Dave Burnette's Commentary

Exodus Chapter 9

Written By: God through Inspiration
Penned By: Moses
Date Penned: (1450-1410 BC)
Overview: The Record of God's Deliverance of Israel (c 1-40)
Theme: Israel in Egypt (c 1-12)
Message: Pharaoh Denies the Lord's Command (v 1-35)

Exodus 9 Commentary

(9:1-10) God Sends the Fifth Message to Pharaoh - This was the fifth time God sent Moses back to Pharaoh with the demand " Let my people go." By this time, Moses may have been tired and discouraged, but he continued to obey. Do you find yourself facing the same difficult conflict again and again? Don't give up when you know what is right to do. As Moses discovered, persistence is rewarded.

(9:12) Pharaoh Continues to Deny the Lord - God gave Pharaoh many opportunities to heed Moses' warnings. But finally God seemed to say, "All right, Pharaoh, have it your way," and Pharaoh's heart became permanently hardened. Did God intentionally harden Pharaoh's heart and overrule his free will? No, he simply confirmed that Pharaoh freely chose a life of resisting God. Similarly, after a lifetime of resisting God, you may find it impossible to turn to him. Don't wait until "just the right time" before turning to God. Do it now while you still have the chance. If you continually ignore God's voice, eventually you will be unable to hear it at all.

(9:20-21) All the Animals are Distroyed - If all the Egyptians' livestock had been killed in the earlier plague (9:6), how could the slaves of Pharaoh bring their livestock in from the fields? The answer is probably that the earlier plague had killed all the animals in the fields (9:3) but not those in the shelters

(9:27-34) Pharaoh Breaks His Promise - After promising to let the Hebrews go, Pharaoh immediately broke his promise and brought even more trouble upon the land. His actions revealed that his repentance was not real. We do damage to ourselves and to others if we pretend to change but don't mean it.


Dave Burnette's Life Application

God's Love


Each day we walk through the Bible chapter by chapter making an application of our text to help us grow in the Lord. Many applications can be made from each day's text. Today we Continue in the book of Exodus with Chapter 9 . In today's text we see Pharaoh suffering through even more plagues. Each with Moses giving Pharaoh the message from the Lord instructing Pharaoh to let Gods' people go. Each time Pharaohs' heart is softened just to see him reject the conviction of the Lord and see his heart hardened again. Many applications can be made but what catches my Eye is the Love of God. God could have delivered the Israelite's before the first plague wiping the Egyptians off the map. Yet he took the time convict Pharaoh and the patience to send more plagues, with the goal of his repentance. Now don't get me wrong, Pharaohs' hard heart cost him everything but the Love of God demonstrated is amazing. His love was just and his judgement was justified. This same love is the love that God demonstrated to you when Jesus died on the cross for you. This love is still demonstrated to you as He gives you the opportunity to repent of your sin and be saved. Do you see that rejecting that love causes us to spend eternity separated from God in Hell which is just. How about you? Do you see God's love to you even when your plagues come? Let us learn from our text today that when God convicts you he is really saying "I love you" so repent of your sins and tell God that "you love him too."

 

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Exodus 9


Exodus 9

 1Then 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.

 2For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,

 3Behold, 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.

 4And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel.

 5And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.

 6And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.

 7And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.

 8And 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.

 9And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

 10And 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.

 11And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.

 12And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.

 13And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

 14For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.

 15For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.

 16And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

 17As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?

 18Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.

 19Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.

 20He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:

 21And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.

 22And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.

 23And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

 24So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

 25And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.

 26Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.

 27And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

 28Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

 29And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD's.

 30But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God.

 31And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.

 32But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up.

 33And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.

 34And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.

 35And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.