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Exodus 8:13-23

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13 The LORD did according to the word of Moses, and the frogs died out of the houses, the courts, and the fields.
14 So they piled them in heaps, and the land became foul.
15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and 1did not listen to them, as the LORD had said.

The Plague of Insects

16 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become gnats through all the land of Egypt.' "
17 They did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff, and struck the dust of the earth, and there were gnats on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became 2gnats through all the land of Egypt.
18 The magicians tried with their secret arts to bring forth gnats, but 3they could not; so there were gnats on man and beast.
19 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "4This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said.
20 Now the LORD said to Moses, "5Rise early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh, as 6he comes out to the water, and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, "7Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
21 "For if you do not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of insects on you and on your servants and on your people and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of insects, and also the ground on which they dwell.
22 "8But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where My people are living, so that no swarms of flies will be there, in order that you may know that 9 I, the LORD, am in the midst of the land.
23 "I will put a division between My people and your people. Tomorrow this sign will occur.""'
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Exodus 8:13-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 8

In this chapter Pharaoh is threatened with the plague of frogs, in case he refused to let Israel go, which accordingly was brought upon him, Ex 8:1-6 and though the magicians did something similar to it, yet these were so troublesome to Pharaoh, that he promised to let the people go, and sacrifice to God, if they removed; and a time being fixed for the removal of them, it was accordingly done at the entreaty of Moses and Aaron, Ex 8:7-14 but there being a respite, Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and the plague of lice is ordered, and which was executed; and though this the magicians essayed to do, and could not, but owned it to be the finger of God, yet Pharaoh's heart was hardened, Ex 8:15-19 wherefore he is threatened with a swarm of flies, which should not infest Goshen, only the places where the Egyptians dwelt, and it was so, Ex 8:20-24 upon which Pharaoh called for Moses, and declared himself willing the people would sacrifice in the land; but this not being satisfactory, he agreed they should go into the wilderness, but not so far; and on the account of the entreaty of Moses, the plague was removed; but still Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not let the people go, Ex 8:25-32.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 9

  • 1. Exodus 7:4
  • 2. Psalms 105:31
  • 3. Exodus 7:11, 12; Exodus 8:7; Exodus 9:11
  • 4. Exodus 7:5; Exodus 10:7; Psalms 8:3; Luke 11:20
  • 5. Exodus 7:15; Exodus 9:13
  • 6. Exodus 2:5; Exodus 7:15
  • 7. Exodus 3:18; Exodus 4:23; Exodus 5:1, 3; Exodus 8:1
  • 8. Ex 9:4, 6, 24; Exodus 10:23; Exodus 11:7
  • 9. Exodus 9:29; Exodus 19:5; Exodus 20:11

Footnotes 14

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