Exodus 9:8

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל ־ מֹשֶׁה וְאֶֽל ־ אַהֲרֹן קְחוּ לָכֶם מְלֹא חָפְנֵיכֶם פִּיחַ כִּבְשָׁן וּזְרָקוֹ מֹשֶׁה הַשָּׁמַיְמָה לְעֵינֵי פַרְעֹֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7וַיִּשְׁלַח פַּרְעֹה וְהִנֵּה לֹא ־ מֵת מִמִּקְנֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל עַד ־ אֶחָד וַיִּכְבַּד לֵב פַּרְעֹה וְלֹא שִׁלַּח אֶת ־ הָעָֽם ׃ פ

9וְהָיָה לְאָבָק עַל כָּל ־ אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם וְהָיָה עַל ־ הָאָדָם וְעַל ־ הַבְּהֵמָה לִשְׁחִין פֹּרֵחַ אֲבַעְבֻּעֹת בְּכָל ־ אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם ׃

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Matthew Henry on Exodus 9:2-8

The Plagues of Egypt. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 Then the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, 3 Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain. 4 And the Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle… Read the whole commentary →

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