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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

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Exodus 9:1-35

PLAGUES IN DETAIL FIRST GROUP (Exodus 7:4 - Exodus 8:19 ) The river turned into blood (Exodus 7:14-25 ). How far did this plague extend over the waters of Egypt (Exodus 7:19 )? If this were literally so, it may be asked, where did the magicians find material on which to work with their enchantments (Exodus 7:22 )? Is the answer suggested in Exodus 7:24 ? May they have dug up water from the ground for this purpose? If so, we can imagine the limited scale of their performance in contrast... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Exodus 9:10-11

Observe in this plague the magicians are included as partakers. It should seem that in direct defiance of their own confession, Exodus 8:19 . they still attempted to confront God's messenger, and thereby did their utmost to harden Pharaoh's heart. See Act 13:8-11 ; 2 Timothy 3:8-9 . read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 9:8-12

8-12 When the Egyptians were not wrought upon by the death of their cattle, God sent a plague that seized their own bodies. If lesser judgments do not work, God will send greater. Sometimes God shows men their sin in their punishment. They had oppressed Israel in the furnaces, and now the ashes of the furnace are made a terror to them. The plague itself was very grievous. The magicians themselves were struck with these boils. Their power was restrained before; but they continued to withstand... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Exodus 9:8-12

The Plague of Boils and Blains v. 8. And the Lord said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, soot from the ovens, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh, who should again know the cause and note the effect. v. 9. And it shall become small dust in 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. The soot, reduced to fine black dust and increased a... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Exodus 9:8-12

F.—The boils and blainsExodus 9:8-128And Jehovah said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven [toward heaven] in the sight of Pharaoh. 9And it shall become small [fine] dust in [upon] all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil [become boils] breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast throughout all the land of Egypt. 10And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses sprinkled it up... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Exodus 9:1-12

the Murrain of Cattle and the Plague of Boils Exodus 9:1-12 The plague on the cattle reminds us that the whole creation groans and travails from the effects of human sin. See Romans 8:20 . But those groans are the cries of birth, not of death; and herald a happier day when the creation shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the sons of God. There is a hint of this here, for the children of Israel lost not so much as one of their cattle from this... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Exodus 9:1-35

The patient method of God is manifest in that, notwithstanding the fact that Pharaoh had again broken faith, God again warned him. There being no evidence of repentance, the fifth plague fell upon the nation. The fact of the struggle going on in the heart of Pharaoh is seen in that he investigated the condition of Israel and found that they were exempt from the visitation. Nevertheless, he still maintained the attitude of stubborn resistance. Now the divine method changed. Without warning... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 9:8-12

The Sixth Plague - The Plague of Boils (Exodus 9:8-12 ). Like the third plague in the first series this plague follows immediately after the previous one in the second series without warning. a Yahweh directs Moses and Aaron to sprinkle towards heaven ashes from a furnace. The ashes will become small dust and produce blisters and sores on both man and beast (Exodus 9:9). b And Moses and Aaron do as they are commanded with the result that it became the cause of sores and blisters on both man... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 9:1-35

Exodus 7:14 to Exodus 12:36 . The Ten Plagues.— How deeply this series of events imprinted itself on the mind and heart of the nation is shown by the fulness with which the three sources report them. J 1° 2°— 4° 5°— 7° 8° 9° 10° E 1°————— 7° 8° 9° 10° P 1° 2° 3°—— 6°——— 10° 1° , river turned to blood; 2° , frogs; 3° , fice (gnats); 4° , flies; 5° , murrain; 6° , boils; 7° , hail; 8° , locusts; 9° , darkness; 10° , death of firstborn.A sound historical judgment will conclude, both from this... read more

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