Exodus 8:14

14 They piled them in countless heaps, and there was a terrible odor in the land.

Exodus 8:14 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 8:14

And they gathered them together upon heaps
Swept them up, and laid them in heaps out of the way:

and the land stank;
with the stench of the dead frogs, which was another proof and evidence of the reality of the miracle; and that dead frogs will cause such an ill smell appears from the above account of what befell the inhabitants of Paeonia and Dardania, unless that should be the same with this, only the names of places and some circumstances altered; (See Gill on Exodus 8:16).

Exodus 8:14 In-Context

12 After Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the Lord for help concerning the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.

13 The Lord did as Moses had said: the frogs in the houses, courtyards, and fields died.

14 They piled them in countless heaps, and there was a terrible odor in the land.

15 But when Pharaoh saw there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

16 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron: Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, and it will become gnats throughout the land of Egypt."