Éxodo 8:24

24 Y así lo hizo el SEÑOR. Densas nubes de tábanos irrumpieron en el palacio del faraón y en las casas de sus funcionarios, y por todo Egipto. Por causa de los tábanos, el país quedó arruinado.

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 Cuando eso suceda, la única región donde no habrá tábanos será la de Gosén, porque allí vive mi pueblo. Así sabrás que yo, el SEÑOR, estoy en este país.

23 Haré distinción entre mi pueblo y tu pueblo. Esta señal milagrosa tendrá lugar mañana’”».

24 Y así lo hizo el SEÑOR. Densas nubes de tábanos irrumpieron en el palacio del faraón y en las casas de sus funcionarios, y por todo Egipto. Por causa de los tábanos, el país quedó arruinado.

25 Llamó entonces el faraón a Moisés y a Aarón, y les dijo:—Vayan y ofrezcan sacrificios a su Dios aquí en el país.

26 —No estaría bien hacerlo así —contestó Moisés—, porque los sacrificios que ofrecemos al SEÑOR nuestro Dios resultan ofensivos para los egipcios. Si a la vista de ellos ofrecemos sacrificios que les son ofensivos, seguramente nos apedrearán.