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Exodus 9:10
So they took soot from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on man and beast.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses and Aaron stand before Pharaoh to enact a judgment. The text places this moment immediately after the warning that soot would become fine dust and cause festering boils on man and beast throughout Egypt.
The words — The Hebrew verbs וַ/יִּקְח֞וּ (va/i.yik.Chu, "they took") and פִּ֣יחַ (Pi.ach, "soot") describe the material gathered from הַ/כִּבְשָׁ֗ן (ha./kiv.Shan, "the furnace"), while וַ/יִּזְרֹ֥ק (va/i.yiz.Rok, "he sprinkled/tossed") details Moses' action before Pharaoh.
The thread — This event directly fulfills the warning in Exodus 9:9 and echoes the later covenant warning in Deuteronomy 28:27 regarding the boils of Egypt.
Why it lands — The text records a physical affliction initiated by a simple act of tossing furnace soot, demonstrating that the plague operates through ordinary means at divine command.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 28:27 The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.