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Ex 9:8 Strong Concordance And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872] and unto Aaron [0175], Take [03947] to you handfuls [02651] [04393] of ashes [06368] of the furnace [03536], and let Moses [04872] sprinkle [02236] it toward the heaven [08064] in the sight [05869] of Pharaoh [06547].
  King James 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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
PLAGUE OF BOILS. (Exo 9:8-17)

Take to you handfuls of ashes, &c.--The next plague assailed the persons of the Egyptians, and it appeared in the form of ulcerous eruptions upon the skin and flesh (Lev 13:20; Kg2 20:7; Job 2:7). That this epidemic did not arise from natural causes was evident from its taking effect from the particular action of Moses done in the sight of Pharaoh. The attitude he assumed was similar to that of Eastern magicians, who, "when they pronounce an imprecation on an individual, a village, or a country, take the ashes of cows' dung (that is, from a common fire) and throw them in the air, saying to the objects of their displeasure, such a sickness or such a curse shall come upon you" [ROBERTS].
 
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7 So went [03318] Satan [07854] forth [03318] from the presence [06440] of the LORD [03068], and smote [05221] Job [0347] with sore [07451] boils [07822] from the sole [03709] of his foot [07272] unto his crown [06936].
7 And Isaiah [03470] said [0559], Take [03947] a lump [01690] of figs [08384]. And they took [03947] and laid [07760] it on the boil [07822], and he recovered [02421].
20 And if, when the priest [03548] seeth [07200] it, behold, it be in sight [04758] lower [08217] than the skin [05785], and the hair [08181] thereof be turned [02015] white [03836]; the priest [03548] shall pronounce him unclean [02930]: it is a plague [05061] of leprosy [06883] broken [06524] out of the boil [07822].
8 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872] and unto Aaron [0175], Take [03947] to you handfuls [02651] [04393] of ashes [06368] of the furnace [03536], and let Moses [04872] sprinkle [02236] it toward the heaven [08064] in the sight [05869] of Pharaoh [06547].
9 And it shall become small dust [080] in all the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], and shall be a boil [07822] breaking forth [06524] with blains [076] upon man [0120], and upon beast [0929], throughout all the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
10 And they took [03947] ashes [06368] of the furnace [03536], and stood [05975] before [06440] Pharaoh [06547]; and Moses [04872] sprinkled [02236] it up toward heaven [08064]; and it became a boil [07822] breaking forth [06524] with blains [076] upon man [0120], and upon beast [0929].
11 And the magicians [02748] could [03201] not stand [05975] before [06440] Moses [04872] because [06440] of the boils [07822]; for the boil [07822] was upon the magicians [02748], and upon all the Egyptians [04714].
12 And the LORD [03068] hardened [02388] the heart [03820] of Pharaoh [06547], and he hearkened [08085] not unto them; as the LORD [03068] had spoken [01696] unto Moses [04872].
13 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Rise up early [07925] in the morning [01242], and stand [03320] before [06440] Pharaoh [06547], and say [0559] unto him, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of the Hebrews [05680], Let my people [05971] go [07971], that they may serve [05647] me.
14 For I will at this time [06471] send [07971] all my plagues [04046] upon thine heart [03820], and upon thy servants [05650], and upon thy people [05971]; that thou mayest know [03045] that there is none like me in all the earth [0776].
15 For now I will stretch out [07971] my hand [03027], that I may smite [05221] thee and thy people [05971] with pestilence [01698]; and thou shalt be cut off [03582] from the earth [0776].
16 And in very [0199] deed [05668] for this cause have I raised thee up [05975], for to shew [07200] in thee my power [03581]; and that my name [08034] may be declared [05608] throughout all the earth [0776].
17 As yet exaltest [05549] thou thyself against my people [05971], that thou wilt not let them go [07971]?
20 But the LORD [03068] hath taken [03947] you, and brought you forth [03318] out of the iron [01270] furnace [03564], even out of Egypt [04714], to be unto him a people [05971] of inheritance [05159], as ye are this day [03117].
10 And he that gathereth [0622] the ashes [0665] of the heifer [06510] shall wash [03526] his clothes [0899], and be unclean [02930] until the even [06153]: and it shall be unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and unto the stranger [01616] that sojourneth [01481] among [08432] them, for a statute [02708] for ever [05769].
7 And Isaiah [03470] said [0559], Take [03947] a lump [01690] of figs [08384]. And they took [03947] and laid [07760] it on the boil [07822], and he recovered [02421].
18 The flesh [01320] also, in which [03588], even in the skin [05785] thereof, was a boil [07822], and is healed [07495],
27 The LORD [03068] will smite [05221] thee with the botch [07822] of Egypt [04714], and with the emerods [02914] [06076], and with the scab [01618], and with the itch [02775], whereof thou canst [03201] not be healed [07495].