--- title: "Bullinger" description: "the LORD (Hebrew. Jehovah. said. See note on Exodus 3:7 , and compare note on Exodus 6:10 . Thus saith the LORD God (Hebrew. Jehovah. Elohim) of the," image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/exodus/9" --- **the LORD** (Hebrew. *Jehovah.* said. See note on [Exodus 3:7](../../../kjv/exodus/3/7) , and compare note on [Exodus 6:10](../../../kjv/exodus/6/10) . **Thus saith the LORD God** (Hebrew. *Jehovah.* Elohim) of the, Hebrews. Occurs only three times, [Exodus 9:1](../../../kjv/exodus/9/1) , [Exodus 9:13](../../../kjv/exodus/9/13) and [Exodus 10:3](../../../kjv/exodus/10/3) . **hand** . Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia* ( App-6 ). Also *Metonymy* (of Cause), "hand" being put for the judgments inflicted by it. **in the field** . The cattle, &c., were in the field in the spring and early summer. **upon.** Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "and upon". **murrain** , or pestilence. See [Exodus 9:15](../../../kjv/exodus/9/15) . **children** = sons. **all the cattle** . Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Genus), App-6 = all kinds of cattle. **Israelites** . Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, and Septuagint, read "sons of Israel". **hardened** . See note on [Exodus 4:2](../../../kjv/exodus/4/2) . **man** . Hebrew. *'adam,* with art. = mankind. **beast** . Other than those "in the field", [Exodus 9:3](../../../kjv/exodus/9/3) . **ashes of the furnace** : i.e. one of the altars on which human sacrifices were sometimes offered to propitiate their god *Typhon (i.e.* the Evil Principle). These were doubtless being offered to avert the plagues, and Moses, using the ashes in the same way, produced an- other plague instead of averting it. **Egyptians** . Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "all the land of Egypt". **as** = according as. **upon** = into. **raised thee up** = made thee to stand, i.e., with Septuagint, "preserved thee "through all the plagues and till the end. **As yet . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis (* *App-6* *).* **hail** . Plague directed against Isis and Osiris. See [Exodus 12:12](../../../kjv/exodus/12/12) . **and shall not be brought home** = Figure of speech *Pleonasm* ( App-6 ). **mingled** = catching hold of itself like a chain. **all the land** . Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Genus), App-6 . all parts of it. **sinned** . Hebrew. *chat'a.* See App-44 . **righteous** = the righteous One. **wicked** = wicked ones. Hebrew. *rash`a.* See App-44 . **mighty thunderings** = Hebrew "voices of Elohim " = a strong superlative. **Note the** ***Introversion*** in this verse. a flax - These ripened in middle of February or b barley - early. in March. Israel left early in b barley - April. a flax **boiled** . A word of Scandinavian origin, like bulged, i.e. swelled, or ripe. But Hebrew = blossom, i.e. the cap: sules formed. True to the seasons in Egypt to this day. **spoken** . Compare [Exodus 4:2](../../../kjv/exodus/4/2) . **by Moses** . Lit, by the hand of Moses. Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct): hand being put for instrumentality. **The eighth plague** was directed against the god *Serapis,* who was supposed to protect the land from locusts. They came at Moses' bidding, and retired only at his bidding. 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