Exodus 8:16

Exodus 8:16

14 They gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.

15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was ^arelief, ^bhe hardened his heart and did not heed them, as the Lord had said.

The Third Plague: Lice

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 become¹ 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 ^ait became lice on man and beast. All the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

18 Now ^athe magicians so worked with their¹ enchantments to bring forth lice, but they ^bcould not. So there were lice on man and beast.

19 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is ^athe finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s ^bheart 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, ^a“Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh as he comes out to the water. Then say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: ^b“Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

Commentaries:

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PLAGUE OF LICE. (Exodus 8:16-19)

smite the dust of the land, etc.—Aaron's rod, by the direction of Moses, who was commanded by God, was again raised, and the land was filled with gnats, mosquitoes—that is the proper meaning of the original term. In ordinary circumstances they embitter life in Eastern countries, and therefore the terrible nature of this infliction on Egypt may be imagined when no precautions could preserve from their painful sting. The very smallness and insignificance of these fierce insects made them a dreadful scourge. The magicians never attempted any imitation, and what neither the blood of the river nor the nuisance of the frogs had done, the visitation of this tiny enemy constrained them to acknowledge "this is the finger of God"—properly "gods," for they spoke as heathens.

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