Exodus 9
Exodus 9:1 Then Yahveh said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says Yahveh, the God of the Hebrews, “Send my people away, so that they may serve me.
Exodus 9:2 Because if you refuse to send them away and still hold strongly to them,
Exodus 9:3 notice, the hand of Yahveh will fall with a very brutal plague upon your livestock that are in the field, the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds, and the flocks.
Exodus 9:4 But Yahveh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing of all that belongs to the sons of Israel will die.”‘”
Exodus 9:5 And Yahveh set a time, and this is what he said, “Tomorrow Yahveh will do this thing in the land.”
Exodus 9:6 And the next day Yahveh did this thing. All over the place, the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one of the livestock of the sons of Israel died.
Exodus 9:7 And Pharaoh sent, and notice, not one of the livestock of Israel was dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not send the people away.
Exodus 9:8 And Yahveh said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from a kiln, and let Moses throw them in the sky[1] in the sight of Pharaoh.
Exodus 9:9 It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt and become boils breaking out in sores on man and animal throughout all the land of Egypt.”
Exodus 9:10 So they took soot from the kiln and stood before Pharaoh. And Moses threw it into the sky, and it became boils breaking out in sores on man and animal.
Exodus 9:11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils came upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians.
Exodus 9:12 But Yahveh made the heart of Pharaoh strong, and he did not listen to them, as Yahveh had spoken to Moses.
Exodus 9:13 Then Yahveh told Moses, “Get up early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says Yahveh, the God of the Hebrews, “Send my people away, so that they may serve me.
Exodus 9:14 Because this time I will send all my plagues on you yourself, and on your slaves and your people, so that you may know that none like me exists in all the land.
Exodus 9:15 Because by now I could have put out my hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been made to disappear[2] from the land.
Exodus 9:16 But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the land.
Exodus 9:17 You are still exalting yourself against my people and will not send them away.
Exodus 9:18 Notice, about this time tomorrow I will cause very heavy hail to fall, such as never has been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.
Exodus 9:19 So now send word, get your livestock and all the people whom you have in the field into safe shelter, because every man and beast that is in the field and is not gathered home will die when the hail falls on them.” ‘”
Exodus 9:20 Then whoever feared the word of Yahveh among the slaves of Pharaoh hurried his slaves and his livestock into the houses,
Exodus 9:21 but whoever did not pay attention to the word of Yahveh left his slaves and his livestock in the field.
Exodus 9:22 Then Yahveh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, so that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man and animal and every plant of the field, in the land of Egypt.”
Exodus 9:23 Then Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and Yahveh sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the land. And Yahveh rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
Exodus 9:24 There was hail and lightning flashing continually in the midst of the hail, very heavy hail, such as had never been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
Exodus 9:25 The hail destroyed everything that was in the field in all the land of Egypt, both man and animal. And the hail struck down every plant of the field and stripped every tree of the field.
Exodus 9:26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the people of Israel were, was there no hail.
Exodus 9:27 Then Pharaoh sent and called Moses and Aaron and said to them, “This time I have failed; Yahveh is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.
Exodus 9:28 Plead with Yahveh, because there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will send you away, and you will stay no longer.”
Exodus 9:29 Moses told him, “When I have gone out of the city, I will reach out my hands to Yahveh. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the land is Yahveh’s.
Exodus 9:30 But I know that you and your slaves do not yet fear the face of Yahveh God.”
Exodus 9:31 (The flax and the barley were struck down, because the barley was fresh and the flax was in bud.
Exodus 9:32 But the wheat and the spelt were not struck down, because they are late in coming up.)
Exodus 9:33 So Moses went outside the city, away from Pharaoh and reached out his hands to Yahveh, and the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured upon the land.
Exodus 9:34 But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he failed to keep his promise yet again and hardened his heart, he and his slaves.
Exodus 9:35 So the heart of Pharaoh was made strong, and he did not send the sons of Israel away, just as Yahveh had predicted. through Moses.
[1] שָׁמַיִם = sky. Exodus 9:8, 10, 22, 23; 10:21, 22; 16:4; 17:14; 20:4, 11, 22; 24:10; 31:17; 32:13.
[2] כָּחַד = make to disappear. Exodus 9:15; 23:23.
Exodus 9 quotes:
“So Yahweh declares the intention to strengthen or stiffen Pharaoh’s resolve. I imagine Pharaoh hearing this voice saying, “No, don’t be soft; it would be stupid to let them go’; but it is Pharaoh who decides whether to listen to this voice. Thus, when Moses and Aaron perform their signs, Exodus more often speaks of Pharaoh’s resolve being strong or firm and of Pharaoh’s strengthening or stiffening his own resolve than of God’s strengthening or stiffening it. The three ways of speaking are all significant. Saying, “Pharaoh’s resolve was strong or firm” simply reports the phenomenon. Saying, “Pharaoh strengthened or stiffened his resolve” makes clear that Pharaoh’s will is involved; this is not a decision imposed on him from outside. Saying, “God strengthened or stiffened Pharaoh’s resolve” makes clear that God is also at work. Referring to God’s intention first affirms that God’s sovereignty is involved, but in describing how things actually work out, Exodus refers first to Pharaohs resolve being strong or firm (Exodus 7:13, 14, 22) and to Pharaoh’ stiffening his own resolve (Exodus 8:15, 32) before speaking of God’s strengthening Pharaohs resolve (Exodus 9:12). That order again makes clear how significant is Pharaoh’s human involvement. He is not just a puppet in God’s hands.”
Goldingay, John. Exodus and Leviticus for Everyone. First edition, Westminster John Knox Press, 2010. p. 37.
“Exodus 9 presents the fifth, sixth, and seventh plagues. The livestock pestilence (fifth) and the plague of boils (sixth) conclude the second cycle of three (flies-livestock-boils) and the text presents them in abbreviated form. Pharaoh responds very briefly to the fifth plague and not at all to the sixth. The Lord simply informs Moses of the pestilence on the livestock (vv. 1-5) and the pestilence of boils (vv. 8-9); they broke out (vv. 6, 10-11); and the text reports Pharaoh’s hard heart (vv. 7, 12). The chapter describes the storm of thunder, hail, and lightning, the seventh plague, in fuller form because it begins the third and final cycle (hail-locustsdarkness). This last cycle intensifies the struggle for control between Yahweh and Pharaoh for the service (worship) of the children of Israel. In this chapter we also see the transition from Pharaoh’s hardening of his (own) heart, to the Lord as the one who hardened Pharaoh’s heart as the exit from Egypt approaches (vv. 7, 12).”
Bruckner, James K. Exodus. Hendrickson Publishers ; Paternoster, 2008. p. 86.
“The struggle with Pharaoh was not arbitrary; its purpose was both revelatory and redemptive.”
Dalglish, Edward R. The Great Deliverance : Studies in the Book of Exodus. Broadman Press, 1977. p. 45.
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Maranatha Daily Devotional – Wednesday, March 13, 2019
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