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Exodus Chapter 9
Overview
Exo 9:1, The murrain of beasts; Exo 9:8, The plague of boils and blains; Exo 9:13, The message of Moses about the hail; Exo 9:22, The plague of hail; Exo 9:27, Pharaoh sues to Moses, but yet is hardened.
Exo 9:13, Exo 3:18, Exo 4:22, Exo 4:23, Exo 5:1, Exo 8:1, Exo 8:20, Exo 10:3
Exo 4:23, Exo 8:2, Exo 10:4; Lev 26:14-16, Lev 26:23, Lev 26:24, Lev 26:27, Lev 26:28; Psa 7:11, Psa 7:12, Psa 68:21; Isa 1:20; Rom 2:8; Rev 2:21, Rev 2:22, Rev 16:9
the hand: Exo 7:4, Exo 8:19; Sa1 5:6-11, Sa1 6:9; Act 13:11
murrain: We may observe a particular scope and meaning in this calamity, if we consider it in regard to the Egyptians, which would not have existed in respect to any other people. They held in idolatrous reverence almost every animal, but some they held in particular veneration; as the ox, cow, and ram. Among these, Apis and Mnevis are well known; the former being a sacred bull, worshipped at Memphis, as the latter was at Heliopolis. A cow or heifer had the like honours at Momemphis; and the same practice seems to have been adopted in most of the Egyptian nomes. By the infliction of this judgment, the Egyptian deities sank before the God of the Hebrews. See Bryant, pp. 87-93. Exo 5:3
Exo 8:22, Exo 10:23, Exo 12:13; Isa 65:13, Isa 65:14; Mal 3:18
a set time: Exo 9:18, Exo 8:23, Exo 10:4; Num 16:5; Job 24:1; Ecc 3:1-11; Jer 28:16, Jer 28:17; Mat 27:63, Mat 27:64
Exo 9:19, Exo 9:25; Psa 78:48, Psa 78:50
the heart: Exo 9:12, Exo 7:14, Exo 8:32; Job 9:4; Pro 29:1; Isa 48:4; Dan 5:20; Rom 9:18
Take to: This was a significant command; not only referring to the fiery furnace, which was a type of the slavery of the Israelites, but to a cruel rite common among the Egyptians. They had several cities styled Typhonian, in which at particular seasons they sacrificed men, who were burnt alive; and the ashes of the victim were scattered upwards in the air, with the view, probably, that where any atom of dust was carried, a blessing was entailed. The like, therefore, was done by Moses, though with a different intention, and more certain effect. See Bryant, pp. 93-106. Exo 8:16
a boil: Lev 13:18-20; Deu 28:27, Deu 28:35; Job 2:7; Rev 16:2
a boil: Deu 28:27
Exo 7:11, Exo 7:12, Exo 8:18, Exo 8:19; Isa 47:12-14; Ti2 3:8, Ti2 3:9; Rev 16:2
Exo 4:21, Exo 7:13, Exo 7:14; Psa 81:11, Psa 81:12; Rev 16:10, Rev 16:11; Hardness of heart is a figurative expression, denoting that insensibility of mind upon which neither judgments nor mercies make any abiding impressions; but the conscience being stupefied, the obdurate rebel persists in determined disobedience.
send all: Lev 26:18, Lev 26:21, Lev 26:28; Deu 28:15-17, Deu 28:59-61, Deu 29:20-22, Deu 32:39-42; Sa1 4:8; Kg1 8:38; Jer 19:8; Mic 6:13; Rev 18:8, Rev 22:18
that thou: Exo 8:10
stretch: Exo 9:3, Exo 9:6, Exo 9:16, Exo 3:20
that: Exo 11:4-6, Exo 12:29, Exo 12:30
cut off: Exo 14:28; Kg1 13:34; Pro 2:22
deed: Exo 14:17; Psa 83:17, Psa 83:18; Pro 16:4; Rom 9:17, Rom 9:22; Pe1 2:8, Pe1 2:19; Jde 1:4
raised thee up: Heb. made thee stand
for to: Exo 14:4, Exo 15:11-16, Exo 18:11; Jos 2:10, Jos 2:11; Sa1 4:8; Psa 136:10-15
that my: Ch1 16:24; Psa 64:9, Psa 83:17, Psa 83:18; Isa 63:12-14; Mal 1:11, Mal 1:14; Rom 9:17
Job 9:4, Job 15:25, Job 15:26, Job 40:9; Isa 10:15, Isa 26:11, Isa 37:23, Isa 37:24, Isa 37:29, Isa 45:9; Act 12:23; Co1 10:22
to morrow: Kg1 19:2, Kg1 20:6; Kg2 7:1, Kg2 7:18
I will cause: This must have been a circumstance of all others the most incredible to an Egyptian; for in Egypt there fell no rain, the want of which was supplied by dews, and the overflowing of the Nile. The Egyptians must, therefore, have perceived themselves particularly aimed at in these fearful events, especially as they were very superstitious. There seems likewise a propriety in their being punished by fire and water, as they were guilty of the grossest idolatry towards these elements. Scarcely anything could have distressed the Egyptians more than the destruction of the flax, as the whole nation wore linen garments. The ruin of their barley was equally fatal, both to their trade and to their private advantage. See Bryant, pp. 108-117. Exo 9:22-25; Psa 83:15
and gather: Hab 3:2
the hail: Exo 9:25
Pro 16:16, Pro 22:3, Pro 22:23; Jon 3:5, Jon 3:6; Mar 13:14-16; Heb 11:7
regarded not: Heb. set not his heart unto, Exo 7:23; Sa1 4:20 *marg. Ch1 22:19; Job 7:17, Job 34:14; Pro 24:32 *marg. Eze 40:4; Dan 10:12
Exo 7:19, Exo 8:5, Exo 8:16; Rev 16:21
the Lord sent: Exo 19:16, Exo 20:18; Sa1 12:17, Sa1 12:18; Job 37:1-5; Psa 29:3, Psa 77:18; Rev 16:18, Rev 16:21
and hail: Jos 10:11; Job 38:22, Job 38:23; Psa 18:13, Psa 78:47, Psa 78:48, Psa 105:32, Psa 105:33, Psa 148:8; Isa 30:30; Eze 38:22; Rev 8:7
none like: Exo 9:23, Exo 10:6; Mat 24:21
smote every: Psa 105:33
Exo 8:22-32, Exo 9:4, Exo 9:6, Exo 10:23, Exo 11:7, Exo 12:13; Isa 32:18, Isa 32:19
I have: Exo 10:16; Num 22:34; Sa1 15:24, Sa1 15:30, Sa1 26:21; Mat 27:4
the Lord: Ch2 12:6; Psa 9:16, Psa 129:4, Psa 145:17; Lam 1:18; Dan 9:14; Rom 2:5, Rom 3:19
Entreat: Exo 8:8, Exo 8:28, Exo 10:17; Act 8:24
mighty thunderings: Heb. voices of God, Psa 29:3, Psa 29:4
ye shall: Exo 11:1
spread: Exo 9:33; Kg1 8:22, Kg1 8:38; Ch2 6:12, Ch2 6:13; Ezr 9:5; Job 11:13; Psa 143:6; Isa 1:15
that the earth: Deu 10:14; Psa 24:1, Psa 24:2, Psa 50:12, Psa 95:4, Psa 95:5, Psa 135:6; Co1 10:26, Co1 10:28
Pro 16:6; Isa 26:10, Isa 63:17
flax: The word pishteh, flax, Mr. Parkhurst thinks may be derived from pashat, to strip, because the substance which we call flax is properly the filaments of the bark or rind of the vegetable, stripped off the stalks. From time immemorial, Egypt was celebrated for the production and manufacture of flax; and hence the linen and fine linen of Egypt, so often spoken of in scripture and ancient authors.
the barley: The Hebrew seorah, barley, in Arabic shair, and shairat, is so called from its rough, bristly beard, with which the ears are covered and defended; from saâr, to stand on end as the hair of the head. hence seâr, the hair of the head. So its Latin name hordeum is from horreo, to stand on end as the hair. Dr. Pococke has observed that there is a double seed time and harvest in Egypt; rice, India wheat, and a grain called the corn of Damascus, are sown and reaped at a very different time from wheat, barley, and flax. The first are sown in March, before the overflowing of the Nile, and reaped about October; whereas the wheat and barley are sown in November and December, as soon as the Nile has gone off, and reaped before May. Rut 1:22, Rut 2:23; Amo 4:9; Hab 3:17
not grown up: Heb. hidden, or dark, Exo 10:22
and the thunders: Exo 10:18, Exo 10:19; Jam 5:17, Jam 5:18
and hardened: Exo 4:21, Exo 7:14; Ch2 28:22, Ch2 33:23, Ch2 36:13; Rom 2:4, Rom 2:5