Exodus 8:18
And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not. And there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
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Exodus 7:11Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. And they also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their enchantments.
Exodus 10:23they did not see each other, neither did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings.
Isaiah 47:12Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, in which thou have labored from thy youth, if so be thou shall be able to profit, if so be thou may prevail.
Daniel 4:7Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers came in, and I told the dream before them, but they did not make the interpretation of it known to me.
Luke 10:18And he said to them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from the sky.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 8:17-20
16 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. 17 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. 18 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. 19 Then… Read the whole commentary →