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Exodus 9:10
ESV So they took soot from the kiln and stood before Pharaoh. And Moses threw it in the air, and it became boils breaking out in sores on man and beast.
NIV So they took soot from a furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on people and animals.
NASB So they took soot from a kiln, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses tossed it toward the sky, and it became boils breaking out with sores on every person and animal.
CSB So they took furnace soot and stood before Pharaoh. Moses threw it toward heaven, and it became festering boils on people and animals.
NLT So they took soot from a brick kiln and went and stood before Pharaoh. As Pharaoh watched, Moses threw the soot into the air, and boils broke out on people and animals alike.
KJV 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.
NKJV 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.

What does Exodus 9:10 mean?

Moses and Aaron obey the Lord's command regarding the sixth plague (Exodus 9:8–9). They threw furnace soot into the air, where it dispersed and created debilitating open skin sores and boils. It appears the impact was immediate, as even the magicians in Pharaoh's presence quickly experienced pain (Exodus 9:11). It is uncertain if Pharaoh himself had boils from this plague. This plague does more than demonstrate God's power. It also proves the impotence of Egyptian idols associated with health, such as Isis and Sekhmet, and livestock idols like Apis and Hathor.

The emphasis on "man and beast" is also notable. This phrase first occurs with the plague of gnats (Exodus 8:17, 18), repeating twice in this section (Exodus 9:9). The phrase "man and beast" then occurs three times in the plague of hail (Exodus 9:19, 22, 25). It appears again in the tenth plague during which the firstborn male of "man and beast" die (Exodus 12:12). The same phrase is used more than a dozen times in the Old Testament in reference to God's power over both human beings and lesser animals.
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