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Text -- Exodus 8:21-32 (NET)
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8:21 If you do not release my people , then I am going to send swarms of flies on you and on your servants and on your people and in your houses . The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies , and even the ground they stand on .
8:22 But on that day I will mark off the land of Goshen , where my people are staying , so that no swarms of flies will be there , that you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of this land .
8:23 I will put a division between my people and your people . This sign will take place tomorrow .”’”
8:24 The Lord did so ; a thick swarm of flies came into Pharaoh’s house and into the houses of his servants , and throughout the whole land of Egypt the land was ruined because of the swarms of flies .
8:25 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said , “Go , sacrifice to your God within the land .”
8:26 But Moses said , “That would not be the right thing to do , for the sacrifices we make to the Lord our God would be an abomination to the Egyptians . If we make sacrifices that are an abomination to the Egyptians right before their eyes , will they not stone us?
8:27 We must go on a three-day journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God , just as he is telling us.”
8:28 Pharaoh said , “I will release you so that you may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the desert . Only you must not go very far . Do pray for me.”
8:29 Moses said , “I am going to go out from you and pray to the Lord , and the swarms of flies will go away from Pharaoh , from his servants , and from his people tomorrow . Only do not let Pharaoh deal falsely again by not releasing the people to sacrifice to the Lord .”
8:30 So Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord ,
8:31 and the Lord did as Moses asked – he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh , from his servants , and from his people . Not one remained !
8:32 But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also and did not release the people .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Moses |
Egyptians |
Animals |
GENESIS, 1-2 |
Judgments |
PLAGUES, THE TEN |
Lies and Deceits |
Rulers |
Sin |
Quotations and Allusions |
Prophecy |
PLAGUES OF EGYPT |
Flies |
FLY, FLIES |
Fly |
Intercession |
Plague |
CRITICISM |
Hypocrisy |
ABOMINATION |
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NET Notes -> Exo 8:21; Exo 8:21; Exo 8:21; Exo 8:21; Exo 8:22; Exo 8:22; Exo 8:22; Exo 8:23; Exo 8:23; Exo 8:24; Exo 8:24; Exo 8:24; Exo 8:24; Exo 8:24; Exo 8:24; Exo 8:25; Exo 8:26; Exo 8:26; Exo 8:26; Exo 8:26; Exo 8:26; Exo 8:26; Exo 8:27; Exo 8:27; Exo 8:27; Exo 8:27; Exo 8:28; Exo 8:28; Exo 8:28; Exo 8:28; Exo 8:29; Exo 8:29; Exo 8:29; Exo 8:31; Exo 8:32
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NET Notes: Exo 8:24 The Hebrew word תִּשָּׁחֵת (tishakhet) is a strong word; it is the Niphal imperfect of ...
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NET Notes: Exo 8:25 After the plague is inflicted on the land, then Pharaoh makes an appeal. So there is the familiar confrontation (vv. 25-29). Pharaoh’s words to ...
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NET Notes: Exo 8:26 The interrogative clause has no particle to indicate it is a question, but it is connected with the conjunction to the preceding clause, and the meani...
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NET Notes: Exo 8:27 The form is the imperfect tense. It could be future: “as he will tell us,” but it also could be the progressive imperfect if this is now w...
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NET Notes: Exo 8:28 “Do” has been supplied here to convey that this somewhat unexpected command is tacked onto Pharaoh’s instructions as his ultimate co...
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NET Notes: Exo 8:29 The Piel infinitive construct after lamed (ל) and the negative functions epexegetically, explaining how Pharaoh would deal falsely – ̶...
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