Exodus 8:24

24 Und Jehova tat also; und es kamen Hundsfliegen in Menge in das Haus des Pharao und in die Häuser seiner Knechte; und im ganzen Lande Ägypten wurde das Land von den Hundsfliegen verderbt.

Exodus 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.

Exodus 8:24 In-Context

22 Und ich werde an selbigem Tage das Land Gosen aussondern, in welchem mein Volk weilt, daß daselbst keine Hundsfliegen seien, auf daß du wissest, daß ich, Jehova, in der Mitte des Landes bin.

23 Und ich werde eine Scheidung setzen zwischen meinem Volke und deinem Volke; morgen wird dieses Zeichen geschehen.

24 Und Jehova tat also; und es kamen Hundsfliegen in Menge in das Haus des Pharao und in die Häuser seiner Knechte; und im ganzen Lande Ägypten wurde das Land von den Hundsfliegen verderbt.

25 Und der Pharao rief Mose und Aaron und sprach: Gehet hin und opfert eurem Gott in dem Lande.

26 Und Mose sprach: Es geziemt sich nicht, also zu tun; denn wir würden Jehova, unserem Gott, der Ägypter Greuel opfern; siehe, opferten wir der Ägypter Greuel vor ihren Augen, würden sie uns nicht steinigen?