Exodus 8:1-15
THE PLAGUE OF THE FROGS... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PLAGUE OF THE FROGS... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let My people go that they may serve Me. This command became a formula in the course of the plagues and was intended to impress Pharaoh by its very repetition.... [ Continue Reading ]
And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders, the entire country to the extremest boundaries, with frogs;... [ Continue Reading ]
and the river, otherwise the source of fertility and blessing, SHALL BRING FORTH FROGS ABUNDANTLY, it would swarm with frogs, WHICH SHALL GO UP AND COME INTO THINE HOUSE, AND INTO THY BEDCHAMBER, AND UPON THY BED, AND INTO THE HOUSE OF THY SERVANTS, AND UPON THY PEOPLE, AND INTO THINE OVENS, AND INT... [ Continue Reading ]
and the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants. As the frogs came up out of the water and the mire of the Nile, there was not a spot in Egypt safe from their clammy presence, not even the inner bedrooms of the houses, not even the large wooden vessels in whi... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, almost as in the first plague, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. There was one immense expanse of frogs as far as one could see.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the magicians did so with their enchantments, with their verses of incantation, AND BROUGHT UP FROGS UPON THE LAND OF EGYPT. They could imitate the miracle on a small scale, but they were unable to remove the plague.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, Intreat the Lord that He may take away the frogs from me and from my people. He was forced to admit, not only that Jehovah actually existed, but that this plague was His punishment, and that He was the only one able to remove its horror. AND I WILL L... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me, be magnified above me, an expression used by Moses to refer all honor to Jehovah; WHEN SHALL I INTREAT FOR THEE, AND FOR THY SERVANTS, AND FOR THY PEOPLE, TO DESTROY, literally to cut off, to put away definitely, THE FROGS FROM THEE AND THY HOUSES, THAT TH... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said, Tomorrow, thinking, perhaps, that it would be impossible to remove the frogs in such a short time. AND HE SAID, BE IT ACCORDING TO THY WORD; THAT THOU MAYEST KNOW THAT THERE IS NONE LIKE UNTO THE LORD, OUR GOD. Moses hoped that the fulfillment of his definite promise would have some inf... [ Continue Reading ]
And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only. As persistently as the clammy creatures had sought the company of men, so rapidly they would turn back to their natural haunts.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh; and Moses cried unto the Lord, with a loud and insistent appeal, BECAUSE OF THE FROGS WHICH HE HAD BROUGHT AGAINST PHARAOH.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord did according to the word of Moses, He stood by His servant in granting his request; AND THE FROGS DIED OUT OF THE HOUSES, literally away from the houses, OUT OF THE VILLAGES, or courts, AND OUT OF THE FIELDS.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they gathered them together upon heaps, by the bushel; AND THE LAND STANK from the odor of decay.... [ Continue Reading ]
But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, there was relief from the pressure of the plague and he could once more get his breath, HE HARDENED HIS HEART AND HEARKENED NOT UNTO THEM; AS THE LORD HAD SAID. Thus it happens even in our days that obstinate sinners will cry for help when the hand of God... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PLAGUE OF THE LICE... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. The insects referred to are very small gnats, which crawl on the skin, and even into the noses and ears, and inflict painful stings. These tiny... [ Continue Reading ]
And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. The Nile had twice become the source of a plague, and here the very land which yielded such... [ Continue Reading ]
And the magicians did so with their enchantments, they also smote the dust while they murmured verses of incantation, TO BRING FORTH LICE, BUT THEY COULD NOT; SO THERE WERE LICE UPON MAN AND UPON BEAST. In this case the Lord did not consent to their imitating His miracle, and so they were unable to... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God. They were forced to declare their impotence in the face of God's almighty power, to acknowledge that the God of the Hebrews was mightier than they. AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED, AND HE HEARKENED NOT UNTO THEM; AS THE LORD HAD SAID.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water, the river Nile, probably for purposes of worship; AND SAY UNTO HIM, THUS SAITH THE LORD, LET MY PEOPLE GO THAT THEY MAY SERVE ME. It is a monotonous repetition intended to wear dow... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PLAGUE OF THE FLIES... [ Continue Reading ]
Else, if thou wilt not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses; and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. As nearly as can be determined, the flies h... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which My people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; the Lord intended to make a miraculous distinction in favor of the children of Israel; TO THE END THOU MAYEST KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD IN THE MIDST OF THE EARTH, therefore possessing abs... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will put a division between My people and thy people, set a redemption in favor of the children of Israel, to deliver them from the plague; TOMORROW SHALL THIS SIGN BE.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt; the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies. Not only were the people tortured with the severe stings, as well as the animals, but the ve... [ Continue Reading ]
And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land. The fierceness of the plague drove Pharaoh to this first concession, at least to grant the children of Israel a few days of rest for a sacrificial festival.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses said, It is not meet so to do, to do so would have been against the rule which the Lord wanted to have observed; FOR WE SHALL SACRIFICE THE ABOMINATION OF THE EGYPTIANS TO THE LORD, OUR GOD, for the Egyptians were highly scandalized if animals sacred to them were offered; LO, SHALL WE SACR... [ Continue Reading ]
We will go three days' journey Into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord, our God, as He shall command us. Moses refused to recede from his original demand in any manner.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord, your God, in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away, a restriction which he was cautious to add; INTREAT FOR ME. He feigned a compliance which was far from that which the situation demanded.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will lntreat the Lord that the swarms of files may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord. This was a warning against... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the Lord.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord did according to the word of Moses; and He removed the swarms of flies, the obnoxious vermin, FROM PHARAOH, FROM HIS SERVANTS, AND FROM HIS PEOPLE; THERE REMAINED NOT ONE. It was another miraculous removal of a plague.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go. It may happen now and then that obstinate sinners will declare themselves willing to reform in the one or the other thing which is offensive to the Lord; but such outward changes do not affect the heart, which rema... [ Continue Reading ]