Exodus 8:1

Frogs over the Land

1 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, "¹Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

Exodus 8:1 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 8:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses
Either whilst the plague upon the waters continued, or immediately upon the removal of it:

go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, thus saith the Lord, let my
people go, that they may serve me;
mentioning neither time nor place, where, when, and how long they should serve him, for which their dismission was required, but insist on it in general.

Exodus 8:1 In-Context

1 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD , "Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

2 "But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite your whole territory with frogs.

3 "The Nile will swarm with frogs, which will come up and go into your house and into your bedroom and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and on your people, and into your ovens and into your kneading bowls.

4 "So the frogs will come up on you and your people and all your servants.""'

5 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the streams and over the pools, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.' "

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 3:18; Exodus 4:23; Exodus 5:1, 3

Footnotes

• [a]. Ch 7:26 in Heb