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Exodus 8:3

Exodus 8:3
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:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly,.... The river Nile; and though water, and watery places, naturally produce these creatures, yet not in such vast quantities as to cover a whole…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Into thine house - This appears to have been special to the plague, as such. It was especially the visitation which would be felt by the scrupulously-clean Egyptians. Kneadingtroughs - Not dough, as…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

The river shall bring forth frogs abundantly - The river Nile, which was an object of their adoration, was here one of the instruments of their punishment. The expression, bring forth abundantly, not…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Exodus 8:1-15

Pharaoh is here first threatened and then plagued with frogs, as afterwards, in this chapter, with lice and flies, little despicable inconsiderable animals, and yet by their vast numbers rendered sore…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Exodus 8:1-32

Exo 7:14 to Exo 11:5

The first nine Plagues

The narrative of the Plagues, like that of the preceding Chapter s, is composite. The details of the analysis depend partly upon literary criteria, partly…

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