Exodus 9:8
in Exodus 9Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from the furnace; in the sight of Pharaoh, Moses is to toss it into the air.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Jehovah said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
KJV
And the Lord said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
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This verse in Exodus 9
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The attitude he assumed was similar to that of Eastern magicians, who, "when they pronounce an imprecation on an individual, a village, or a country, take the ashes of cows' dung (that is, from a common fire) and throw them in the air, saying to the objects of their displeasure, such a sickness or such a curse shall come upon you" [ROBERTS].
This site's exposition
Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace
on Exodus 9:8-9
The sixth plague falls with no warning and no demand, closing the second group of three in the shape the third plague used to close the first at 8:16. Adam Clarke connects the furnace to the brick kilns the Hebrews worked at, so the dust thrown into the air is the dust of the bondage. Moses does the sprinkling, and from here the hand stretched out over Egypt is his rather than Aaron's, at 9:22, 10:12, 10:21 and 14:16.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
on Exodus 9:8-10
This is afterwards called the botch of Egypt ( Deut. xxviii. 27 ), as if it were some new disease, never heard of before, and known ever after by that name, Note, Sores in the body are to be looked upon as the punishments of sin, and to be hearkened to as calls to repentance.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָה֮ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֣ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| וְאֶֽל־ | veel- | and to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אַהֲרֹן֒ | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| קְח֤וּ | kechu | take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| לָכֶם֙ | lakhem | for <the> yourselves | ||
| מְלֹ֣א | melo' | [the] fullness of | H4393 → | 38 times |
| חָפְנֵיכֶ֔ם | chafeneikhem | hands your | H2651 → | |
| פִּ֖יחַ | piach | soot of | H6368 → | |
| כִּבְשָׁ֑ן | kivshan | a furnace | H3536 → | 4 times |
| וּזְרָק֥וֹ | uzerako | and he will sprinkle it | H2236 → | 35 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֛ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| הַשָּׁמַ֖יְמָה | hashamaymah | the heavens towards | H8064 → | 421 times |
| לְעֵינֵ֥י | leeinei | to [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| פַרְעֹֽה׃ | faroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
יְהוָה֮Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מֹשֶׁ֣הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
וְאֶֽל־and to
veel-H413 →5510 times
אַהֲרֹן֒Aaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
קְח֤וּtake
kechuH3947 →966 times
לָכֶם֙for <the> yourselves
lakhem
מְלֹ֣א[the] fullness of
melo'H4393 →38 times
חָפְנֵיכֶ֔םhands your
chafeneikhemH2651 →
פִּ֖יחַsoot of
piachH6368 →
כִּבְשָׁ֑ןa furnace
kivshanH3536 →4 times
וּזְרָק֥וֹand he will sprinkle it
uzerakoH2236 →35 times
מֹשֶׁ֛הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
הַשָּׁמַ֖יְמָהthe heavens towards
hashamaymahH8064 →421 times
לְעֵינֵ֥יto [the] eyes of
leeineiH5869 →887 times
פַרְעֹֽה׃Pharaoh
farohH6547 →274 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
2 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 8:16Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”
it leads to
- Exodus 8:5
And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”
- Exodus 8:17
This they did, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into…
- Exodus 8:5
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.