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Exodus 8:5

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And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thy hand with thy rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.

KJV

And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.

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This verse in Exodus 8

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Stretch forth thine hand - over the streams, over the rivers - The streams and rivers here may refer to the grand divisions of the Nile in the Lower Egypt, which were at least seven, and to the canals by which these were connected; as there were no other streams, etc., but what proceeded from this great river.

This site's exposition

Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod

on Exodus 8:5-7

The rod is in Aaron's hand again, the same shepherd's staff that became a serpent at 4:2 and swallowed the magicians' rods at 7:12, and it will divide the sea at 14:16 and strike the rock at 17:6. The magicians match this sign as they matched the rod and the blood at 7:11 and 7:22, and it is the third and last time their enchantments keep pace. Their answer to a country full of frogs is to produce more frogs, since they can add to the plague and cannot lift it.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And the Lord spake unto Moses,....

The words behind it

23 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָה֮Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • מֹשֶׁה֒Moses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • אֱמֹ֣רsay

    ʾemorH559 →5305 times

  • אֶֽל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • אַהֲרֹ֗ןAaron

    ʾaharonH175 →347 times

  • נְטֵ֤הstretch out

    netehH5186 →214 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • יָדְךָ֙hand your

    yadekhaH3027 →1618 times

  • בְּמַטֶּ֔ךָwith staff your

    bematekhaH4294 →252 times

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הַ֨נְּהָרֹ֔תthe rivers

    haneharotH5104 →119 times

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הַיְאֹרִ֖יםthe canals

    hayorimH2975 →65 times

  • וְעַל־and over

    veal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הָאֲגַמִּ֑יםthe ponds

    haagamimH98 →

  • וְהַ֥עַלand bring up

    vehaalH5927 →890 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֖יםthe frogs

    hatzfardeimH6854 →13 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • אֶ֥רֶץ[the] land of

    ʾeretzH776 →2504 times

  • מִצְרָֽיִם׃Egypt

    mitzrayimH4714 →641 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

9 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Exodus 7:19And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”5 worksExodus 8:16Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”4 worksExodus 14:26Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.”3 worksRevelation 16:4And the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they turned to blood.3 worksJoshua 8:18Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle lance toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle lance toward Ai,2 worksIsaiah 19:10The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the hired workers will be sick at heart.2 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
Exodus 9:22Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”2 works1 Samuel 6:5Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.2 worksPsalms 110:2The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”1 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Exodus 7:19

    And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There…

    it leads to

    • Exodus 14:21

      Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were…

    • Exodus 8:16

      Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”

    • Exodus 10:21

      Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”

    • Exodus 10:12

      Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over it and devour every plant in the land—everything that the hail has…

    • Exodus 8:5–6

      And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”

About Exodus

The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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