Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》
Text: Exodus 9: 8-12
MEDITATION
Exodus 9:8-12
8 So the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take for yourselves handfuls of ashes from a furnace, and let Moses scatter it toward the heavens in the sight of Pharaoh.
9 And it will become fine dust in all the land of Egypt, and it will cause boils that break out in sores on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt.”
10 Then they took ashes from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses scattered them toward heaven. And they caused boils that break out in sores on man and beast.
11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians.
12 But the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh; and he did not heed them, just as the LORD had spoken to Moses.
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. God’s instructions to Moses and Aaron
a. They were to take handfuls of ashes from a furnace.
b. Moses was to throw the ashes towards the heavens.
c. This was to be done in the sight of the Pharaoh.
i. So that he might not think that this was a natural phenomenon.
ii. This plague had to be understood as from the LORD.
d. This would be the sixth plague.
2. The plague of boils
a. The boils would break upon
i. Man
ii. Beasts
b. They would become painful sores
i. The deities of healing would not be able to provide a cure,
ii. They would be totally helpless.
3. Obedience of Moses and Aaron
a. They took ashes from a furnace.
b. They did this in the presence of the Pharaoh (probably at the River Nile..
c. Moses and Aaron threw the ashes into the air.
4. Break out of boils and sores
a. Boils are very painful.
b. They can appear anywhere on the body.
i. They came upon the Egyptians.
ii. The beasts were not spared either.
5. The magicians
a. They were powerless before Moses and Aaron.
b. They too suffered from the boils and sores.
c. All the Egyptians suffered terribly from this plague.
6. The LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh
a. The Pharaoh had already hardened his heart in the first place.
b. God continue to allow his heart to be hardened.
c. The Pharaoh did not heed the words of the LORD.
d. He did not let the children of Israel go.
All that was happening was forewarned by the LORD!
经文：出埃及记 9：8-12
沉思
《出埃及记 9：8-12》
8耶和华吩咐摩西、亚伦说：“你们取几捧炉灰，摩西要在法老面前向天扬起来。
9这灰要在埃及全地变做尘土，在人身上和牲畜身上成了起泡的疮。”
10摩西、亚伦取了炉灰，站在法老面前。摩西向天扬起来，就在人身上和牲畜身上成了起泡的疮。
11行法术的在摩西面前站立不住，因为在他们身上和一切埃及人身上都有这疮。12耶和华使法老的心刚硬，不听他们，正如耶和华对摩西所说的。