Exodus 8:7

5 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ^a‘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 ^athe frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

7 ^aAnd the magicians did so with their¹ enchantments, and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.

8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, ^a“Entreat the Lord that He may take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people ^bgo, 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.”

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What Does Exodus 8:7 Mean?

Exodus 8:1-14

The ancient Egyptians had a god name Ptah, represented by a man's body with the head of a frog. For the second plague God sent an infestation of millions of frogs. For the Egyptians, this was too much of a good thing! Moses writes that they got into the houses, into the beds and ovens and kneading bowls (verse 3). When God lifted the plague, these millions of frogs died and stank the country up for days (verse 14).

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