8:5 The Lord spoke to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Extend your hand with your staff1 over the rivers, over the canals, and over the ponds, and bring the frogs up over the land of Egypt.’”
[8:5]1sn After the instructions for Pharaoh (7:25-8:4), the plague now is brought on by the staff in Aaron’s hand (8:5-7). This will lead to the confrontation (vv. 8-11) and the hardening (vv. 12-15).