![]() (5-7) God brings frogs upon the land through Moses and Aaron and the magicians of Egypt do the same. Egyptians worshipped the frog as a female goddess because frogs were common around the Nile, because they reproduced rapidly, and because being amphibians they are part of two worlds, creatures of both land and water. Among the ancient Egyptians, frogs were considered sacred and could not be killed. The Egyptian goddess Heqet (or, Heket) was always pictured with the head of a frog. I will smite all your territory with frogs: God threatened a plague of frogs for a specific reason. He might have gone directly to the more severe judgment, but instead gave Pharaoh many chances to repent and change.ī. We should see the good mercy of God in doing this. God used this series of plagues to glorify Himself (especially above the gods of the Egyptians), and to give Pharaoh chance to repent. ![]() God could have brought that terrible last plague early in this series but did not – and did not for a determined purpose. Go to Pharaoh: This series of plagues will end with death coming to almost every home in Egypt. And the frogs shall come up on you, on your people, and on all your servants.”’”Ī. So the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into your house, into your bedroom, on your bed, into the houses of your servants, on your people, into your ovens, and into your kneading bowls. But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all your territory with frogs. (1-4) The warning of the second plague.Īnd the LORD spoke to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
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