Exodus 8:13

13 En de HEERE deed naar het woord van Mozes; en de vorsen stierven, uit de huizen, uit de voorzalen, en uit de velden.

Exodus 8:13 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 8:13

And the Lord did according to the word of Moses
He heard his prayers, and fulfilled what he had promised Pharaoh:

and the frogs died out of the houses, and out of the villages,
and out of the fields;
the word for "villages" signifies "courts" {b}, and may be so rendered here; and the sense is, that they not only died out of their dwelling houses, but out of their courtyards, and even out of their gardens, orchards, and fields, so that there were none near them to give any manner of trouble and offence. And their dying, and remaining dead upon the spot, were clear proofs that they were real frogs that were produced, and not in appearance only, as the frogs of the magicians might be; God could have caused them to return to the river from whence they came, or have annihilated them, or removed them out of sight in an instant; but the killing of them, and letting them lie dead, proved the truth of the miracle, and gave apparent evidence of it both ways, both in the bringing and removing them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (truxh Nm) "ex atriis", Montanus, Tigurine version, Piscator.

Exodus 8:13 In-Context

11 Zo zullen de vorsen van u, en van uw huizen, en van uw knechten, en van uw volk wijken; zij zullen alleen in de rivier overblijven.

12 Toen ging Mozes en Aaron uit van Farao; en Mozes riep tot den HEERE, ter oorzake der vorsen, die Hij Farao had opgelegd.

13 En de HEERE deed naar het woord van Mozes; en de vorsen stierven, uit de huizen, uit de voorzalen, en uit de velden.

14 En zij vergaderden ze samen bij hopen, en het land stonk.

15 Toen nu Farao zag, dat er verademing was, verzwaarde hij zijn hart, dat hij naar hen niet hoorde, gelijk als de HEERE gesproken had.