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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.

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Justice from the Furnace

Commentators point out the profound symbolism in this plague. The Egyptians had oppressed the Israelites with forced labor at brick furnaces. Now, God uses the very ashes from a furnace as the instrument of their punishment, showing how God can turn the tools of sin into the means of judgment.

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Exodus

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Exodus 9:10

19th Century

Bishop

Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven. —Presenting it, as it were, to God, in evidence of His people’s wrongs.

A boil…

John Gill

John Gill

On Exodus 9:10

17th Century

Pastor

And they took ashes of the furnace
which was near at hand, perhaps in Pharaoh's kitchen: and stood befor…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Exodus 9:8–12

17th Century

Minister

When the Egyptians were not moved by the death of their cattle, God sent a plague that seized their own bodies. If lesser judgments do not work, Go…