The magicians could not stop Moses from doing this, because even the magicians had the boils. This happened everywhere in Egypt.
Exodus 9:10 - Easy To Read Version So Moses and Aaron took ashes from a furnace. Then they went and stood before Pharaoh. They threw the ashes into the air, and boils began breaking out on people and animals. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So they took ashes or soot of the kiln and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses threw them toward the sky, and it became boils erupting in sores on man and beast. American Standard Version (1901) And 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. Common English Bible So they took ashes from the furnace, and they stood in front of Pharaoh. Moses threw the ash up in the air, and it caused skin sores and blisters to break out on people and animals. Catholic Public Domain Version And they took ashes from the oven, and they stood in the sight of Pharaoh, and Moses sprinkled it in the air. And there came sores with swelling pustules on men and on beasts. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they took ashes out of the chimney, and stood before Pharao. And Moses sprinkled it in the air: and there came boils with swelling blains in men and beasts. |
The magicians could not stop Moses from doing this, because even the magicians had the boils. This happened everywhere in Egypt.
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Fill your hands with the ashes from an oven. Moses, throw the ashes into the air in front of Pharaoh.
This will become dust that will go throughout the land of Egypt. Whenever the dust touches a person or an animal in Egypt, boils (sores) will break out on the skin.”
“The Lord will punish you with boils, like those he sent on the Egyptians. He will punish you with tumors, sores that run, and an itch that can’t be cured.