Exodus 8:13

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

Exodus 8:13 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 8:13

And the Lord did according to the word of Moses
He heard his prayers, and fulfilled what he had promised Pharaoh:

and the frogs died out of the houses, and out of the villages,
and out of the fields;
the word for "villages" signifies "courts" {b}, and may be so rendered here; and the sense is, that they not only died out of their dwelling houses, but out of their courtyards, and even out of their gardens, orchards, and fields, so that there were none near them to give any manner of trouble and offence. And their dying, and remaining dead upon the spot, were clear proofs that they were real frogs that were produced, and not in appearance only, as the frogs of the magicians might be; God could have caused them to return to the river from whence they came, or have annihilated them, or removed them out of sight in an instant; but the killing of them, and letting them lie dead, proved the truth of the miracle, and gave apparent evidence of it both ways, both in the bringing and removing them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (truxh Nm) "ex atriis", Montanus, Tigurine version, Piscator.

Exodus 8:13 In-Context

11 You, your officials, and your people will be rid of the frogs, and there will be none left except in the Nile."

12 Then Moses and Aaron left the king, and Moses prayed to the Lord to take away the frogs which he had brought on the king.

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

14 The Egyptians piled them up in great heaps, until the land stank with them.

15 When the king saw that the frogs were dead, he became stubborn again and, just as the Lord had said, the king would not listen to Moses and Aaron.