Êxodo 8:24

24 O Senhor, pois, assim fez. Entraram grandes enxames de moscas na casa de Faraó e nas casas dos seus servos; e em toda parte do Egito a terra foi assolada pelos enxames de moscas.

Êxodo 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.

Êxodo 8:24 In-Context

22 Mas naquele dia separarei a terra de Gósem em que o meu povo habita, a fim de que nela não haja enxames de moscas, para que saibas que eu sou o Senhor no meio desta terra.

23 Assim farei distinção entre o meu povo e o teu povo; amanhã se fará este milagre.

24 O Senhor, pois, assim fez. Entraram grandes enxames de moscas na casa de Faraó e nas casas dos seus servos; e em toda parte do Egito a terra foi assolada pelos enxames de moscas.

25 Então chamou Faraó a Moisés e a Arão, e disse: Ide, e oferecei sacrifícios ao vosso Deus nesta terra.

26 Respondeu Moisés: Não convém que assim se faça, porque é abominação aos egípcios o que havemos de oferecer ao Senhor nosso Deus. Sacrificando nós a abominação dos egípcios perante os seus olhos, não nos apedrejarão eles?