrew. Jehovah. Elohim) of the, Hebrews. Occurs only three times, Exodus 9:1 , Exodus 9:13 and Exodus 10:3 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 9:1-7

PLAGUE V"Then Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, Behold, the hand of Jehovah is upon thy cattle which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the herds, and upon the flocks: there shall be a very grievous murrain. And Jehovah shall make a distinction between the cattle of Israel, and the cattle... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 9:1

Exodus 9:1. Then the Lord, &c.— The Lord here, as usual, denounces the threat, appoints the exact time of its execution, and, fully to demonstrate his immediate power and distinguishing mercy, declares that Israel, his people, should be exempt from it, while Egypt should feel the stroke, though their cattle, &c. were intermixed, breathed the same air, and ate the same food; Exodus 9:4-5. Owen observes here, that the air, as well as the water and the land, was another of the chief... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 9:1-7

Murrain (the fifth plague) 9:1-7This plague, apparently some kind of disease like anthrax, was more severe than the preceding ones in that it affected the personal property of the Egyptians for the first time."The whole creation is bound together by invisible cords. None can sin or suffer alone. No man liveth or dieth to himself. Our sins send their vibrations through creation, and infect the very beasts." [Note: Meyer, p. 122.] All the other plagues had caused the Egyptians irritation or pain... 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 9:1-3

IX.THE FIFTH PLAGUE.(1-3) The nature of the fifth plague is manifest, and admits of no dispute. It was a rinderpest, or murrain upon cattle; which, however, unlike most similar disorders, attacked the greater number of the domesticated animals—horses, asses, camels, oxen, and sheep. Thus it was “very grievous” (Exodus 9:3). Horses were highly prized by the Egyptians, and were a comparatively recent importation, having been unknown before the time of the seventeenth, or “Shepherd” Dynasty. They... 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 9:1-7

CHAPTER IX.THE FIFTH PLAGUE.Exodus 9:1-7.Our Lord when on earth came not to destroy men’s lives. And yet it was necessary, for our highest instruction, that we should not think of Him as revealing a Divinity wholly devoid of sternness. Twice, therefore, a gleam of the fires of justice fell on the eyes which followed Him--through the destruction once of a barren tree, and once of a herd of swine, which property no Jew should have possessed. So now, when half the gloomy round of the plagues was... 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

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 9:1-35

PLAGUE NO.5 -- LIVESTOCK DISEASED (vs.1-7) Again the Lord requires Moses to repeat his demand to Pharaoh to let the people go. This time He warns that if Pharaoh refuses, He will send a very severe pestilence on all the livestock of Egypt, a disease that would issue in death, and that Israel would be immune from it. There is a pointed lesson in this that the selfish greed of man eventually destroys those things that are necessary to serve his interests. For instance, men resort to strikes,... read more