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Exodus 8:3-5
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3 The Nile will swarm[a] with frogs, and they will come up and go into your house, in your bedroom, and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and your people, and into your ovens and your kneading troughs.[b] 4 Frogs[c] will come up against you, your people, and all your servants.”’”[d]

5 The Lord spoke to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Extend your hand with your staff[e] over the rivers, over the canals, and over the ponds, and bring the frogs up over the land of Egypt.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 8:3 sn The choice of this verb שָׁרַץ (sharats) recalls its use in the creation account (Gen 1:20). The water would be swarming with frogs in abundance. There is a hint here of this being a creative work of God as well.
  2. Exodus 8:3 sn This verse lists places the frogs will go. The first three are for Pharaoh personally—they are going to touch his private life. Then the text mentions the servants and the people. Mention of the ovens and kneading bowls (or troughs) of the people indicates that food would be contaminated and that it would be impossible even to eat a meal in peace.
  3. Exodus 8:4 tn Here again is the generic use of the article, designating the class—frogs.
  4. Exodus 8:4 sn The word order of the Hebrew text is important because it shows how the plague was pointedly directed at Pharaoh: “and against you, and against your people, and against all your servants frogs will go up.”
  5. Exodus 8:5 sn After the instructions for Pharaoh (7:25-8:4), the plague now is brought on by the staff in Aaron’s hand (8:5-7). This will lead to the confrontation (vv. 8-11) and the hardening (vv. 12-15).
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