Exodus 9:10

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 upon beast.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
took	וַיִּקְח֞וּ vai.yik.Chu	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
ashes	פִּ֣יחַ Pi.ach	H6368	a powder (as easily puffed away) · noun, common masculine singular construct
furnace	הַכִּבְשָׁ֗ן ha.kiv.Shan	H3536	a smelting furnace (as reducing metals) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
stood	וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ vai.ya.'am.Du	H5975	to stand · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
before	לִפְנֵ֣י lif.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Pharaoh	פַרְעֹ֔ה far.'Oh	H6547	Paroh · noun, masculine singular absolute
Moses	מֹשֶׁ֖ה mo.Sheh	H4872	Mosheh · proper noun, a man's name
sprinkled	וַיִּזְרֹ֥ק vai.yiz.Rok	H2236	to sprinkle (fluid or solid particles) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
heaven	הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה ha.sha.Ma.ye.mah	H8064	the sky (as aloft · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute + directional suffix
boil	שְׁחִין֙ she.Chin	H7822	inflammation · noun, common masculine singular absolute
forth	פֹּרֵ֕חַ po.Re.ach	H6524	to break forth as a bud · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
blains	אֲבַעְבֻּעֹ֔ת 'a.va'.bu.'Ot	H76	an inflammatory pustule (as eruption) · noun, common feminine plural absolute
man	בָּאָדָ֖ם ba.'a.Dam	H120	ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
beast	וּבַבְּהֵמָֽה u.va.be.he.Mah	H929	properly · conjunction + preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 28:27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be heal…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 9:8-12

Observe here, concerning the plague of boils and blains, I. When they were not wrought upon by the death of their cattle, God sent a plague that seized their own bodies, and touched them to the quick. If less judgments do not do their work, God will send greater. Let us therefore humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God, and go forth to meet him in the way of his judgments, that his anger may be turned away from us. II. The signal by which this plague was summoned was the sprinkling of warm ashes from the furnace, towards heaven (Exo 9:8, Exo 9:10), which was to signify the heating of the air with such an infection as should produce in the bodies of the Egyptians sore boils, which would…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 9:10

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 [Deu 4:20; Kg1 8:51; Jer 11:4], it was now converted into a means of chastisement to the Egyptians, who were made to read their sin in their punishment.

Adam Clarke on Exodus 9:9

Shall be a boil - שחין shechin. This word is generally expounded, an inflammatory swelling, a burning boil; one of the most poignant afflictions, not immediately mortal, that can well affect the surface of the human body. If a single boil on any part of the body throws the whole system into a fever, what anguish must a multitude of them on the body at the same time occasion! Breaking forth with blains - אבעבעת ababuoth, supposed to come from בעה baah, to swell, bulge out; any inflammatory swelling, node, or pustule, in any part of the body, but more especially in the more glandular parts, the neck, arm-pits, groin, etc. The Septuagint translate it thus: Και εσται ἑλκη φλυκτιδες αναζεουσαι·…

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John Gill on Exodus 9:10

Dictionary and topics

Blains — Occurs only in connection with the sixth plague of Egypt (Ex. 9:9, 10). In Deut. 28:27, 35, it is called “the botch of Egypt.” It seems to have been the fearful disease of black leprosy, a kind of…
Boil — (rendered “botch” in Deut. 28:27, 35), an aggravated ulcer, as in the case of Hezekiah (2 Kings 20:7; Isa. 38:21) or of the Egyptians (Ex. 9:9, 10, 11; Deut. 28:27, 35). It designates the disease of…
Furnace — (1.) Chald. attun, a large furnace with a wide open mouth, at the top of which materials were cast in (Dan. 3:22, 23; comp. Jer. 29:22). This furnace would be in constant requisition, for the…
Plague — A “stroke” of affliction, or disease. Sent as a divine chastisement (Num. 11:33; 14:37; 16:46-49; 2 Sam. 24:21). Painful afflictions or diseases, (Lev. 13:3, 5, 30; 1 Kings 8:37), or severe calamity…
Plagues, The Ten — The occasion on which the plagues were sent is described in Exod 3-12.
Animals · Suffered the plagues of Egypt — Suffered the plagues of Egypt
Blain · An inflammatory abscess — An inflammatory abscess
Boil · Plague of Egyptians — Plague of Egyptians
Diseases · Mentioned in scripture: Boils and blains — Mentioned in scripture: Boils and blains
Kidney · Burnt offering of the — Burnt offering of the
Miracles Wrought Through Servants Of God · Moses and Aaron: Boils and blains brought — Moses and Aaron: Boils and blains brought
Plague · Of boils and open

Exodus 9:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 9:8-12

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 9:10

Adam Clarke on Exodus 9:9

John Gill on Exodus 9:10

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 9:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 9:8-12

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 9:10

Adam Clarke on Exodus 9:9

John Gill on Exodus 9:10

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Exodus 9:8-12

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 9:8-12

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 9:8-12

Rashi on Exodus 9:10