Exodus 8:13-23

The Second Plague: Frogs

13 And the Lord did according to the word of Moses. The frogs died out in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields. 14 And they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank. 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was a y respite, he z hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

The Third Plague: Gnats

16 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, a 'Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, so that it may become gnats in all the land of Egypt.'" 17 And they did so. Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, and b there were gnats on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became gnats in all the land of Egypt. 18 The c magicians tried by their secret arts to produce gnats, but they could not. So there were gnats on man and beast. 19 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is d the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

The Fourth Plague: Flies

20 Then the Lord said to Moses, e "Rise up early in the morning and present yourself to Pharaoh, as he goes out to the water, and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord, f "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 and your people, and into your houses. And the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled with swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand. 22 But on that day g I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people dwell, so that no swarms of flies shall be there, h that you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth. 1 23 Thus I will put a division 2 between my people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall happen."'"

  1. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 8:11
    Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 8:32
    But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and did not let the people go.
    Exodus 7:14
    Then the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hardened; he refuses to let the people go.
    Exodus 9:7
    And Pharaoh sent, and behold, not one of the livestock of Israel was dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
    Exodus 9:34
    But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet again and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
    Exodus 10:1
    Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 7:19
    And the Lord said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, their canals, and their ponds, and all their pools of water, so that they may become blood, and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, even in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.'
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 105:31
    He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 7:11
    Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 31:18
    And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
    Psalms 8:3
    When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place.
    Luke 11:20
    But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 7:15
    Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going out to the water. Stand on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that turned into a serpent.
    Exodus 9:13
    Then the Lord said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
  8. Cross References
    Exodus 8:1
    Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord, "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 9:4
    But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing of all that belongs to the people of Israel shall die."'
    Exodus 11:7
    But not a dog shall growl against any of the people of Israel, either man or beast, that you may know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.
    Malachi 3:18
    Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
  10. Cross References
    Exodus 8:10
    And he said, "Tomorrow." Moses said, "Be it as you say, so that you may know that there is no one like the Lord our God.
    Exodus 7:17
    Thus says the Lord, "By this you shall know that I am the Lord : behold, with the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water that is in the Nile, and it shall turn into blood.
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