The Third Plague: Gnats
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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 lice throughout all the land of Egypt.' "
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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.
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Now o the magicians so worked with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they p could not. So there were lice on man and beast.
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Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is q the finger of God." But Pharaoh's r heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, just as the LORD had said.
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Cross References
Psalms 105:31
He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, And lice in all their territory.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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