Exodus 8:18

The magicians also tried to make gnats using their magic arts, but they couldn't. The gnats stayed on both people and animals.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

17They did what the Lord said. When Aaron lifted up his walking stick and hit the dust of the earth, gnats swarmed over both people and animals. The dust in the whole of Egypt turned into gnats.

19“This is an act of God,” the magicians told Pharaoh. But Pharaoh chose to be stubbornly hard-hearted, and he wouldn't listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had predicted.

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Cross References

Exodus 7:11But Pharaoh called in wise men and sorcerers, and these Egyptian magicians did the same thing using their magic arts.

Exodus 10:23No one could see anyone else, and no one moved from where they were for three days. But there was still light where all the Israelites lived.

Isaiah 47:12So keep going with your magic spells and all your witchcraft, which you have worked at since you were young. Maybe you'll be successful, maybe you'll terrify people!

Daniel 4:7When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in I told them the dream, but they couldn't explain to me what it meant.

Luke 10:18Jesus replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

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 →

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