Exodus 8

The Second Plague: Frogs

1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD: "Let My people go, a that they may serve Me. 2 "But if you b refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all your territory with c frogs. 3 "So the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into your house, into your d bedroom, on your bed, into the houses of your servants, on your people, into your ovens, and into your kneading bowls. 4 "And the frogs shall come up on you, on your people, and on all your servants." ' " 5 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, "Say to Aaron, e 'Stretch out your hand with your rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.' " 6 So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and f the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. 7 g And the magicians did so with their 1 enchantments, and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.

8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, h "Entreat 2 the LORD that He may take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people i go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD." 9 And Moses said to Pharaoh, "Accept the honor of saying when I shall intercede for you, for your servants, and for your people, to destroy the frogs from you and your houses, that they may remain in the river only." 10 So he said, "Tomorrow." And he said, "Let it be according to your word, that you may know that j there is no one like the LORD our God. 11 "And the frogs shall depart from you, from your houses, from your servants, and from your people. They shall remain in the river only." 12 Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh. And Moses k cried out to the LORD concerning the frogs which He had brought against Pharaoh. 13 So the LORD did according to the word of Moses. And the frogs died out of the houses, out of the courtyards, and out of the fields. 14 They gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank. 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was l relief, m he hardened his heart and did not heed them, as the LORD had said.

The Third Plague: Gnats

16 So the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the land, so that it may become 3 lice throughout all the land of Egypt.' " 17 And they did so. For Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod and struck the dust of the earth, and n it became lice on man and beast. All the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 18 Now o the magicians so worked with their 4 enchantments to bring forth lice, but they p could not. So there were lice on man and beast. 19 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is q the 5 finger of God." But Pharaoh's r heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, just as the LORD had said.

The Fourth Plague: Flies

20 And the LORD said to Moses, s "Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh as he comes out to the water. Then say to him, 'Thus says the LORD: t "Let My people go, that they may serve Me. 21 "Or else, if you will not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and your servants, on your people and into your houses. The houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand. 22 "And in that day u I will set apart the land of v Goshen, in which My people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there, in order that you may w know that I am the LORD in the midst of the x land. 23 "I will 6 make a difference between My people and your people. Tomorrow this y sign shall be." ' " 24 And the LORD did so. z Thick swarms of flies came into the house of Pharaoh, into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt. The land was corrupted because of the swarms of flies.

25 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God in the land." 26 And Moses said, "It is not right to do so, for we would be sacrificing a the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God. If we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, then will they not 7 stone us? 27 "We will go b three days' journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as c He will command us." 28 So Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. d Intercede for me." 29 Then Moses said, "Indeed I am going out from you, and I will entreat the LORD, that the swarms of flies may depart tomorrow from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. But let Pharaoh not e deal deceitfully anymore in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD." 30 So Moses went out from Pharaoh and f entreated the LORD. 31 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; He removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. Not one remained. 32 But Pharaoh g hardened his heart at this time also; neither would he let the people go.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 3:12
    So He said, "I will certainly be with you. And this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.
    Exodus 3:18
    "Then they will heed your voice; and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt; and you shall say to him, 'The LORD God of the Hebrews has met with us; and now, please, let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.'
    Exodus 4:23
    "So I say to you, let My son go that he may serve Me. But if you refuse to let him go, indeed I will kill your son, your firstborn." '"
    Exodus 5:1
    Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Let My people go, that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.'
    Exodus 5:3
    So they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go three days' journey into the desert and sacrifice to the LORD our God, lest He fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 7:14
    So the LORD said to Moses: "Pharaoh's heart is hard; he refuses to let the people go.
    Exodus 9:2
    For if you refuse to let them go, and still hold them.
  3. Cross References
    Revelation 16:13
    And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 105:30
    Their land abounded with frogs, Even in the chambers of their kings.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 7:19
    Then the LORD spoke to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Take your rod and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their streams, over their rivers, over their ponds, and over all their pools of water, that they may become blood. And there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in buckets of wood and pitchers of stone.'
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 78:45
    He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them, And frogs, which destroyed them.
    Psalms 105:30
    Their land abounded with frogs, Even in the chambers of their kings.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 7:11
    But Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers; so the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
    Exodus 7:22
    Then the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments; and Pharaoh's heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, as the LORD had said.
  8. Cross References
    Exodus 8:28
    So Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Intercede for me.
    Exodus 9:28
    "Entreat the LORD, that there may be no more mighty thundering and hail, for it is enough. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer."
    Exodus 10:17
    "Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that He may take away from me this death only."
    Numbers 21:7
    Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you; pray to the LORD that He take away the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the people.
    1 Kings 13:6
    Then the king answered and said to the man of God, "Please entreat the favor of the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me." So the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king's hand was restored to him, and became as before.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 10:8
    So Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, "Go, serve the LORD your God. Who are the ones that are going?
    Exodus 10:24
    Then Pharaoh called to Moses and said, "Go, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be kept back. Let your little ones also go with you.
  10. Cross References
    Exodus 9:14
    For at this time I will send all My plagues to ...
    Exodus 15:11
    Who is like You, O LORD, among the gods? Who is...
    Deuteronomy 4:35
    To you it was shown, that you might know that t...
    Deuteronomy 4:39
    Therefore know this day, and consider it in you...
    Deuteronomy 33:26
    There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, Who r...
    2 Samuel 7:22
    Therefore You are great, O Lord GOD. For there ...
    1 Chronicles 17:20
    O LORD, there is none like You, nor is there an...
    Psalms 86:8
    Among the gods there is none like You, O Lord; ...
    Isaiah 46:9
    Remember the former things of old, For I am God...
    Jeremiah 10:6
    Inasmuch as there is none like You, O LORD (You...
    Jeremiah 10:7
    Who would not fear You, O King of the nations? ...
  11. Cross References
    Exodus 8:30
    So Moses went out from Pharaoh and entreated the LORD.
    Exodus 9:33
    So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and spread out his hands to the LORD; then the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth.
    Exodus 10:18
    So he went out from Pharaoh and entreated the LORD.
    Exodus 32:11
    Then Moses pleaded with the LORD his God, and said: "LORD, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
    James 5:16 - 18
    Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
  12. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 8:11
    Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
  13. Cross References
    Exodus 7:14
    So the LORD said to Moses: "Pharaoh's heart is hard; he refuses to let the people go.
    Exodus 7:22
    Then the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments; and Pharaoh's heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, as the LORD had said.
    Exodus 9:34
    And when Pharaoh saw that the rain, the hail, and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet more; and he hardened his heart, he and his servants.
    1 Samuel 6:6
    Why then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He did mighty things among them, did they not let the people go, that they might depart?
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 105:31
    He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, And lice in all their territory.
  15. Cross References
    Exodus 7:11
    But Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers; so the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
    Exodus 7:12
    For every man threw down his rod, and they became serpents. But Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
    Exodus 8:7
    And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.
  16. Cross References
    Daniel 5:8
    Now all the king's wise men came, but they could not read the writing, or make known to the king its interpretation.
    2 Timothy 3:8
    Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, disapproved concerning the faith.
    2 Timothy 3:9
    But they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifest to all, as theirs also was.
  17. Cross References
    Exodus 7:5
    "And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LOR...
    Exodus 10:7
    Then Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How long ...
    1 Samuel 6:3
    So they said, "If you send away the ark of the ...
    1 Samuel 6:9
    "And watch: if it goes up the road to its own t...
    Psalms 8:3
    When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your ...
    Luke 11:20
    But if I cast out demons with the finger of God...
  18. Cross References
    Exodus 8:15
    But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not heed them, as the LORD had said.
  19. Cross References
    Exodus 7:15
    Go to Pharaoh in the morning, when he goes out to the water, and you shall stand by the river's bank to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand.
    Exodus 9:13
    Then the LORD said to Moses, "Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh, and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews: "Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
  20. Cross References
    Exodus 3:18
    "Then they will heed your voice; and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt; and you shall say to him, 'The LORD God of the Hebrews has met with us; and now, please, let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.'
    Exodus 4:23
    "So I say to you, let My son go that he may serve Me. But if you refuse to let him go, indeed I will kill your son, your firstborn." '"
    Exodus 5:1
    Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Let My people go, that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.
    Exodus 5:3
    So they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go three days' journey into the desert and sacrifice to the LORD our God, lest He fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.
    Exodus 8:1
    And the LORD spoke to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD: "Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
  21. Cross References
    Exodus 9:4
    "And the LORD will make a difference between th...
    Exodus 9:6
    So the LORD did this thing on the next day, and...
    Exodus 9:26
    Only in the land of Goshen, where the children ...
    Exodus 10:23
    They did not see one another; nor did anyone ri...
    Exodus 11:6
    Then there shall be a great cry throughout all ...
    Exodus 11:7
    'But against none of the children of Israel sha...
    Exodus 12:13
    Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the ho...
  22. Cross References
    Genesis 50:8
    As well as all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father's house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds they left in the land of Goshen.
  23. Cross References
    Exodus 7:5
    "And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand on Egypt and bring out the children of Israel from among them."
    Exodus 7:17
    Thus says the LORD: "By this you shall know that I am the LORD. Behold, I will strike the waters which are in the river with the rod that is in my hand, and they shall be turned to blood.
    Exodus 10:2
    "and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and your son's son the mighty things I have done in Egypt, and My signs which I have done among them, that you may know that I am the LORD."
    Exodus 14:4
    Then I will harden Pharaoh's heart, so that he will pursue them; and I will gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD." And they did so.
  24. Cross References
    Exodus 9:29
    So Moses said to him, "As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD; the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, that you may know that the earth is the LORD's.
  25. Cross References
    Exodus 4:8
    Then it will be, if they do not believe you, nor heed the message of the first sign, that they may believe the message of the latter sign.
  26. Cross References
    Psalms 78:45
    He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them, And frogs, which destroyed them.
    Psalms 105:31
    He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, And lice in all their territory.
  27. Cross References
    Genesis 43:32
    So they set him a place by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves; because the Egyptians could not eat food with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.
    Genesis 46:34
    "that you shall say, 'Your servants' occupation has been with livestock from our youth even till now, both we and also our fathers,' that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians."
    Deuteronomy 7:25
    You shall burn the carved images of their gods with fire; you shall not covet the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, lest you be snared by it; for it is an abomination to the LORD your God.
    Deuteronomy 7:26
    Nor shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you be doomed to destruction like it. You shall utterly detest it and utterly abhor it, for it is an accursed thing.
    Deuteronomy 12:31
    You shall not worship the LORD your God in that way; for every abomination to the LORD which He hates they have done to their gods; for they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.
  28. Cross References
    Exodus 3:18
    "Then they will heed your voice; and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt; and you shall say to him, 'The LORD God of the Hebrews has met with us; and now, please, let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.'
    Exodus 5:3
    So they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go three days' journey into the desert and sacrifice to the LORD our God, lest He fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.
  29. Cross References
    Exodus 3:12
    So He said, "I will certainly be with you. And this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.
  30. Cross References
    Exodus 8:8
    Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and sa...
    Exodus 8:15
    But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he ...
    Exodus 8:29
    Then Moses said, "Indeed I am going out from yo...
    Exodus 8:32
    But Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time als...
    Exodus 9:28
    "Entreat the LORD, that there may be no more mi...
    1 Kings 13:6
    Then the king answered and said to the man of G...
  31. Cross References
    Exodus 8:8
    Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, "Entreat the LORD that He may take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.
    Exodus 8:15
    But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not heed them, as the LORD had said.
  32. Cross References
    Exodus 8:12
    Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh. And Moses cried out to the LORD concerning the frogs which He had brought against Pharaoh.
  33. Cross References
    Exodus 4:21
    And the LORD said to Moses, "When you go back to Egypt, see that you do all those wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in your hand. But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.
    Exodus 8:8
    Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, "Entreat the LORD that He may take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.
    Exodus 8:15
    But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not heed them, as the LORD had said.
    Psalms 52:2
    Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
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