Deuteronomy 28:27
in Deuteronomy 28The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.
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ASV
Jehovah will smite thee with the boil of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scurvy, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
KJV
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 healed.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 28
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThe Lord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt,.... Which some understand of the leprosy, Of that sort of it called "elephantiasis", frequent among the Egyptians; See Gill on Lev 13:2. Thevenot (i) relates, that when the time of the increase of the Nile expires, the Egyptians are attended with sharp prickings in their skin like needles. So Vansleb says (k),"the waters of the Nile cause an itch in the skin, which troubles such as drink of them when the river increases.
This site's exposition
The Lord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt
on Deuteronomy 28:27-29
The botch of Egypt is the boil of Exodus 9:9, and Deuteronomy 7:15 had promised that God would put none of the evil diseases of Egypt upon them. The curse is that promise run backwards, and verse 60 says so outright. Madness, blindness and astonishment of heart move the affliction inward, and verse 29 has a man groping at noonday with the sun full up.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
), the botch of Egypt (such boils and blains as the Egyptians had been plagued with, when God brought Israel from among them), and the emerods and scab, vile diseases, the just punishment of those who by sin had made themselves vile. [3.] Mortal diseases, the pestilence (
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
The Lord will smite thee with the botch - שחין shechin, a violent inflammatory swelling. In Job ii., one of the Hexapla versions renders it ελεφας, the elephantiasis, a disease the most horrid that can possibly afflict human nature. In this disorder, the whole body is covered with a most loathsome scurf; the joints are all preternaturally enlarged, and the skin swells up and grows into folds like that of an elephant, whence the disease has its name.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the botch of Egypt--a troublesome eruption, marked by red pimples, to which, at the rising of the Nile, the Egyptians are subject. emerods--fistulæ or piles. scab--scurvy. itch--the disease commonly known by that name; but it is far more malignant in the East than is ever witnessed in our part of the world.
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The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יַכְּכָ֨ה | yakekhah | he will strike you | H5221 → | 499 times |
| יְהוָ֜ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בִּשְׁחִ֤ין | bishchin | with [the] boil[s] of | H7822 → | |
| מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| וּבַטְּחֹרִ֔ים | uvoofalim | and with <the> tumors | H2914 → | |
| וּבַגָּרָ֖ב | uvagarav | and with <the> eczema | H1618 → | |
| וּבֶחָ֑רֶס | uvechares | and with <the> scabies | H2775 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תוּכַ֖ל | tukhal | you will be able | H3201 → | 194 times |
| לְהֵרָפֵֽא׃ | leherafe' | to be healed | H7495 → | 67 times |
יַכְּכָ֨הhe will strike you
yakekhahH5221 →499 times
יְהוָ֜הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בִּשְׁחִ֤יןwith [the] boil[s] of
bishchinH7822 →
מִצְרַ֙יִם֙Egypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
וּבַטְּחֹרִ֔יםand with <the> tumors
uvoofalimH2914 →
וּבַגָּרָ֖בand with <the> eczema
uvagaravH1618 →
וּבֶחָ֑רֶסand with <the> scabies
uvecharesH2775 →
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
תוּכַ֖לyou will be able
tukhalH3201 →194 times
לְהֵרָפֵֽא׃to be healed
leherafe'H7495 →67 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 15:26saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then…
it leads to
- Psalms 103:3
He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,
- Deuteronomy 7:15
And the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you.
- Exodus 23:25
So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.
- Psalms 41:3–4
The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
- Psalms 147:3
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
- Psalms 103:3
Through
Exodus 9:9It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on man and beast throughout the land.”
it leads to
- Revelation 16:2
So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and loathsome, malignant sores broke out on those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.
- Revelation 16:2
Through
1 Samuel 5:6Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 5:11
Then the Ekronites assembled all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us…
- Exodus 9:3
then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.
- 1 Samuel 5:11
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.