Exodus 9:24

So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
hail	בָרָ֔ד va.Rad	H1259	hail · noun, common masculine singular absolute
fire	וְאֵ֕שׁ ve.'Esh	H784	fire (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + noun, common both genders singular absolute
mingled	בְּת֣וֹךְ be.Tokh	H8432	a bisection · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
hail	הַבָּרָ֑ד ha.ba.Rad	H1259	hail · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
very	מְאֹ֔ד me.'Od	H3966	properly · cardinal number, masculine singular absolute
grievous	כָּבֵ֣ד ka.Ved	H3515	heavy · adjective, masculine singular absolute
none	לֹֽא lo'-	H3808	not (the simple or abs. negation) · negative particle
land	אֶ֣רֶץ 'E.retz	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common feminine singular construct
Egypt	מִצְרַ֔יִם mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · proper noun, a place name
nation	לְגֽוֹי le.Goy	H1471	a foreign nation · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Exodus 9:23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD ra…
Exodus 10:6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy…
Matthew 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 9:22–end

The threatened plague of hail is here summoned by the powerful hand and rod of Moses (Exo 9:22, Exo 9:23), and it obeys the summons, or rather the divine command; for fire and hail fulfil God's word, Psa 148:8. And here we are told, I. What desolations it made upon the earth. The thunder, and fire from heaven (or lightning), made it both the more dreadful and the more destroying, Exo 9:23, Exo 9:24. Note, God makes the clouds, not only his store-houses whence he drops fatness on his people, but his magazines whence, when he pleases, he can draw out a most formidable train of artillery, with which to destroy his enemies. He himself speaks of the treasures of hail which he hath reserved agains…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 9:20

He that feared the word of the Lord . . . regarded not, &c.--Due premonition, it appears, had been publicly given of the impending tempest--the cattle seem to have been sent out to graze, which is from January to April, when alone pasturage can be obtained, and accordingly the cattle were in the fields. This storm occurring at that season, not only struck universal terror into the minds of the people, but occasioned the destruction of all--people and cattle--which, in neglect of the warning, had been left in the fields, as well as of all vegetation [Exo 9:25]. It was the more appalling because hailstones in Egypt are small and of little force; lightning also is scarcely ever known to produce…

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Adam Clarke on Exodus 9:24

Hail, and fire mingled with the hail - It is generally allowed that the electric fluid is essential to the formation of hail. On this occasion it was supplied in a supernatural abundance; for streams of fire seem to have accompanied the descending hail, so that herbs and trees, beasts and men, were all destroyed by them.

John Gill on Exodus 9:24

So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail,.... Which was a miracle within a miracle, as Aben Ezra observes; and very wonderful indeed it was, that the hail did not quench the fire, nor the fire melt the hail, as Philo the Jew (i) remarks: very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt, since it became a nation; See Gill on Exodus 9:18. (i) De Vita. Mosis, l. 1. p. 620.

The Church Fathers

"Hail and fire fell" together; neither did the hail extinguish the fire, nor did the fire melt the hail. Rather, it burst into flames in the hail as in a thicket and turned [the hail] as red as iron in the fire, blazing in the hail, and careful of the trees. The force [of the hail] "splintered the ancient trees," but the fire in [the hail] protected the hedges, seed beds and vineyards.
— Ephrem the Syrian, COMMENTARY ON EXODUS 9:3

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Dictionary and topics

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.
Fire · Display of, in the plagues of Egypt — Display of, in the plagues of Egypt
Hail · Plague of, in Egypt — Plague of, in Egypt
Herbs, & C · Destroyed by: Hail and lightning — Destroyed by: Hail and lightning
Meteorology And Celestial Phenomena · .Plagues of hail, and thun — .Plagues of hail, and thun
Plague · Hail — Hail
Rain · The plague of, upon Egypt — The plague of, upon Egypt
Thunder · Sent as a plague upon the Egyptians — Sent as a plague upon the Egyptians

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Exodus 9:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 9:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 9:20

Adam Clarke on Exodus 9:24

John Gill on Exodus 9:24

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 9:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 9:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 9:20

Adam Clarke on Exodus 9:24

John Gill on Exodus 9:24

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Exodus 9:13-26

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 9:24

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 9:20-21

Rashi on Exodus 9:24