Éxodo 8:24

24 Y así lo hizo el SEÑOR. Y entraron grandes enjambres de insectos en la casa de Faraón y en las casas de sus siervos, y en todo el país de Egipto la tierra fue devastada a causa de los enjambres de insectos.

Éxodo 8:24 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 8:24

And the Lord did so
And this he did immediately of himself without any means; not by the rod of Aaron, to let the Egyptians see that there was nothing in that rod, that it had no magic virtue in it, and what was done by it was from the Lord himself, who could as well inflict plagues without it as with it; see ( Psalms 105:31 ) and there came a grievous swarm of flies; or a "heavy" ^F17 one, which was both very numerous, and very troublesome and distressing:

into the house of Pharaoh, and into the houses of his servants, and
into all the land of Egypt:
into the palace of Pharaoh, and into the palaces of his nobles, ministers, and courtiers, and into the dwelling places of all his subjects, throughout the whole land, excepting the land of Goshen:

the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies;
Josephus

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 says, the land lay neglected and uncultivated by the husbandmen; it may be, the air was infected by the flies, which produced a pestilence that took off many of the inhabitants; so among the Eleans, as Pliny ^F19 reports, a multitude of flies produced a pestilence; however, it is certain many of the inhabitants of Egypt perished by them; they might sting them to death, suck their blood, and poison them with their envenomed stings; see ( Psalms 78:45 ) .

F17 (dbk) "gravis", Montanus, "gravissime", V. L.
F18 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 2. c. 14. sect. 3.)
F19 Nat. Hist. l. 10. c. 28.

Éxodo 8:24 In-Context

22 'Mas en aquel día yo pondré aparte la tierra de Gosén en la que mora mi pueblo, para que no haya allí enjambres de insectos, a fin de que sepas que yo, el SEÑOR, estoy en medio de la tierra;

23 y yo haré distinción entre mi pueblo y tu pueblo. Mañana tendrá lugar esta señal.'"

24 Y así lo hizo el SEÑOR. Y entraron grandes enjambres de insectos en la casa de Faraón y en las casas de sus siervos, y en todo el país de Egipto la tierra fue devastada a causa de los enjambres de insectos.

25 Entonces llamó Faraón a Moisés y a Aarón, y dijo: Id, ofreced sacrificio a vuestro Dios dentro del país.

26 Pero Moisés respondió: No conviene que lo hagamos así, porque es abominación para los egipcios lo que sacrificaremos al SEÑOR nuestro Dios. Si sacrificamos lo que es abominación para los egipcios delante de sus ojos, ¿no nos apedrearán?