Exodus 9:7-9

Expanded Bible

⁷ ·The king [^LPharaoh] sent people to see what had happened to the animals of Israel, and they found that not one of them had died. But the ·king was still stubborn [^Lheart of Pharaoh was hardened] and did not let the people go.

The Boils

⁸ The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “·Fill your hands with [Take handfuls of] ·ashes [soot] from a ·furnace [kiln]. Moses, throw the ashes into the air in front of ·the king of Egypt [^LPharaoh]. ⁹ The ·ashes [soot] will spread like dust through all the land of Egypt. They will cause boils to break out and become sores on the skin of people and animals everywhere in the land [^Cperhaps skin anthrax].”