출애굽기 Chapter 9

Translation: ESV

1

Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.'

Key Message

God is called the God of one nation, but His authority extends over the whole world as the universal sovereign.

▸Before the fifth plague—the livestock disease.

Before the fifth plague—the livestock disease. The designation 'the God of the Hebrews Yahweh' introduces God as connected to a specific ethnic group while carrying the paradox that this God exercises authority over all of Egypt. Yahweh is not a regional deity but the universal sovereign.

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The earth is the LORD's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein.
6

And the next day the LORD did this thing. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one of the livestock of the people of Israel died.

Key Message

God's protection is complete and selective—seeing evidence yet not believing is a matter of the heart, not a lack of evidence.

▸The clear distinction between the Israelite livestock in Goshen and Egypt's livestock appears again.

16

But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.

Key Message

God's sovereignty encompasses even those who oppose Him, and ultimately everything serves for God's name to be known in all the earth.

▸A declaration that Pharaoh exists for the purpose of showing God's power and spreading God's name throughout all the earth.

20

Then whoever feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh hurried his slaves and his livestock into the houses,

Key Message

Revering God's word and acting accordingly becomes a path of salvation even for foreigners; faith that obeys the warning saves life.

▸Among Pharaoh's servants there were those who 'feared the word of the LORD.

27

Then Pharaoh sent and called Moses and Aaron and said to them, 'This time I have sinned; the LORD is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.'

Key Message

Verbal confession of sin is the beginning of genuine repentance, but if not followed by behavioral change, that confession loses its genuineness.

▸Before the hail plague, Pharaoh for the first time admits his own sin and confesses Yahweh's righteousness.