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Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on people and animals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />So they took soot from a brick kiln and went and stood before Pharaoh. As Pharaoh watched, Moses threw the soot into the air, and boils broke out on people and animals alike.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So they took soot from the kiln and stood before Pharaoh. And Moses threw it in the air, and it became boils breaking out in sores on man and beast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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 <i>with</i> blains upon man, and upon beast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then they took ashes from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses scattered <i>them</i> toward heaven. And <i>they</i> caused boils that break out in sores on man and beast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they took soot from a kiln, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses tossed it toward the sky, and it became boils breaking out with sores on <i>every</i> person and animal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So they took soot from a kiln, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses threw it toward the sky, and it became boils breaking out with sores on man and beast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So they took soot from a kiln, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses threw it toward the sky, and it became boils breaking out with sores on man and beast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So they took the soot from the kiln and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses tossed it toward the sky, and it became boils breaking out with sores on man and beast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So they took soot from the kiln, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses threw it toward the sky, and it became boils erupting in sores on man and animal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they took furnace soot and stood before Pharaoh. Moses threw it toward heaven, and it became festering boils on people and animals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they took furnace soot and stood before Pharaoh. Moses threw it toward heaven, and it became festering boils on man and beast. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />So they took a few handfuls of ashes and went to the king. Moses threw them into the air, and sores immediately broke out on the Egyptians and their animals. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They took ashes from a kiln and stood in front of Pharaoh. Moses threw the ashes up in the air, and they caused boils to break into open sores on people and animals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So they got some ashes and stood before the king; Moses threw them into the air, and they produced boils that became open sores on the people and the animals. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So they took soot from the kiln and stood before Pharaoh. Then Moses threw it into the air, and it became boils producing running sores on people and animals. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So they took soot from a furnace and stood before Pharaoh, Moses threw it into the air, and it caused festering boils to break out on both people and animals. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward the sky; and it became a boil breaking forth with boils on man and on animal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it towards heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward the sky; and it became boils and blisters breaking out on man and on animal. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they take the soot of the furnace, and stand before Pharaoh, and Moses sprinkles it toward the heavens, and it is a boil [with] blisters breaking forth on man and on beast;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they take the soot of the furnace, and stand before Pharaoh, and Moses sprinkleth it towards the heavens, and it is a boil with blains, breaking forth, on man and on beast;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will take ashes of the furnace and will stand before Pharaoh; and Moses will sprinkle it towards the heavens; and it will be a burning sore, breaking forth with pustules upon man and upon quadruped.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they took ashes out of the chimney, and stood before Pharao, and Moses sprinkled it in the air: and there came boils with swelling blains in men and beasts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And they took ashes from the oven, and they stood in the sight of Pharaoh, and Moses sprinkled it in the air. And there came sores with swelling pustules on men and on beasts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So they took the soot from a kiln and appeared before Pharaoh. When Moses scattered it toward the sky, it caused festering boils on human being and beast alike.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So they took soot from the kiln, and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses threw it in the air, and it caused festering boils on humans and animals.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />So they took ashes of the furnace and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses scattered it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh; and it became blistering boils, breaking out with sores upon men, and upon cattle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they took the ash of a furnace and they stood before Pharaoh, and Moshe scattered it toward the sky before the eyes of Pharaoh and there were abscesses of boils, and it flew among the children of men and among beasts.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they took soot of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses threw it up heavenward; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />So he took of the ashes of the furnace before Pharao, and Moses scattered it toward heaven, and it became sore blains breaking forth both on men and on beasts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/9-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=2027" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/9.htm">The Sixth Plague: Boils</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on man and beast throughout the land.” <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: way·yiq·ḥū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">So they took</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6368.htm" title="6368: pî·aḥ (N-msc) -- Soot. From puwach; a powder, i.e. Ashes or dust.">soot</a> <a href="/hebrew/3536.htm" title="3536: hak·kiḇ·šān (Art:: N-ms) -- A kiln. From kabash; a smelting furnace.">from the furnace</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: way·ya·‘am·ḏū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">and stood</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/6547.htm" title="6547: p̄ar·‘ōh (N-proper-ms) -- A title of Eg. kings. Of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings.">Pharaoh.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/2236.htm" title="2236: way·yiz·rōq (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- Be here and there, scatter, sprinkle, strew. A primitive root; to sprinkle.">tossed</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯōw (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">it</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·mā·yə·māh (Art:: N-mp:: 3fs) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">into the air,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/76.htm" title="76: ’ă·ḇa‘·bu·‘ōṯ (N-fp) -- Blisters, boils. (by reduplication) from an unused root (meaning to belch forth); an inflammatory pustule (as eruption).">festering</a> <a href="/hebrew/7822.htm" title="7822: šə·ḥîn (N-ms) -- A boil, eruption. From an unused root probably meaning to burn; inflammation, i.e. An ulcer.">boils</a> <a href="/hebrew/6524.htm" title="6524: pō·rê·aḥ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; to break forth as a bud, i.e. Bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly; figuratively, to flourish.">broke out</a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120: bā·’ā·ḏām (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'adam; ruddy i.e. A human being.">on man</a> <a href="/hebrew/929.htm" title="929: ū·ḇab·bə·hê·māh (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A beast, animal, cattle. From an unused root; properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal.">and beast.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-2.htm">Revelation 16:2</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-27.htm">Deuteronomy 28:27</a></span><br />The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/2-7.htm">Job 2:7</a></span><br />So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/13-18.htm">Leviticus 13:18-20</a></span><br />When a boil appears on someone’s skin and it heals, / and a white swelling or a reddish-white spot develops where the boil was, he must present himself to the priest. / The priest shall examine it, and if it appears to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-15.htm">Deuteronomy 7:15</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/20-7.htm">2 Kings 20:7</a></span><br />Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-6.htm">Isaiah 1:6</a></span><br />From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/16-20.htm">Luke 16:20-21</a></span><br />And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores / and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-2.htm">Matthew 8:2-3</a></span><br />Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/1-40.htm">Mark 1:40-42</a></span><br />Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” / And immediately the leprosy left him, and the man was cleansed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/9-6.htm">John 9:6-7</a></span><br />When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes. / Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/28-8.htm">Acts 28:8-9</a></span><br />The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man. / After this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured as well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-7.htm">2 Corinthians 12:7</a></span><br />or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/38-3.htm">Psalm 38:3-7</a></span><br />There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin. / For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear. / My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4</a></span><br />Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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 on man, and on beast.</p><p class="hdg">a boil</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-27.htm">Deuteronomy 28:27</a></b></br> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/9-8.htm">Air</a> <a href="/exodus/9-9.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/exodus/9-8.htm">Ashes</a> <a href="/exodus/9-9.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/exodus/9-9.htm">Blains</a> <a href="/exodus/9-9.htm">Boil</a> <a href="/exodus/9-9.htm">Boils</a> <a href="/exodus/9-9.htm">Breaking</a> <a href="/revelation/12-7.htm">Broke</a> <a href="/exodus/9-7.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/exodus/9-9.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/exodus/9-9.htm">Festering</a> <a href="/exodus/9-8.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/exodus/9-9.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/exodus/9-8.htm">Furnace</a> <a href="/exodus/9-8.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/genesis/49-25.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/exodus/9-8.htm">Heavenward</a> <a href="/exodus/9-8.htm">Kiln</a> <a href="/exodus/9-8.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/9-8.htm">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/exodus/2-3.htm">Placing</a> <a href="/exodus/9-9.htm">Skin-Disease</a> <a href="/exodus/9-8.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/exodus/9-8.htm">Soot</a> <a href="/exodus/9-8.htm">Sprinkled</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-13.htm">Sprinkleth</a> <a href="/exodus/8-21.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/exodus/7-15.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/exodus/5-7.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/exodus/7-12.htm">Threw</a> <a href="/james/1-6.htm">Tossed</a> <a href="/exodus/9-8.htm">Towards</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Air</a> <a href="/exodus/9-19.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/exodus/27-3.htm">Ashes</a> <a href="/exodus/9-19.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/exodus/9-9.htm">Blains</a> <a href="/exodus/9-11.htm">Boil</a> <a href="/exodus/9-11.htm">Boils</a> <a href="/exodus/22-2.htm">Breaking</a> <a href="/exodus/9-25.htm">Broke</a> <a href="/exodus/9-19.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/exodus/27-3.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-20.htm">Festering</a> <a href="/exodus/9-23.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/exodus/9-15.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Furnace</a> <a href="/exodus/9-22.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/exodus/9-23.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/philippians/3-14.htm">Heavenward</a> <a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Kiln</a> <a href="/exodus/9-11.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/9-12.htm">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/exodus/37-8.htm">Placing</a> <a href="/exodus/9-9.htm">Skin-Disease</a> <a href="/exodus/9-22.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-8.htm">Soot</a> <a href="/exodus/24-6.htm">Sprinkled</a> <a href="/exodus/24-8.htm">Sprinkleth</a> <a href="/exodus/9-11.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/exodus/14-19.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/exodus/11-8.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/exodus/14-24.htm">Threw</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-25.htm">Tossed</a> <a href="/exodus/9-22.htm">Towards</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/9-1.htm">The plague on livestock</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/9-8.htm">The plague of boils</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/9-13.htm">The message of Moses about the hail,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/9-22.htm">The plague of hail</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/9-27.htm">Pharaoh pleads with Moses, but yet is hardened</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Furnaces in ancient Egypt were often used for brick-making, a task the Israelites were forced into during their enslavement (<a href="/exodus/1-14.htm">Exodus 1:14</a>). This soot, therefore, represents the oppression and suffering of the Israelites. Standing before Pharaoh signifies a direct confrontation with the power of Egypt, highlighting the boldness and authority given to Moses and Aaron by God. This act is a continuation of the plagues, which serve as judgments against the gods of Egypt, demonstrating the LORD's supremacy (<a href="/exodus/12-12.htm">Exodus 12:12</a>).<p><b>Moses tossed it into the air,</b><br>The action of tossing soot into the air is a prophetic gesture, symbolizing the spread of the plague throughout Egypt. This act can be seen as a type of divine judgment, reminiscent of how God uses seemingly small actions to bring about significant consequences. The gesture also reflects the power of God working through Moses, as the simple act of tossing soot results in a widespread affliction. This mirrors other biblical instances where God uses physical actions to convey spiritual truths, such as the parting of the Red Sea (<a href="/exodus/14-21.htm">Exodus 14:21</a>).<p><b>and festering boils broke out on man and beast.</b><br>The plague of boils is the sixth plague and marks a turning point in the severity of the plagues. Boils, or skin diseases, were considered a severe affliction in ancient cultures, often associated with impurity and divine disfavor. This plague directly affects both humans and animals, indicating the comprehensive nature of God's judgment. The affliction of boils is reminiscent of the suffering of Job (<a href="/job/2-7.htm">Job 2:7</a>), highlighting themes of testing and divine sovereignty. The inclusion of both man and beast underscores the totality of God's power over all creation, as well as the interconnectedness of human and animal life in the Egyptian economy and religion.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to lead His people out of Egypt. In this verse, Moses acts as God's instrument to bring about the plague.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a></b><br>The ruler of Egypt, whose heart is hardened against letting the Israelites go. He is the primary antagonist in the account of the plagues.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/aaron.htm">Aaron</a></b><br>Moses' brother and spokesperson, who assists Moses in confronting Pharaoh and performing signs.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land where the Israelites are enslaved. It is the setting for the plagues that God sends as judgments against Pharaoh and the Egyptian gods.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_plague_of_boils.htm">The Plague of Boils</a></b><br>The sixth plague sent by God upon Egypt, where boils afflict both humans and animals, demonstrating God's power and judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty and Judgment</a></b><br>The plague of boils demonstrates God's control over nature and His authority to judge nations. Believers are reminded of the importance of submitting to God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_hardness_of_heart.htm">The Hardness of Heart</a></b><br>Pharaoh's continued resistance despite the plagues serves as a warning against hardening our hearts to God's voice and commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_obedience.htm">The Role of Obedience</a></b><br>Moses and Aaron's obedience in carrying out God's instructions is a model for believers to follow God's commands, even when facing opposition.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>The physical affliction of boils symbolizes the spiritual and physical consequences of sin and rebellion against God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_deliverance.htm">God's Deliverance</a></b><br>The plagues, including the boils, are part of God's plan to deliver His people, reminding believers of God's faithfulness to rescue and redeem.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_ten_plagues_in_the_bible.htm">What were the Ten Plagues of Egypt in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_locusts_and_hail_plagues_align.htm">How does the destruction caused by the locusts (Exodus 10:15) align with the later plague of hail in Exodus 9, which supposedly ruined crops earlier?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_extra-biblical_boil_accounts.htm">If the magicians also suffered from the boils (Exodus 9:11), why is there no extra-biblical account of widespread sudden disease?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_evidence_supports_the_ten_plagues.htm">What evidence supports the occurrence of the Ten Plagues?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven.</span>--Presenting it, as it were, to God, in evidence of His people's wrongs.<p><span class= "bld">A boil breaking forth with blains.</span>--Heb., <span class= "ital">an inflammation, producing pustules.</span> Diseases of this character are not uncommon in Egypt (comp. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-27.htm" title="The LORD will smite you with the botch of Egypt, and with the tumors, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof you can not be healed.">Deuteronomy 28:27</a>), but they are not often very severe; nor do they attack indifferently man and beast. The miraculous character of the plague was shown (1) by its being announced beforehand; (2) by its severity (<a href="/exodus/9-11.htm" title="And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was on the magicians, and on all the Egyptians.">Exodus 9:11</a>); (3) by its universality (<a href="/exodus/9-11.htm" title="And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was on the magicians, and on all the Egyptians.">Exodus 9:11</a>); and (4) by its extension to animals.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/9-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So they took</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּקְח֞וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiq·ḥū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">soot</span><br /><span class="heb">פִּ֣יחַ</span> <span class="translit">(pî·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6368.htm">Strong's 6368: </a> </span><span class="str2">A powder, ashes, dust</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the furnace</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכִּבְשָׁ֗ן</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kiḇ·šān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3536.htm">Strong's 3536: </a> </span><span class="str2">A smelting furnace</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and stood</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘am·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stand, in various relations</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before</span><br /><span class="heb">לִפְנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(lip̄·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Pharaoh.</span><br /><span class="heb">פַרְעֹ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(p̄ar·‘ōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6547.htm">Strong's 6547: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Moses</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשֶׁ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">tossed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּזְרֹ֥ק</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiz·rōq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2236.htm">Strong's 2236: </a> </span><span class="str2">Be here and there, scatter, sprinkle, strew </span><br /><br /><span class="word">it</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹת֛וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into the air,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šā·mā·yə·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heaven, sky</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְהִ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(way·hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">festering</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבַעְבֻּעֹ֔ת</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇa‘·bu·‘ōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_76.htm">Strong's 76: </a> </span><span class="str2">An inflammatory pustule</span><br /><br /><span class="word">boils</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁחִין֙</span> <span class="translit">(šə·ḥîn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7822.htm">Strong's 7822: </a> </span><span class="str2">Inflammation, an ulcer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">broke out</span><br /><span class="heb">פֹּרֵ֕חַ</span> <span class="translit">(pō·rê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6524.htm">Strong's 6524: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break forth as a, bud, bloom, to spread, to fly, to flourish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on man</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּאָדָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’ā·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_120.htm">Strong's 120: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ruddy, a human being</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and beast.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבַבְּהֵמָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇab·bə·hê·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_929.htm">Strong's 929: </a> </span><span class="str2">A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/9-10.htm">Exodus 9:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/9-10.htm">Exodus 9:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/9-10.htm">Exodus 9:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/9-10.htm">Exodus 9:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/9-10.htm">Exodus 9:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/9-10.htm">Exodus 9:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/9-10.htm">Exodus 9:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/9-10.htm">Exodus 9:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/9-10.htm">Exodus 9:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/9-10.htm">Exodus 9:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/9-10.htm">OT Law: Exodus 9:10 They took ashes of the furnace (Exo. 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