Exodus · around about 1446 BC
Plague of Frogs
Plague of Frogs is recorded in Exodus and falls around about 1446 BC. Below is what happened, where it fits, and the full text.
about 1446 BCeasy
What happened
Frogs swarm over Egypt until Pharaoh begs Moses to pray for relief.
Where it fits on the timeline
Exodus 8:1-15 records the frogs as the second plague, while Israel is still in Egypt. Israel leaves only after the death of the firstborn and the Passover in Exodus 12:29-42.
The passage
Exodus 8:1-15
The LORD spoke to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘This is what the LORD says, “Let my people go, that they may serve me. If you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your borders with frogs. The river will swarm with frogs, which will go up and come into your house, and into your bedroom, and on your bed, and into the house of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading troughs. The frogs shall come up both on you, and on your people, and on all your servants.”’” The LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.’” Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. The magicians did the same thing with their enchantments, and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, “Entreat the LORD, that he take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.” Moses said to Pharaoh, “I give you the honor of setting the time that I should pray for you, and for your servants, and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, and remain in the river only.” Pharaoh said, “Tomorrow.” Moses said, “Let it be according to your word, that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God. The frogs shall depart from you, and from your houses, and from your servants, and from your people. They shall remain in the river only.” Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to the LORD concerning the frogs which he had brought on Pharaoh. The LORD did according to the word of Moses, and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the courts, and out of the fields. They gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank. But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart, and didn’t listen to them, as the LORD had spoken.
Psalm 78:45
He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
Psalm 105:30
Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings.
Scripture references
Exodus 8:1-15; Psalm 78:45; Psalm 105:30
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