Exodus 9:3

hand . Figure of speech Anthropopatheia ( App-6 ). Also Metonymy (of Cause), "hand" being put for the judgments inflicted by it.

in the field . The cattle, &c., were in the field in the spring and early summer.

upon. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "and upon".

murrain , or pestilence. See Exodus 9:15 .