Exodus 8:5

5 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron to hold his walking stick in his hand over the rivers, canals, and ponds. Make frogs come up out of the water onto the land of Egypt."

Exodus 8:5 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 8:5

And the Lord spake unto Moses
By a secret impulse upon his mind, for he was now in the presence of Pharaoh, who had refused to let Israel go:

say unto Aaron, stretch forth thy hand with thy rod;
for Aaron carried the rod, and he was the minister of Moses, who was appointed a god to him; and be was to speak and to do whatever he ordered him from the Lord:

over the streams, over the rivers and over the ponds;
the seven streams of the river of Nile, and over the canals cut out of it, and over all places where there was a collection of water for any use for man or beast:

and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt;
out of the streams, rivers, and ponds, immediately.

Exodus 8:5 In-Context

3 The Nile River will be filled with frogs. They will come up into your palace, into your bedroom, on your bed, into the houses of your officers, and onto your people. They will come into your ovens and into your baking pans.

4 The frogs will jump all over you, your people, and your officers.'"

5 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron to hold his walking stick in his hand over the rivers, canals, and ponds. Make frogs come up out of the water onto the land of Egypt."

6 So Aaron held his hand over all the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up out of the water and covered the land of Egypt.

7 The magicians used their tricks to do the same thing, so even more frogs came up onto the land of Egypt.