Exodus 8:14

And the magicians wrought so with their enchantments to produce the insects, but were not able; and there were insects on man and on beast.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.

In Context

13And they did so. And Aharon lifted up his hand with the rod and smote the dust of the earth, and it became insects on man and on cattle; all the dust of the earth became insects in all the land of Mizraim.

15And the magicians said to Pharoh, This is a plague from before the Lord. Yet Pharoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not hearken to them, as the Lord had said.

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Cross References

Exodus 7:21And the fish of the river died, and the river became putrid; and the Mizraee could not drink of the water of the river, and there was blood in all the land of Mizraim.

Exodus 9:11And the magicians could not stand before Mosheh, on account of the disease; for the disease was upon the magicians and upon all the Mizraee.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 8:2-16

The Plagues of Egypt. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 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. 2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: 3 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: 4 And the frogs… Read the whole commentary →

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