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Exodus 8 |
The Second Plague
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And the LORD spake unto
Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my
people go, that they may serve me.
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| 8:2
And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with
frogs: |
Trick #3: Frogs!
The second plague is frogs. Frogs covered the
land. They were all over the beds and filled the ovens. But the Egyptian
magicians did this trick too. (Did they wait until the frogs cleared out from
the last performance before doing it again?) After the frog making contest was
declared a draw, all the frogs died and "they gathered them together upon
heaps; and the land stank." I bet. but at least it was all for the greater
glory of God.
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And the river shall
bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house,
and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy
servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy
kneadingtroughs:
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| 8:4
And the frogs shall come
up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.
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And the LORD spake unto
Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the
streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up
upon the land of Egypt. |
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| 8:6
And Aaron stretched out
his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the
land of Egypt. |
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And the magicians did
so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. |
The magicians know the frog trick too!
score: 3-3
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| 8:8
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that
he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the
people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD. |
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And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee,
and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and
thy houses, that they may remain in the river only? |
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| 8:10
And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that
thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God. |
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And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy
servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only. |
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And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD
because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh. |
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And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of
the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields. |
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And they gathered them
together upon heaps: and the land stank. |
The Third Plague
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But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and
hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
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And the LORD said unto
Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that
it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. |
Trick #4: Lice!
The third plague is lice in man and beast. This is
the first trick that the magicians couldn't do. After this the magicians were
convinced that Moses and Aaron's plagues were done by "the finger of
God," and they gave up trying to match the remaining seven plagues. I guess
lice are harder to make than frogs.
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And they did so; for
Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth,
and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became
lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
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And the magicians
did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not:
so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. |
The magicians couldn't do lice.
Final score: God 4, Magicians 3 and
God wins!
"This is [obviously] the finger of God"
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| 8:19
Then the magicians said
unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was
hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. |
The Fourth Plague
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand
before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus
saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
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Else, if thou wilt not
let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and
upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses
of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground
whereon they are. |
The fourth plague is swarms of flies, continuing the
frogs and lice theme.
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And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell,
that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I
am the LORD in the midst of the earth. |
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And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow
shall this sign be. |
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And the LORD did so;
and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and
into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was
corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies. |
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And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to
your God in the land. |
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And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the
abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the
abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us? |
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We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the
LORD our God, as he shall command us. |
Did God command the Israelites to make burnt
offerings?
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And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD
your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for
me. |
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And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD
that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and
from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in
not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD. |
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And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD. |
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And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms
of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there
remained not one. |
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| 8:32
And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the
people go. |
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